CARB-ASIA - Kick-off Meeting in Bishkek, 29 March 2019
"Development of methods for organic carbon stock assessment and improvement of climate change reporting on agricultural ecosystems in Kyrgyzstan"
CARB-ASIA project team in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry and Melioration of the Kyrgyz Republic has successfully organised and conducted the Kick-off Meeting on 29 March 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. More than 25 representatives of the Kyrgyz national authorities, GIZ Bishkek, FAO, as well as NGOs and universities took part at the meeting and discussed the project objectives and planned activities. The participants also exchanged ideas and experiences regarding the potential directions in which the method can be developed and the institutional framework adapted (program).
CARB-ASIA project is part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) supports this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag. The project is also part of the overarching GIZ program “Capacity Development for Climate Policy in the Countries of South East, Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia, Phase III”.
Opening of the meeting by the Deputy Minister Dr. Janybek Kerimaliev and Prof. Jutta Zeitz
Participants discuss the potential directions in which the method can be developed and the institutional framework adapted