The Italian science
and cooperation
at the shadow of
The Italian science
and cooperation
at the shadow of
The Italian science
and cooperation
at the shadow of
Coordinators
Mr. Maurizio Gallo
Ev-K2-CNR
Technical Advisor
[email protected]
Islamabad - National Art Gallery
Opened to the public in 2007, the National Art Gallery, whit its covered area of 1800 square yards, 14 galleries with
adjacent display areas, lecture halls, workshop and storage facilities, laboratories and a library. The four-storey
gallery has modern facilities, including an auditorium with capacity for 400, a theatre, stage facilities and an open
air theatre.
Mr. Arif Hussain
Ev-K2-CNR
Technical Representative
[email protected]
General Secretariat
Ms. Valentina Carminati
[email protected]
Islamabad, September 9-10, 2013
Ms. Francesca Saldi
[email protected]
Scientific Conference:
Karakoram resources and climate
change: glacier,
water and ecosystem
Mr. Riaz ul Hassan
Ev-K2-CNR
Resident Representative
[email protected]
SEED Project Institutional workshop
ABC Seminar
De Filippi Photo Exhibit
International Mountain
Film Festival
Skardu, September 12-13, 2013
Inauguration of CKNP
New Headquarters
www.evk2cnr.org
www.projectseed.net
International Mountain
Film Festival
Trough the CKNP Exhibit
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he Ev-K2-CNR Committee and the Karakoram International University, in the framework of SEED project, promote a set of events in Islamabad and Skardu to celebrate
the bilateral cooperation between Italy and Pakistan.
The four-day event, patronized by the Italian Embassy in Islamabad is the opportunity
to spread what the Ev-K2-CNR Committee and SEED project are doing to guarantee a
sustainable development of the Central Karakorum National Park and highlight the role of
the Governments of Italy and Pakistan, donors of the project.
Patronage
Embassy of Italy
Ttheheinpolitical,
Islamabad promotes
economic,
cooperation between Italy
and Pakistan also trough
specific actions and bilateral
programmes.
he Ev-K2-CNR ComTnon-profit
mittee is an autonomous,
association,
Ev-K2-CNR is best represented by its Pyramid
Laboratory located at 5,050
meters a.s.l. in Nepal at
the base of Mount Everest. Today Ev-K2-CNR’s
work is mainly organized
via broad-scale integrated
multi-disciplinary programs
aimed at helping resolve
urgent environmental and
development issues.
EED Project is currenS
tly carried out in the
Gilgit and Baltistan by
by PIDSA (Pakistan Italian
Debt for Development
SWAP Agreement), aims at
an integrative development
of CKNP region through
supporting
the implementation and
management of the park.
stablished in 2002 by a
Egovernment,
charter from the federal
the Karakoram
faculty members and over
a hundred administrative
staff in sixteen academic
departments and four disciplines: English, Computer
Sciences, Business Management and Education.
cultural and scientific
which promotes scientific
and technological research
in mountain areas.
Particular emphasis is
placed on the Hindu Kush
- Karakorum - Himalaya
region and on work in the
countries of Nepal and
Pakistan.
Ev-K2-CNR Committee,
in collaboration with the
Karakoram International
University.
The project, fully financed
Collaborations and partnerships
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Skardu - Italian K2 Museum
The Italian K2 museum, inaugurated in 2004 on the occasion of the 50° anniversary of K2 fist ascent K2, is dedicated to the history of italian alpinism in Karakorum. Visited by dozens of tourists every years, it hosts a permanent
photo exhibit, a rich library and a video archive.
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International University
(KIU) has a main campus
located in Gilgit that hosts
2300 students, nearly 100
The Italian science
and cooperation
at the shadow of
September 10
9.00 am
Scientific
Conference
Karakoram Resources
and Climate Change:
Glacier, Water and Ecosystem
T
he Hindu Kush Karakorum - Himalaya (HKKH) range is
an extraordinarily high
mountain chain, that harbors some of the world’s
richest environments and
important protected areas
are located here.
In particular, the Karakorum mountains encompass a wide diversity of
flora, fauna and natural
climate change effects.
