Following the CASPISNET activity plan after the organised meeting in December 2022 in Geneva, the next Executive Comity meeting has been held on 9th of February 2023.
Comity member Chair Dr. Alexandre Babak Hedjazi Deputy Director of International Relation Office from UNIGE, Deputy Director Dr. Jean-Francois CRETAUX from Laboratory of Space Geophysical and Oceanographic Studies - LEGOS/CNES, Head of Caspian Sea Hydrometeorology Department Dr. Said Safarov from The Institute of Geography (IGAZ) The Ministry of Science and Education, Coordinator of CASPISNET and Senior Scientific Researcher at IGAZ Dr. Elnur Safarov, Prof. Dr. Andrei Kostianoy from the P.P shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Prof. Dr. Suzanne Leroy from the Mediterranean Laboratory of Prehistory Europa-Africa (LAMPEA) and Dr. Stefano Vignudelli from the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (National Research Council) in Pisa and other board members participated in the meeting.
During the meeting the board have actively discussed the work of CASPSINET, in terms of partnership within different on-going projects within CRIPTIC, Caspian Sea Digital Twin project and other new opportunities.
The main attention during the meeting was given to the Caspian Sea level problem - on the background of active discussions of the problem on a riparian country leaders level about the increasing impacts of the climate change on regions ecosystem, especially in terms of adaptation and mitigation strategies on coastal regions livelihood, economy, agriculture, water management and other related sensitive areas.
Thus the CASPISNET Executive Comity agreed on organisation of the next Annual Meeting/Workshop of CASPISNET on a theme of " The Caspian Basin Development at the Heart of Climate Change – Water – Energy – Food Nexus: Regional Pathways to the Sustainability" in June 2023 at the Institute for Development and Diplomacy - ADA University, Baku, Azerbaijan.
As always the event will contain series of different level workshops and round tables. The details of the event agenda will be announced later.