This year's first meeting of the Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks in April 2012 in Kathmandu addressed the motto of the 17th SAARC Summit "Building Bridges". Members of the Think Tank network, wghich is supported by the Regional Programme SAARC of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and experts form all eight countries of the SAARC region discussed possibilities to strengthen physical, emotional and economic linkages in South Asia. For a detailed conference report please click on the PDF file below.