Caspian Integrated Scientific Network - CASPISNET

CASPIAN INTEGRATED SCIENTIFIC NETWORK – CASPISNET

Following series of symposia and specialized workshops and recommendations of a multidisciplinary pool of experts, an International Working Group (IWG) on the Sustainable Development of the Caspian Sea Region - CASPISNET (Caspian Integrated Scientific Network) was incepted in May 2018.

Within latter framework, a multidisciplinary group of scientists from the region Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan were joined by experts from France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States on 13th May 2018 in a special meeting initiated by the Institute of Geography of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.

The IWG CASPISNET aims to develop a decision-making support system at the regional level by pulling national resources towards data analysis while developing an early warning system at the disposal of policy formulators while developing a training framework for regional professionals. While connecting global and local dynamics of change to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the CASPISNET also aims to bridge practice-informed environmental and anthropogenic hazards and risk assessments to regional policy formulation for the Caspian basin.

Today CASPISNET gathers more than fifty experts from sixteen countries connecting about forty universities, organisations, laboratories and private companies specialised and working in science disciplines related with the Caspian Sea Region sustainable development following the UN 2030 goals.