The memorandum of collaboration was signed by Julio Andrade, director of CIFAL Málaga-UNITAR and Antonio Troya, director of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation. Representatives of both institutions will establish a joint commission to ensure compliance with the agreement, establish internal rules of operation, as well as proposals for action, research programs and potential lines of collaboration.

As a partnering center of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), CIFAL Malaga holds a long history of training leaders from local and regional authorities, international organisations, the private sector and civil society.

For IUCN-Med, this agreement means a step further in the development of the capacity building strategic line, following the recent launch of modules for the development of ecotourism in protected areas on the globalconservation platform through the MEET Network project.

For more information, please contact lourdes.lazaro@iucn.org