Dear IPROMO friends, I have the pleasure to welcome the 2013 IPROMO participants to this Alumni. This Alumni network aims at bringing together the participants, instructors and organisers of the IPROMO programme. Similar to other such networks, its purpose is to help the group to stay in touch, facilitate further discussion and stimulate joint action on mountain issues. It will also provide "mountain friends" in a foreign country or in a different organization, whenever needed. It was initiated in 2008 after the first IPROMO course and now the email addresses of the 2013 participants have been added. As you know, IPROMO was conceived as a long-term programme targeting mainly member countries and organizations of the Mountain Partnership<http://www.mountainpartnership.org/>. This means that each year - if we are able to mobilize the financial resources needed - a new course takes place and a new group of students and instructors will be added to the Alumni Network. The Alumni Network has now reached - especially in some countries/regions - a critical mass that allows to start forming small mountain clusters or committees. As you may know, a few countries - especially in the Andes - have established a "Mountain Committee" that can serve as a space for dialogue and cooperation. In other countries, similar bodies may be created at the initiative of the IPROMO Alumni members. An excel file is provided as attachment in which all students and instructors are listed by country to facilitate communication and exchange. Also, in the Mountain Partnership website, all governamental and organizational focal points<http://http/www.mountainpartnership.org/members/members_en.asp/www.mountainpartnership.org/members/members_en.asp> are listed and contact details are provided. Please identify your national focal point if any and you may want to get in contact with him/her. If your Country is not listed it is because it is not yet a member of the Mountain Partnership. Feel free to encourage your Government to join! If you have any query or corrections regarding this Alumni Network, please do not hesitate to contact me. Should you find mistakes or incomplete information please send an email to me (only). If you see mistakes or emails that should be changed, please let me know. There is also an IPROMO Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/groups/101215616614758/?bookmark_t=group and you are all encouraged to join it. This network has been set up for you - please use it to exchange ideas and views, to build alliances and new collaboration and to suggest joint activities! Allow me to thank all the instructors and participants to this 2013 IPROMO edition -we had, once again, an excellent course thank to your enthusiasm, professionalism and commitment! Kind regards to all and let's stay in touch, Rosalaura ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the IPROMO-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(IPROMO-L,SIGNOFF);