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Together with its partners and member countries, ICIMOD is committed to securing a better future for the people of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas through the development of an economically and environmentally sound mountain ecosystem. <o:p></o:p></p><p DEFANGED_STYLE="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p DEFANGED_STYLE="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal">ICIMOD promotes integrated and innovative geospatial solutions for mountain development through the Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information Systems (MENRIS) Programme. MENRIS programme focuses on technology innovation, capacity building and training, development of mountain-specific applications and decision support systems. With the overarching goal of climate change adaptation, the current areas of applications include cryosphere, biodiversity, forestry/REDD+, disaster and transboundary air pollution.<o:p></o:p></p><p DEFANGED_STYLE="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal">The M<span DEFANGED_STYLE="color:black">ENRIS programme is working on several new and exciting developments to promote geo-information and earth observation for the benefit of mountain communities in the region. Recently, </span>ICIMOD joined hands with USAID and NASA to establish SERVIR-Himalaya, a programme aiming to provide linkage from “space to village” and apply the best in science and technology for improved environmental decision-making in the region.<o:p></o:p></p><p DEFANGED_STYLE="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">ICIMOD/MENRIS is looking for several innovative, talented and enthusiastic people to </span><span DEFANGED_STYLE="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">support the new developments within its programmes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p DEFANGED_STYLE="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol type="1" start="1" DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top:0in"><li DEFANGED_STYLE="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3" class="MsoNormal"><b>Geospatial Application Lead <br></b>to lead the development of geospatial applications as well as developing new partnership initiatives<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><ol type="1" start="2" DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top:0in"><li DEFANGED_STYLE="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3" class="MsoNormal"><b>Geospatial Capacity Building Lead<br></b>to lead geospatial capacity building and coordinate education and training activities including the programme focussing on youth<b><o:p></o:p></b></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><ol type="1" start="3" DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top:0in"><li DEFANGED_STYLE="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3" class="MsoNormal"><b>Enterprise GIS / Database Specialist<br></b>to develop center-wide data management strategies and systems concerning Enterprise GIS/databases <b><o:p></o:p></b></li></ol><p DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-left:.25in" class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p 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