Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

Knowledge management

IICA and CREFAL strengthen partnership to benefit community development

Tiempo de lectura: 3 mins.

Authorities from the two international organizations met in Costa Rica to evaluate the joint work they have carried out to enhance capacities in the hemisphere.

Mercedes Calderón, Director General of CREFAL (left); Emilio Coral, Technical Director of CREFAL; and José Antonio Araníbar, CREFAL Liaison for Costa Rica. 

San Jose, 18 September 2015 (IICA). A delegation from the Regional Cooperation Center for Adult Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (CREFAL) visited the headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Costa Rica to consolidate their strategy for supporting community development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The institutions signed a collaboration agreement in August to drive projects in this area. One of the actions promoted was the creation of a diploma course entitled “Public policies in agriculture: fundamentals, analysis and application.”

100 professionals from 20 countries in the Americas are participating in the course, which is being taught online and will last four months.

“Both IICA and CREFAL have a large international network; by working together, we can share knowledge, training opportunities and human resources, all with the goal of empowering future professionals in the agricultural sector,” explained Lloyd Day, Deputy Director General of IICA.

The entities will also prepare a land use planning manual and will develop proposals for improving communication with local governments in the hemisphere.

“These agreements strengthen us and allow us to be on the same page as far as work topics are concerned; we can strengthen our synergies to impact communities with good results,” stated Mercedes Calderón, Director General of CREFAL.

CREFAL is an international organization specializing in the development of learning models and proposals, that seeks to disseminate up-to-date knowledge to bolster the capacities of professors and academic institutions.

More information:

miguel.arvelo@iica.int

 

Share

Related news​

Ribeirao Preto, Brasil

June 27, 2025

At the IFAMA World Conference, IICA Director General underscored the need to build a new narrative for agriculture to be recognized as essential for solutions to planetary challenges

The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, participated in Brazil in one of the largest global conferences in the agricultural sector, IFAMA, where he emphasized the need to build a new narrative highlighting the essential role of agriculture in the Americas as part of the solution to the challenges facing humanity.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

Montreal, Canadá

June 26, 2025

Countries of the Americas positioned themselves as global suppliers of sustainable aviation fuels at key industry event held in Montreal

The Pan American Coalition on Liquid Biofuels (CPBIO) had a prominent role at the Aviation Climate Week of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), held in Montreal (Canada), with the participation of leading actors in the sector who discussed the latest developments in environmental matters.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

Brasilia, Brazil

June 25, 2025

IICA strengthens its partnership with EMBRAPA and is set to install its Home of Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas pavilion in the “AgriZone” at COP30

During the meeting, the senior EMBRAPA and IICA officials also exchanged ideas on how to deepen reciprocal collaboration at the international level, with a focus on cooperation with countries in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins