A Consultation Meeting, “Work Plan for the Second Five-Year Period of CNICIMOD”, was held in Beijing on May 15, 2011.

A Consultation Meeting of CNICIMOD held in Beijing.(by IMHE)

Mr. QIU Huasheng, vice director of International Cooperation Bureau, CAS, Mr. WANG Zhenyu, director of International Organization Division of International Cooperation Bureau, CAS, and Mr. HUANG Tieqing, director of Division of Land and Remote Sensing, Bureau of Science and Technology for Resources and the Environment，CAS attended the meeting. Special experts Dr. ZHANG Yili and SHEN Lei were invited to attend the meeting, which was hosted by the Secretariat of Chinese Committee on ICIMOD.

Secretary General of CNICIMOD, Dr. DENG Wei, presided over the meeting. He reported to attendees on the work processes in the aspects of organization building, daily works and project cooperation over the past five years since the inception of CNICIMOD. All attendees appreciated that as a youth organization with international characteristic, CNICIMOD has accomplished a lot of constructive work over the past five years and has played an important role in connecting with ICIMOD to promote multilateral cooperation in the Hindukush- Himalaya region. 

Dr. DENG Wei introduced the work plan of CNICIMOD and some key work and measures to be accomplished over the coming five years and explained that in response to ICIMOD’s develop strategy, CNICIMOD will assemble more scientists for the collaborations in the region. After discussing the work plan, all experts made constructive suggestion, and emphasized that CNICIMOD’ work should focus on some significant issues with obvious outputs to extend its influence and leading role.

Over the next five years, CNICIMOD will mobilize more scientists to push forward regional multilateral cooperation serving ecological security and environment conservation, to make positive contribution to sustainable development of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya regions.