1. 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

3. CARIN Introduction and activities
Erasmus Mundus Action 2 CASIA 1 “Project Central Asian Student International Academic exchange with EU” 101 CA – EU mobility
Erasmus Mundus Action 2 CASIA 2 “Project Central Asian Student International Academic exchange with EU” 109 CA –EU mobility
Erasmus Mundus Action 2 CASIA 3 “Project Central Asian Student International Academic exchange with EU” 134 CA –EU mobility
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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Upcoming Effort: Kazakhstan

10. This may wake up CARIN! Thank you for attention