NCCR North-South Central Asia

NCCR North-South:
Research partnerships for mitigating syndromes of global change
in Central Asia

NCCR North-South is a consortium of Swiss institutions and their partners in developing and transitional countries. NCCR North-South aims to carry out research on major syndromes of global and local change in developing and transition countries, and to make significant contributions to the design of measures that mitigate these syndromes.

NCCR North-South is financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). It is implemented by the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) of the University of Berne.
The JACS Central Asia is one of eight research regions or Joint Areas of Case Studies (JACS) which have been established in developing and transitional countries.
The Central Asia partnership region comprises Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Specific research partnerships have been established with institutions in Central Asia, through which integrated, context-specific, and mitigation-oriented research is jointly conducted and developed.

Coping with Change:
Understanding Transformation Processes in Central Asia

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Last year NCCR North-South has launched the Policy Brief series evidence for policy provides research highlights on important development topics.
A policy brief on migration issues in Central and South Asia has been published last year
Thieme, S.; Bhattarai, A. and Gurung, G. (2009): Making Migration Safer. NCCR North-South Research Evidence for Policy. No. 2. NCCR North-South, Berne.

The fourth issue focuses on effective natural resource management in mitigation and adaptation strategies. Topics covered in Natural resources: the climate change challenge include the multiple benefits of restoring soil fertility.

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The NCCR North-South Programme in Central Asia launches call for a PhD position in Kyrgyzstan within the research project ' Migration and Development: Role of Knowledge and Skills in the Migration Process'.