Cuba Initiatives

Leader: David B. Farer

On February 9 & 10, 2023, seven ACOEL Fellows participated in a symposium, in Havana, Cuba, jointly presented by ACOEL and the Foundation Antonio Nunez Jimenez of Nature and Humanity (FANJ), the Cuban NGO with which ACOEL entered an MOU in February 2019. The topic and title was: USA-Cuba Key Environmental Issues: Lessons Learned – Lessons Shared.

March 2, 2023 update: Report to ACOEL President and ACOEL Foundation on ACOEL-FANJ Joint Symposium February 9 & 10, 2023, Havana Cuba — David B. Farer, co-chair, ACOEL Inter’l Pro Bono Committee; chair, Cuba Working Group

Background

This was the fourth delegation of ACOEL Fellows to Cuba since efforts commenced in 2016, under the auspices of the College’s International Pro Bono Committee and its Cuba Working Group, to seek opportunities for College Fellows to engage in pro bono projects in aid of the Cuban people. As the MOU recites, the goals of ACOEL and FANJ are to explore the contributions that each organization’s Fellows and representatives can make to the other, including development of training on specific topics of environmental law, participation in events and advice on capacity building, and in sharing the knowledge and experience of the representatives and Fellows of the two organizations…. Read full report (PDF)