UCI's Project Management Office has more than 30 years of experience in the formulation, implementation and management of projects at national and international level. Throughout this journey, we have developed initiatives in various thematic areas such as: biodiversity monitoring, regenerative agriculture and livestock, local development, management of protected areas, entrepreneurship and tourism, among others.
The UCI has coordinated initiatives in various parts of the world, such as Latin America, the Caribbean and South America and ecologically important regions such as the Amazon, the Trifinio and the forests of Mesoamerica, as well as in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Middle East.
This project develops and implements a global training program in biodiversity monitoring and valuation, aimed at establishing a methodology for measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) of ecosystem functioning at the landscape or bioregional scale. The initiative integrates scientific evidence, data analysis and field validation to build a methodology adaptable to different ecological contexts. From this base, a practical training curriculum will be designed for actors involved in ecological restoration.
To increase the competencies of professors and students of Higher Education Institutions in the field of health promotion in Latin America for the prevention of childhood obesity and the promotion of mental health. The project brings together universities from Europe and Latin America to collaboratively develop an online postgraduate training program and a mobile application eToolkit, aimed at strengthening academic and professional capacities for
address these public health challenges. The initiative includes the mapping of competencies, the development of innovative educational content, the piloting of digital tools and actions for dissemination and public policy advocacy, contributing to improving university education and promoting healthy lifestyles in the region.
The SUREST project seeks to strengthen the capacities of rural communities to promote sustainable development models that are resilient to climate change, promoting the transition of the primary sector towards more sustainable production practices, linked to local markets and oriented towards territorial self-sufficiency. The initiative supports the training of competencies and skills in sustainability, entrepreneurship and management of rural initiatives, accompanying processes of innovation and local economic development.
Development of three MOOC type courses on SMART, aimed at different user profiles of the platform: Data Collector, Analyst/Administrator and Senior Management. The courses were designed in self-managed mode, with theoretical and practical contents oriented to the use, management and strategic exploitation of the information generated by SMART. Two of the courses were developed in English and one in French.
