DUSHANBE, May 7, Asia-Plus  -- A three-day fair of exchange of advanced knowledge and practical experience in development of mountain areas will be held at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe from June 3-5.  

The fair, organized by CAMP Kuhiston, which is branch of Central Asian Mountain Partnership (CMAP) as well as Center for Development and Environment (CDE), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), UNDP, German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Tajik Agricultural University, Ministry of Education, Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and CARITAS.  

            The CAMP Kuhiston administrative officer Mirsulton Mirzosaid said that the main objective of the fair is to provide interested sides, representing various regions and working in different directions, with an opportunity to share advanced knowledge and their experiences in development of mountain areas.  

According to him, organizations and individual persons from Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan will participate at the fair.  “Organizations will present their products, methods and technologies that could interest other fair participants in suing them,” the administrative officer said.  

Central Asian Mountain Partnership (CAMP) is financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and is designed and implemented by the Center for Development and Environment (CDE) of the University of Berne. CAMP operated in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan from 2000 to 2007.  The program was finished in 2007, however, its branches -- CAMP Alatoo (Kyrgyzstan), CAMP Kuhiston (Tajikistan) and CMAP Consulting (Kazakhstan) -- were established the same year.