Mountain Partnership Central Asia Hub hosted by

MPCAH @ UCAEst-d in 2010SMD4GC program

Hosted by UCA

35 institutional members of the Mountain Partnership from 7 regional countries

Network of networksAdvancing the mountain agenda and mountain peoples 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 highquality applied research findings by its host institution, the University of Central Asia.

Events:

SMD Knowledge Hub: Platforms usedNetwork 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 makersIntegration of mountain agenda into development processesKG: Government position on Green Economy; National Strategy on Sustainable DevelopmentTJ: with Parliament SCEAP on Law of Mountain TerritoriesAltai: 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 UNGAUNCCD/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)

FundraisingFR to set up the RE Demo Center at the Health-hub in Nurobad, TJAiyl 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 practicesRegions need help: in capturing & documenting Regions need Cross-learningAn Institutional set up : MustSource of fundingMindsets: paradigm shift

Regional ownershipInteractive formatDo not compete for the resourcesAn umbrella under which local organizations consolidate their effortsCommon vision/1 voice

Why Food Security is of interest to us? Relevant to the region Of interest to the MP membersDushanbe Forum of Mountain Countries 2015: topic: FS & Agr under CC (june 08 2015; 170 participants 19 countries)PPP on FS by IFPRI on FS in mountains

FS in Central AsiaGenerally, mountain people are undernourished/micronutrient deficiencyStunting 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% ruralMonoculture growing: land taken from food growingAgriculture in the national economy: decline from 46% to 17,5% for past 15 yearsFor 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 Hubc/o University of Central AsiaToktogula str.138A, Bishkek 720001, Kyrgyzstanelbegzaya.batjargal@ucentralasia.orgalma.uzbekova@ucentralasia.org

Tel: +996 (312) 910 822 Fax:+996 (312) 910 835

Website: www.mountainpartnership.orgwww.ucentralasia.org/msri/

Thank you and welcome to CA!

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