The results of the field surveys and mapping exercises were presented to the local government and local NGOs. The data were well received by representatives of the NGO “Green Movement of Georgia” and the head of Lagodekhi’s government.
The three partner universities see their consortium as a “win-win” cooperation for education in the area of sustainable mountain development. It brings together a university focused on teaching (Department of Physical Geography, Armenian State Pedagogical University), a geography faculty specialized in planning (Department for Regional Geography and Landscape Planning, Iv. Djavakhishvili Tbilisi State University), and a university centre with extensive experience in international development cooperation in research and education (CDE).
CDE and its partners can draw on 20 years of experience in developing partnerships with universities in the East. This experience, partly obtained in SDC programmes in the Central Asian and Caucasus regions, has been crucial for implementing a related follow-up strategy focusing on capacity development for young scientists.
Project duration: 2015–2018