Mountain Partnership Central Asia Hub hosted by

UCA Est-d in 2010 SMD4GC program Hosted by UCA 35 institutional members of the Mountain Partnership from 7 regional countries Network of networks Advancing the mountain agenda and mountain people’s concerns into global / regional /national and subnational development and policy making processes (policy advocacy); Consolidating mountain stakeholder efforts by providing a single platform for an action-oriented regional network supporting policy advocacy, partnership building and joint actions (mountain stakeholders CSOs); Providing a one-stop learning centre for enhancing local trained capacity, encouraging global cross- learning, documentation and exchange of good practices between mountain regions and nations; Contributing to participatory governance and informed policy-making on mountain related issues through community mobilization and collaborative initiatives with policy makers at multiple levels; Communicating and popularizing high–quality applied research findings by its host institution, the University of Central Asia.

Events:

SMD Knowledge Hub: Platforms used Network of MP members Regional Level work: Policy Advocacy (Policy dialogues; work with Governments on integration of mountain concerns into development policies & strategies) Facilitate Joint initiatives (ADI/KALFU; India/CA; Altai/Tj) Knowledge sharing/capacity building (tools/instruments; cross-learning) High profile events on mountains (Dushanbe Forum of mountain countries 2015; e.g., CAMP Annual Forums/AGOCA Conferences

Work with Policy makers Integration of mountain agenda into development processes KG: Government position on Green Economy; National Strategy on Sustainable Development TJ: with Parliament SCEAP on Law of Mountain Territories Altai: Assessment of mountain specificities

Knowledge products: Text format: Rio+20 Central Asia report ( 1of 8 regional reports) UN Publications: Case studies for: UNSG Report to UNGA UNCCD/FAO/UNEP/ SDC/ADC UNEP Outlook Assess. for CoP 21 Paris

Text format: Aiyl Demi monthly newspaper (KG language newspaper for remote mountain communities) (KG/Murghab-TJ) Herder Manual in 4 languages (ru;kg;tj;eng)

Non-text Format knowledge platforms High digital divide & limited IT use Technology intro: Online training on SMD (2013) ToT for 3 countries (2014)

Fundraising FR to set up the RE Demo Center at the Health-hub in Nurobad, TJ Aiyl Demi: TCF ACDI/VOCA F2F Program support for 3 orgs (Aiyl Demi; FOD; Batken Farmer groups) Linking to potential donors

Knowledge Platform: Lessons learned & Good practices Regions need help: in capturing & documenting Regions need Cross- learning An Institutional set up : Must Source of funding Mindsets: paradigm shift Regional ownership Interactive format Do not compete for the resources An umbrella under which local organizations consolidate their efforts Common vision/1 voice

Why Food Security is of interest to us? Relevant to the region Of interest to the MP members Dushanbe Forum of Mountain Countries 2015: topic: FS & Agr under CC (june ; 170 participants 19 countries) PPP on FS by IFPRI on FS in mountains

FS in Central Asia Generally, mountain people are undernourished/micronutrient deficiency Stunting rate : 37.2% children in mountains to 29% in non-mountain areas Tajikistan (42% to 26.8%) and Kyrgyzstan (36.2% to 17.8%) Agrarian countries with 65-80% rural Monoculture growing: land taken from food growing Agriculture in the national economy: decline from 46% to 17,5% for past 15 years For 9 staple products ensuring Food security: KG self sufficient in only 3 staple products in 2012 (potatoes; milk and vegetables) 25% population food insecure (1.3 mln) WFP 25% of households or 1.3 million people are food insecure or undernourished ( WFP)

Contact Us: Mountain Partnership Central Asia Hub c/o University of Central Asia Toktogula str.138A, Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan Tel: +996 (312) Fax:+996 (312) Website:

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