The Mountain Partnership Secretariat ©FAO/Esteban Tapella ©FAO/Esteban The Mountain Partnership Secretariat is currently and negotiations, and United Nations reports; funded by the Italian Development Cooperation, representing mountain communities and the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture and FAO. But mainstreaming mountain issues during major UN additional resource partners are needed to ensure events including the Conference of Parties (COPs) the Secretariat can respond to the urgent challenges of the three UN Rio Conventions on climate facing mountain peoples and environments. change, biological diversity and desertification. Appropriate measures must be rapidly implemented • National policy and strategy support: assisting to assist communities in coping with the impact of countries in developing policies and strategies climate change and lift mountain peoples out of that bring adequate attention to development of hunger and poverty. Action is also crucial as mountains mountain regions and peoples; supporting the provide clean water resources for up to 80 percent of work of national committees for mountains, and the world’s population. encouraging regional mechanisms for sustainable The Mountain Partnership Secretariat promotes management of mountain areas. sustainable mountain development through: Capacity development Advocacy • Summer courses: in collaboration with • Implementation of the Mountain Partnership universities, training sessions are designed and Framework for Action (2017): leading held – for example, courses on sustainable international campaigns and events to promote mountain development; agrobiodiversity; implementation of sustainable mountain promotion of mountain products. The IPROMO development in the 2030 Agenda (SDGs, Sendai training programme has had 300 graduates since Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Paris it began in 2008. Agreement). • South-South knowledge exchanges and • Global outreach: drafting briefs on mountain technology transfers: regional workshops issues, key messages for international campaigns held on climate change negotiations, mountain products development and in-country technical • Mountain Green Cover Index data collection: training. monitors progress on SDG 15 (Life on Land); specifically, target 15.4 measuring changes of • Mountain Green Cover index trainings to monitor Sustainable Development Goal 15 (Life vegetation in mountain areas. on Land): international and in-country workshops are held on data collection and monitoring. Joint Action • Facilitation: networking and collaboration Knowledge sharing and communications between members. • Knowledge products: publications, including • Joint proposal preparation: sharing information such technical publications as Mapping the about project calls and funding opportunities; vulnerability of mountain peoples to food supporting members to develop proposals insecurity (2015) and Understanding mountain and projects to further sustainable mountain soils (2015); annual reports, brochures, fact sheets development and conservation. and newsletters; the Mountain Partnership • National level project implementation: website; social media channels such as Facebook; - Mountain products: strengthen value chains production of promotional videos for International of mountain products and develop voluntary Mountain Day; media coverage through editorials labelling schemes -- to date, some 16 products and articles on the Mountain Partnership and its labelled in seven countries. initiatives; developing knowledge management platforms and databases, such as those on - Mountain Forest Biodiversity for REDD+ resource mobilization, mountain education and programme: monitor mountain forest areas In mapping indigenous mountain peoples. Papua New Guinea and technical assistance to national forest management. • Evidence building: conduct research and analysis of data to increase understanding of mountain peoples and environments. ©FAO/Maryam Farzami ©FAO/Maryam Mountain Partnership Secretariat FAO Forestry Department Viale delle Terme di Caracalla – 00153 Rome, Italy Contact: [email protected] www.fao.org/mountain-partnership www.facebook.com/mountainpartnership.