The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is an independent regional knowledge, learning and enabling centre serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas (HKH) – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan – and the global mountain community. Founded in 1983, ICIMOD is based in Kathmandu, Nepal, and brings together a partnership of regional member countries, partner institutions, and donors with a commitment for development action to secure a better future for the people and environment of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas.
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ICIMOD Strategic Framework
The Board of Governors of ICIMOD approved the new
five-year Strategic Framework and Medium Term Action Plan for 2008-2012 at a
meeting held in Dhulikhel near Kathmandu,
Nepal, from 26 to 28 November 2007. The new strategy foresees three strategic
programmes – Integrated Water and Hazard Management, Environmental Change and
Ecosystem Services, and Sustainable Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction –
supported by a strong knowledge management group and specialists in gender,
equity, governance, and economics, and working together on programmes designed
to help people adapt to climate change and improve their livelihoods while
protecting the environment. download the strategic framework: pdf version (260kb)
The Next Five Years This issue of Sustainable Mountain Development is dedicated to the new Strategic Framework and how ICIMOD is preparing itself to meet the changes and challenges by working together with regional and global partners. It contains an Overview on Changes and Challenges in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas, a discussion... more
Greater Voice for All Mountian Peoples In this issue of Sustainable Mountain Development we focus on how ICIMOD and its partners try to contribute to a more equitable society in which the voices of all mountain people are heard.... more
Annual Report 2007 The Annual Report 2007 provides a brief overview of the year 2007, accomplishments of the last five years, and outlines the guiding principles and the roadmap for the next five years... more
Resource Manual on Flash Flood Risk Management Flash floods are severe flood events that occur with little or no warning triggered by intense rainfall, dam failure, outbursts of glacial lakes, and similar episodes. They occur frequently in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region where they threaten life, livelihoods, and infrastructure both in the mountains... more
Building resilience of mountain communities to climate change Be it melting glaciers, rising sea levels, more virulent storms and fl oods, less snow, or more droughts, climate change is taking place around the globe, posing a great threat to nature and humanity in the 21st century.... more
Newsletter 54 This issue of Sustainable Mountain Development is dedicated to the new Strategic Framework and how ICIMOD is preparing itself to meet the changes and challenges by working together with regional and global partners. ...... more
