Venue

Meeting on the development of a Regional Center of Excellence for the nexus approach on the base of the Expert Platform on Water Security, Sustainable Development and Future Studies

9 November 2024

On November 9, as part of the project “Regional mechanisms for the low-carbon, climate-resilient transformation of the energy-water-land Nexus in Central Asia” implemented by a consortium of partners led by OECD with the support of the German International Climate Initiative (IKI), SIC ICWC held the first working meeting on the establishment of the Regional Center of Excellence for the Nexus Approach in Tashkent.

The Regional Center of Excellence is planned to build on the base of existing Expert Platform on Water Security, Sustainable Development and Future Studies. Key experts of the Expert Platform from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and the head of the IWMI Country Office for Uzbekistan took part in the meeting.

The idea behind this work is to build a partnership of researchers and experts, with wider involvement of youth and women to promote the nexus approach and build trust and networks among research community of the Central Asian countries and also between science and policy.

The participants discussed objectives and thematic areas and possible modalities of such a partnership and how to involve youth in this activity. SIC ICWC presented its proposal on studying the Central Asian water-related heritage and its valuation as one of the areas of work. This proposal was supported by all participants. In conclusion, the next steps for the development of activity were outlined.