Sustainable Mountain Development Summit is IMI’s annual flagship event where we bring mountain concerns at the regional and national level as a part of our sustained effort to highlight priorities of Indian Himalayan Region in the development discourse of our country.
Each year 3-5 salient themes engaging the immediate attention of and relevant to the mountains and hills are identified for threadbare discussion and debate. Conclusions and recommendations emerging from this exercise would be pursued by IMI subsequently.
It provides a functional discussion platform for mountain states with determination to follow up what gets collectively agreed upon.
Each of these Summits have been characterized by diverse discussions, debates and exchanges. They have also produced specific policy briefings and recommendations, which are helping the dialogue on development practices and policies for the mountain states. The thematic focus of previous SMDSs held under the aegis of IMI were:
SMDS-I (2011), Nainital , UK
Hydropower, Adapatation measures under Climate Change, Rural Tourism, Community forestry
SMDS-II (2012), Gangtok, Sikkim
Water, Forests & Communities, Mountain Livelihoods
SMDS-III (2013), Kohima, Nagaland
Forests, Water: Rivers, streams & springs, Mountain agriculture
SMDS-IV (2015) , Itanagar , Arunachal Pradesh
Disaster Risk Reduction, Mountain Agriculture, Forests
SMDS-V (2016), Leh, Ladakh
Water Security, Skills for development in the mountains
SMDS-VI (2017), Aizawl, Mizoram
Climate Change & Sustainable Mountain Cities
SMDS-VII (2018) Solan, HP
Well-being of Next Generation of Farmers in the Himalayan Region
SMDS VIII (2019), Shillong, Meghalaya
Sustainable Mountain Initiatives for Livelihoods and Entrepreneurship for Youth
