On Tuesday morning, participants convened to hear Andreas Schild, Director General, ICIMOD, provide a broad context for the mountain agenda and to reflect on the first day of the workshop.

Participants then attended a session on “Key learning, experiences and messages from the Asia-Pacific mountain regions” and split in working groups on: identification of issues and challenges in promoting a green economy in mountain regions; identification of the potentials and opportunities for sustainable mountain development in the context of the green economy; how to create enabling conditions for promoting green economy for sustainable mountain development; and identification of principles and actions that demand priority in the global green economy and Rio+20.

In the afternoon, participants listened to reflections from the representatives of other mountain regions of the world and a summary of recommendations emerging from the workshop. In the evening, they attended the opening of the Conference. During the opening ceremony, the Right Honourable President of the Republic of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, congratulated ICIMOD for organizing the workshop and urged for mountain issues to be included in the Rio+20 deliberations.