The 42nd Meeting of the ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) Board of Governors was held in Bhutan on 25 Nov, 2011.

At ICIMOD's invitation, Dr. YAO Tandong, Vice President of CNICIMOD (Chinese Committee on ICIMOD), CAS academician, Dr. WEI Fangqiang, Vice Secretary General of CNICIMOD, and Dr. DONG Qi from Bureau of International Co-operation, CAS, went to Bhutan to take part in the 42nd Meeting of the ICIMOD Board of Governors (BOG).

42nd Meeting of the ICIMOD Board of Governors held in Bhutan

Meeting is in progress on the basis of the agenda and schedule, the work of ICIMOD in 2011 and the plan in 2012 were discussed, each member country reported the situation of cooperation with ICIMOD, and some suggestions were put forward. During the meeting, the 22nd Meeting of ICIMOD Support Group (ISG) and 18th Meeting of Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) also were held, and discussion on the condition of financial revenue and expenditure in 2011 and financial budget 2012 were carried on.

Dr. WEI Fangqiang made the China Country Report 2011 at the meeting and reviewed the work process and achievement of ICIMOD in China on the following aspects: integrated water and hazard management, environmental change and ecosystem services, sustainable livelihoods and poverty reduction and knowledge management.