The 45th Meeting of the ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) Board of Governors was held in Islamabad, Pakistan from November 24 to 30, 2014.

The 45th ICIMOD BOG meeting (by IMHE)

At ICIMOD's invitation, Prof. Cui Peng, Secretary General of CNICIMOD (Chinese Committee on ICIMOD), Vice Director of IMHE (Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS), Prof. Hu Pinghua, Head of the Secretariat Office of CNICIMOD and Dr. Dong Qi from Bureau of International Cooperation, CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences), went to Islamabad to take part in the 45th Meeting of the ICIMOD Board of Governors (BOG).

Meeting is in progress on the basis of the agenda and schedule, the works of ICIMOD in 2014 and the plan for 2015 were discussed, each member country reported the situation of cooperation with ICIMOD, and some suggestions were put forward. The Meeting of ICIMOD Support Group (ISG) and Meeting of Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) also were held, and discussion on the condition of financial revenue and expenditure in 2014 and financial budget 2015 were carried on.

Prof. Cui made the China Country Report 2014 at the meeting and reviewed the work process and achievement of ICIMOD in China. The next ICIMOD BOG meeting was supposed to hold in China in 2015.

Meanwhile, SERVIR Himalaya Youth Forum, UIB Network meeting, Cryosphere meeting and ICIMOD Pakistan Day are being held there.