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ICIMOD’s Regional
Programme Framework
and Collaboration
Potentials (e.g., Abu Dhabi
Knowledge Forum)
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Kathmandu, Nepal
Outline of presentation
• ICIMOD’s programmatic framework
• Regional and national focus programmes
• Examples of regional research & national
knowledge application work
• Knowledge management and data sharing
platforms
• Abu Dhabi Knowledge Forum
• Final remarks
ICIMOD’s Strategic Programs,
Action Areas, Outcomes & Impacts
Strategic
Programs
Integrated
Water and
Hazards
Management
Participatory watershed management
Biodiversity conservation
Glaciers, climate change
Rangeland management, community forestry
MultiMultidisciplinary
disciplinary
team
team
Outcomes/Impacts
Monitoring and impact assessment
Environment
Ecosystem
Change
services&
Ecosystem
Services
Information and knowledge management
Sustainable
Livelihoods &
Livelihood
Poverty
Reduction
Implementation through Action Areas
Livelihoods
- More
Livelihood
sustainable
Stable
Ecosystem
ecosystem
services
Sustainable
Water
trans-&
hazard
boundary
water res.
mgmt.
ICIMOD’s programmatic
approaches
• Regional Approach: Research or
Knowledge Development or
Innovations activities
• National Approach: Outreaching
or Mainstreaming program
activities
Purpose and Nature of
Regional Programmes
• Knowledge development is the goal
• Minimum of three countries are to be involved to cover
trans-boundary issues
• Implemented with strategic partners and with support of
resource centers outside RMC
• ICIMOD’s role: Sets common goal, methodology and
protocols and prepares concept proposal with partners’
inputs
• ICIMOD coordinates implementation; Outputs: common
data base, capacity dev., regional clearing house
• National partners: Implementation in regional framework
Ongoing regional action
research activities of ICIMOD
Integrated Water & Hazards Management:
• Cryosphere Monitoring
• HKH-HYCOS: Regional Flood Information and Management
Env. Change & Ecosystem Services:
• Kailas Landscape Conservation Initiative
• Policy reforms in Shifting Cultivation areas
• Regional Rangeland Management
Sustainable Livelihood & Poverty Reduction:
• Value chain development in High value products &
services
• Livelihood adaptation in the Himalaya
Knowledge Management & MENRIS:
• HKH Regional Information Platform
• HUC (EU-regional/Erasmus Mundus)
Purpose and Nature of
National Programs
• Works with national level cooperation
partners,
• Programs are of strategic importance
with potentials for scaling up/outreaching,
• National priorities are the basis for design
• ICIMOD provides knowledge, skills,
networking, training and in some cases
seed money;
• National partners organize the in-country
resources.
Current National Programs
• GTZ Indus Basin Project, Pakistan &
Afghanistan;
• GLOF Monitoring Project in Nepal;
• REDD & Community Forestry, Nepal
• Medicinal plants conservation project, India
(planned)
• Capacity Building of Afghan Universities
• GLOF Disaster Risk Reduction, Pakistan
• HIMALI project, Nepal
River Basin Approach:
regional focus
• Aim:
Indus
Sapta
Koshi
– To address u/s d/s
linkages
– To develop holistic
understanding of
impact of CC on diverse
sectors and
stakeholders
– To address
transboundary issues
– To support basin-wide
adaptation and
mitigation strategies
Outcome: Improved understanding of the RMC partners about climate change
impacts on hydrological regimes of river basins of HKH region and improved
ability of partners for planning adaptation measures
Example: Indus Basin Programme
The glacier area in
Afghanistan and
surrounding countries
decreased by nearly 40%
over the past 40 years
(Zone, 2002)
Glaciers in the Central
Karakorum thickening and
advancing, while glaciers in the
adjacent areas to the North and
West continue to diminish
(Hewitt, 2005)
Kabul
Jhelum
Upper
Indus
Chenab
Ravi
Beas
Sutlej
Indus Plain
Glacier dynamics
The vast majority of the studies
on different glaciers in the
Western Himalayas show
retreating snouts and decreasing
glacial mass balances (UNEP,
2009)
Example: Indus Basin
Programme
• Multi scaling approach
– Basin scale: Assessment of changes in water resources and demand
dynamics
– Sub-basin scale: process understanding, calibration of parameters (Pilot
studies focusing on particular common sub-basins)
• Programme approach
–
–
–
–
–
Addressing key uncertainties
Coordination and exchange between & among partners
Integration of tools (models)
compatibility of methodology
Cost/benefit/advantages/disadvantages/impacts (how can research
results can address these factors?)
