Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT (ICIMOD)
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2010-08-08 to 2015-09-30
Current total value of award: $6310396
Description: THE OVERARCHING PURPOSE OF THE SERVIR HIMALAYA INITIATIVE IS TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING IN THE HINDU KUSH HIMALAYA HKH REGION THROUGH DISSEMINATION AND ANALYSES OF EARTH OBSERVATION INFORMATION. STAKEHOLDERS FOR THIS KIND OF INFORMATION RANGE FROM DECISION MAKERS AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL ADDRESSING TRANS BOUNDARY ISSUES TO NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SCIENTISTS STUDENTS THE GENERAL PUBLIC USAID  OTHER DONORS AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS WORKING IN THE REGION. ULTIMATELY SERVIR SHOULD HELP TO REACH BEYOND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO ENSURE AN IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES. IT IS INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN ICIMODS CAPABILITIES AS AN ESTABLISHED REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND EARTH OBSERVATION APPLICATIONS FOR THE HKH REGION.