Meeting of the Secretariat and Chairman of the IUCN’s National Committees in the Mediterranean

The last meeting of the Chairpersons of IUCN’s National Committees in the Mediterranean region was hosted in June by the French National Committee in Tour du Valat in the Camargue. A summary of the activities carried out by the Centre during the previous year was drawn up, and the results of the external strategic review were presented. The meeting also discussed how to improve the interrelationship between members and secretariat, as well as specific aspects of the application of the Bangkok Resolutions (34, 39, 59 and 70) that affect the Mediterranean region. Working through its National Committees, the IUCN-Med trusts that this kind of meeting will serve to inform and maintain fluid relationships with its members.

Mediterranean Programme knowledge and activities are communicated to members, partners and relevant actors

Agreement for Institutional Cooperation with the University of Valencia

The agreement aims to encourage joint participation in training projects and programmes and bilateral or multilateral research on the fields of environment and sustainable development in the countries in the Mediterranean basin.

Agreement with Europarc-España and the Fundación González Bernáldez

As a result of the agreement, one participant on the Master's course organised by Europac is offered an internship at the IUCN-Med centre in Malaga within the protected areas programme.

Agreement with the University of Almería: Univertecna

Under the agreement, internships are granted to students from the University of Almería at the centre in Malaga.

Agreement with the University of Malaga’s International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE)

Agreement enabling internships by students from countries in the Mediterranean area at the Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation in Malaga.

The Mediterranean Programme is developed and strengthened to support effective delivery of the programme.

Level of funding of the Mediterranean Programme is expanded and partnerships are diversified

A guide and information panels on birdlife at the Parque Tecnologico de Andalucia

A guide to the birds in the Parque Technologico de Andalucia has been promoted by IUCN-Med, the Parque Technologico de Andalucia - Malaga (PTA), the Spanish Ornithological Society (SEO), the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Entreprise of the Junta de Andalucia and several corporate members of the PTA. Other information panels on birdlife have been set up within the PTA, in an initiative forming part of the project "Working in Green": improvement of the employment environment for workers in the Technological Park. Supported by 15 PTA companies, this project was planned to encourage private sector participation in the field of conservation.

Mediterranean Programme knowledge and activities are communicated to members, partners and relevant actors.

Level of funding of the Mediterranean Programme is expanded and partnerships are diversified

Tales of Water – What do the children of Malaga think about water?

With the presentation at the 4th World Water Forum (Mexico, 16-22 March 2006) of the initiative 'Tales of Water' the World Conservation Union (IUCN) will give the vision, feelings and dreams of children about the water in their daily lives. Schoolchildren from Malaga and Burkina Faso, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Jordan, Laos, Mali, Mexico, Thailand, Tanzania and Vietnam will tell delegates to the Forum how important water and rivers are in their daily lives.

Four Malaga schools (Jorge Guillén, Cayetano Barroso, Virgen del Rosario de Totalán and Los Rosales de Churriana) and three local NGOs (Grupo Local de la Sociedad Española de Ornitología, Aula del Mar and Asociación 'Almijara') in coordination with the IUCN office for the Mediterranean and the Environment Department of the Junta de Andalucía, will talk about the River Guadalhorce through a series of activities carried out in November 2005 (bird ringing and watching, reforestation of the river banks, evaluation of their current state, an exhibition on the story of rivers and mankind, and a musical performance).

Knowledge about the biodiversity, ecosystems and natural resources of the Mediterranean is improved and shared