– Short-term benefits (How to provide short-term solutions for long-term
plans?)
Example: Indus Basin
Program (2)
• Engagement with partners:
– Multiple stakeholders involvement in all riparian countries
– Regular stock taking of relevant stakeholders
– Engage decision makers for policy support and linkages
• Research gateway/Knowledge platform
– Metadata and common database
– Develop profiles
– Create fora for sharing and refining methodologies ( to identify
data/information gaps;
– Platform for sharing transboundary issues , solutions and knowledge
– Provide regular policy briefs to decision makers
Indus Basin Research Foci
(3)
– Downscaling of climate change scenarios
– Hydrological modeling
– Role of Black Carbon and aerosols
– Study of avalanche and permafrost
– Setting up representative observation
stations (> 5000 m)
– Application of internationally standardized
research methods
HIMALI Programme: national
focus
Investment project by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
(ADB financed):
High Mountain Agribusiness and Livelihood Improvement
(HIMALI).
To improve incomes, livelihood security, and enhanced socioecological resilience of rural mountain population to future
climatic impacts in three vulnerable target districts in Nepal
focusing on value chains.
The Abu Dhabi Dialogue
Group:
• The Abu Dhabi Dialogue Group
(ADDG) is a partnership of
senior members of government,
academia and civil society from
the seven countries that share
the Rivers of the Greater
Himalayas, namely Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China,
India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
The Abu Dhabi
Knowledge Committee:
• The Abu Dhabi Knowledge Committee
provides guidance on thematic
research priorities to the Abu Dhabi
Knowledge Forum and the selection
committee of the Small Grants Fund to
ensure that regional collaborative
research topics have significant policy
relevance.
Abu Dhabi Small Grants Fund
: Purpose
• To facilitate collaboration among knowledge
institutions from different Himalayan countries
sharing Rivers and support them to work together
• Proposals will be called from research partnerships
representing two or more countries to:
a) initiate new knowledge generation,
b) expand current (national) project activities
across boundaries,
c) disseminate knowledge within the region.
Grant Administration
Mechanism
• ICIMOD will administer the
Small Grants Fund and will:
a) Calls for proposals
b) Convene a selection
committee (WB, ICIMOD)
c) Manage the flow of funds,
and monitor outputs
Integrated Data Platform
• Linking documents, images, photos, data
• Can be visualized/retrieved in spatial and
non spatial way
• Layers of accessibility/ security
• Collection based upon minimum datasets
and links/pointers to external databases
• Integration/extension of existing databases
• Map and data services
Disaster
Water /
Cryosphere
Poverty/
Livelihood
Biodiversit
y
Land
cover/use
ICIMOD Strategic Priorities
Local area network
Enterprise GIS/ Database
Spatial Database
Spatial
- Vector
- Image
- MoDIS
- Derivative Products
Non-spatial
Metadata
ArcGIS Server
Data
Services
Map
Services
Online GIS
Application
Internet
Public User 1
Public User 2
Non-spatial Database
- Census data
- Monitoring
(transect)
- Economic and
financial
indicators
- Environment,
biodiversity
related indicators
Various sector and thematic
databases can not ‘talk’ to each
other
Snow and glaciers mapping
Regional Landcover mapping
Transboundary landscapes
Biodiversity
HKH-HYCOS-Flood info system
Migration
SERVIR Himalaya
- USAID / NASA, GEOSS, ICIMOD and RMCs
partnership;
- Five-year Framework 2010 - 2014
Augment capacity of
ICIMOD and its
partners;
Earth observation
and in-situ data
combined with
decision tools;
Demand-driven
applications;
Monitoring,
Assessment and
Reporting;
Regional status and
trends;
SERVIR has been recognized by the Group on Earth
Observations as an early achiever of the GEO vision
Final Remarks
ICIMOD aims: to enhance socio-economic and
ecological resilience of mountain population to
climate change, water shortages and ecosystem
degradation in the region.
• Key Areas:
a. Himalayan river basins
b. Sustainability of ecosystem services
c. Livelihood improvement of mountain people
d. Knowledge hub, capacity building and facilitation of
regional dialogue
Thank you