All the sessions will be
focused on Karakorum
and in particular on the
subjects of biosphere,
resources such as forests climate change, glaciers
and glaciers. On the other snow and hydrologihand, these high-altitude cal cycle in northern
regions are climatically,
Pakistan, extreme pregeologically and ecocipitations floods and
logically both sensitive
risk assessment and
and fragile environments environment impacts, rewhich can be significantly sources management and
affected by climate chan- mitigation actions.
ge and by modifications
National and international
of anthropic pressures.
high-level speakers will
The Scientific Conference take part to the conference.
on Karakoram Resources
and Climate Change:
Glacier, Water and Ecosystem aims at presenting
the state of the art of
current knowledge on
Karakorum mountains
ecosystem from a scientific point of view and
at illustrating mitigation
actions to contrast the
September 9-10.00 am
in the Archives of the
Society for Geographic
Studies of Florence, Italy:
more than 300 high
resolution enlargements
of the original
photographic heritage
depict the natural and
Rediscovering
cultural landscape of that
the Abode of Snow
time, and the pioneering
scientific works
he exhibition is
of Filippo De Filippi.
dedicated to the great
Thanks to this visually
scientific expedition
striking feature,
organized by the Italian
it is possible for visitors
scientist and explorer
Filippo De Filippi in Cen- to get details of the true
historical and scientific
tral Asia in 1913-1914.
value of that important
The expedition was
expedition.
a major step forward
for the knowledge of
Karakorum, especially
on the scientific side.
The exhibit is made by
photographic materials
extracted from the
original photo albums of
the expedition conserved
September 9
October 11
Seed
Project FILIPPO
Institutional workshop
resentation of Seed
DE FILIPPI
Pmission
Project monitoring’s
results, orgaPHOTO EXHIBIT
nized in collaboration
with the Pakistan Italian
Debt for Development
Swap Agreement
(PIDSA).
September 9- 14.30 pm
ABC SEMINAR
ir pollution leads
A
to formation of layers of brownish haze,
the Atmospheric Brown
Clouds. The seminar
promoted by UNEP
will bring together
scientists, professors,
students, NGOs and
institutions to describe
the ABC environmental
effects on climate, water resources, agriculture and human health.
T
Islamabad National Art Gallery
September 9/10
October 12/13
Film schedule
National Art Gallery
Islamabad
International September 9
Mountain Film 6.00 pm
Festival
rganized in collaboration with “OroO
bie Film Festival”, one
of the most important
Italian mountains film
contest, the International
Mountain Film Festival
will present six films that
show the many-side life
of mountains: theater of
extraordinary mountaineering endeavors, field for
scientific exploration
and environmental
resource that needs to be
studied and protected.
Guest of honour of this
important film festival
is Samina Baig, the first
Pakistani woman to scale
Mount Everest.
SKARDU Italian K2 Museum
In the heart of Asia
Next time Inshallah
September 10
9.00 am
Next time Inshallah
Beyond the summits
11.00 am
Alone on the wall
Mount Saint Elias
6.00 pm
The Karakoram anomaly
Italian K2 Museum
Skardu
September 12
October 12
September 12
5.30 pm
TROUGH
CKNP
September 13
5.30 pm
T
In the heart of Asia
The Karakoram anomaly
Next time Inshallah
Alone on the wall
Mount Saint Elias
HISTORICAL, CULTURAL,
ENVIRONMENTAL ROUTES
ON THE WAY TO THE MOUNTAINS
he Central Karakorum
National Park (CKNP)
is not only an area to be
crossed to reach the main
peaks for mountaineering
and trekking, but it is a
rich territory with historical and cultural heritage
and an unexpected flora
and fauna.
Depending on these
considerations, the
Ev-K2-Cnr Committee and the Karakoram
International University
in the framework of
SEED Project, promote
the Trough the CKNP
exhibition: more than 20
panels, with the support
of multimedia documentations, guide the visitors
through the most peculiar
routes inside the Park.
The exhibition panels include the outputs carried
out in the framework of
SEED project research
activities and, at the same
time, give the visitors an
overview about the historical cultural heritage
as well as about the flora
and fauna.
September 13
10.00 am
CKNP NEW
HEADQUARTERS
he CKNP directorate inaugurates his
Theadquarters
in a new
ecologically sustainable complex, relying on
renewable energy sources,
such as a solar water
heating system, a small
scale wastewater treatment
and proper insulation
techniques. The CKNP
headquarters, realized in
the framework of SEED
project, shall become a
model for eco-sustainable
construction in the area and
serve as a pilot for testing
of new small-scale/ rural
eco-technologies. After the
inauguration, the center
will host the SEED project
stakeholders meeting.