OEI and The Club of Rome signed a Memorandum of Understanding and a Specific Agreement to drive knowledge and action on regeneration in Latin America.

Mariano Jabonero, Secretary-General of the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI), and Silvia Zimmermann, Co-President of The Club of Rome, led the signing of this regional strategic alliance in Buenos Aires, consolidating the first initiative of The Club of Rome Latin American Network.

In a top-level institutional milestone for the region, the Secretary-General of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), Mr. Mariano Jabonero, and the Co-President of The Club of Rome International, Silvia Zimmermann, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and a Specific Work Agreement in Buenos Aires.

This agreement by the highest authorities of both organizations consolidates a strategic alliance aimed at driving a transformative socio-ecological agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean, framed within the process of strengthening and expanding The Club of Rome Latin American Network. The initiative builds upon the cooperation protocol signed during the International Conference "Thought and Action: The Path to Regeneration," held in April 2026 in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

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The event was also attended by Luis María Scasso, Director and Permanent Representative of the OEI in Argentina; Gonzalo del Castillo, Executive Director of the Club of Rome Argentina Foundation; Belén Bertero, Coordinator of Applied Research Projects at the Club of Rome Argentina Foundation; and Diego Badaloni Giner, member of the Board of Directors of the Club of Rome Argentina Foundation, who joined the authorities throughout the event. 

A Cutting-Edge Regional Project

The signing of the agreement lays the groundwork for implementing the regional project "Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Regeneration: Building a Knowledge Infrastructure for Regeneration in Latin America (2026–2028)".

The central objective of the project is to advance the development of a regional knowledge infrastructure for the socio-environmental regenerative transition in Latin America and the Caribbean by diagnosing capabilities, mobilizing a multi-stakeholder network, and designing evidence-based decision-support tools.

The project will operate under a co-direction model between the Ibero-American Observatory of Science, Technology and Society (OCTS) of the OEI and the Technical Secretariat of The Club of Rome Latin America, both based in Argentina.

The joint signing between the OEI and The Club of Rome International represents a fundamental step toward strengthening Latin America's own sovereign scientific-technological capabilities, seeking to reinforce the region's role as a leading engine for systems thinking and regenerative action.