In order to plan and implement technical-scientific cooperation initiatives and actions of common interest to strengthen sustainable development in the Amazon Region, the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) and the Italian-Latin American Organization (IILA) signed today in Brasilia, a cooperation agreement that will facilitate the exchange of knowledge and the development of joint activities over the next three years.
This agreement was signed by ACTO Secretary General Ms. Alexandra Moreira and IILA Secretary General Donato Di Santo. This partnership will allow joint actions to strengthen sustainable development in the Amazon Region, in particular actions related to the promotion and access to technology and innovation for socioeconomic development, the preservation and conservation of natural resources and biodiversity, and the strengthening of Amazonian producers.
To this end, both organizations undertook to collaborate on their experiences and their national, regional and international networks of relationships, to strengthen these processes of technical and scientific collaboration through cooperation projects, studies and research, institutional meetings, conferences and seminars.
In addition, these actions will aim to strengthen the Italo-Latin American agenda and biregional agenda of Europe-Latin America and the Caribbean, the multilateral agenda and the themes prioritized by the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO).
The agreement was signed by ambassadors and diplomatic representatives of ACTO Member States and IILA accredited in Brazil, as well as the Representative of the European Union.
IILA is an intergovernmental organization based in Rome, founded in 1966, and its members are Italy and the twenty republics of Latin America (Argentina, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela).
Source: OTCA
