Update and Reflection on CARIN – GOFC-GOLD Networks Jiaguo Qi, Michigan State University, USA Alim Pulatov, TIIM, Tashkent, Uzbekistan GOFC-GOLD Networks in Northern Eurasia BARIN SCERIN SibRIN VolRIN FERIN CauRIN CARIN Dormant but alive & Can wake up to contribute

CARIN Introduction and activities 2010-2014 Erasmus Mundus Action 2 CASIA 1 “Project Central Asian Student International Academic exchange with EU” 101 CA – EU mobility 2011-2016 Erasmus Mundus Action 2 CASIA 2 “Project Central Asian Student International Academic exchange with EU” 109 CA –EU mobility 2012-2017 Erasmus Mundus Action 2 CASIA 3 “Project Central Asian Student International Academic exchange with EU” 134 CA –EU mobility 2013-2018 Erasmus Mundus Action 2 TIMUR “ Training of Individuals through Mobility from Uzbek Republic to EU ” 145 UZB –EU mobility Partners: EU Universities Wageningen University (Netherlands), Universitat fur Bodenkultur (Austria), University of Hohenheim (Germany), Czech University of Life Sciences (Czech Republic), Slovak University of Agriculture (Slovak Republic,) The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden), Universidad de Granada (Spain) CA Universities: Kyrgyz State Technical University (Kyrgyzstan), Kyrgyz National Agrarian University after K.I. Skryabin (Kyrgyzstan), Samarkand State University (Uzbekistan), Karakalpak State University (Uzbekistan), Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration (Uzbekistan), National University of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan), Namangan Engineering Pedagogical Institute (Uzbekistan), Khujand Polytechnic institute of Tajik Technical university (Tajikistan), Tajik Agrarian University (Tajikistan), Kazakh National Agrarian University (Kazakhstan), West-Kazakhstan Agrarian-Technical University after Zhangir Khan  (Kazakhstan), Kostanay State University (Kazakhstan), Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University (Kyrgyzstan), Associates: ARGINATURA, CASCADE, Ministry of Education and Science in Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan student alliance, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Kamolot – Uzbekistan Youth Movement, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ministry of Education and Science of Kyrgyz Republic, IWMI.

Joint Conference EU-Central Asia: Erasmus Mundus Partnerships impact on Central Asia May 14th-17th, 2017 Almaty, Kazakhstan. More than 100 participants from Central Asian and European universities, as well as a representative of the European Commission, attended the event. The objective of the conference was to improve the networking between Central Asian and European universities. During the discussion it was shared good practices, education process, research and evaluate results including the processes of credit recognition in the Central Asian

Reflections on CARIN Funding is #1 issue in CARIN Financial capability is limited. Research capacity is also limited. “Voluntary” requires financial capability Leadership/Motivation Too much reliance on individual interests Incentives Alignment to regional priorities, e.g. Uz Lack of regional priorities of int’l agencies and organizations

Suggestion Projects  Programs e.g. WEF Nexus in Dryland Ecosystems – An initiative of Asia Hub and Water Hub of Central Asia - ADB and CA One way to revitalize CARIN – A problem-based approach that links to national priority

Uzbekistan priorities for LCLUC Land degradation Soil salinity assessment by RS and GIS tools Soil quality and soil erosion study Land use and land cover change monitoring Crop yield estimation and forecasting Agricultural crop fire Forestry inventory and monitoring Surface water quality and quantity Ground water quality and quantity mapping and modeling Data gathering and archive Educational and training of young specialists

Upcoming Effort: Kazakhstan

This may wake up CARIN! Thank you for attention