A draft IUCN North Africa Programme 2013-2016 has been consulted and debated during the first months of 2012. The IUCN Members in North Africa approved the program in the last World Conservation Congress held in Jeju. It was prepared by the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation in Malaga (IUCN-Med) in the light of the IUCN Global Programme 2013-2016 guidelines and the recommendations issued from the IUCN North Africa Members Forum held from 5 to 7 October 2011 in Rabat, Morocco. This programme was prepared taking also into account the activities and programmes developed by other international organisations with the view of promoting synergies and complementarities.

It is intended to be implemented as part of the IUCN´s Mediterranean Programme 2013-2016 by the IUCN-Med Centre in close collaboration with IUCN Members and with the national partners. Collaboration with relevant international organisations will also be sought (Secretariats of the Barcelona Convention and GFCM, WWF Med-PO, etc.). The IUCN North Africa programme involves the following five countries: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.

IUCN Mediterranean Programme 2013-2016
At Jeju, Members also approved the IUCN Mediterranean Programme 2013-2016. The IUCN-Med programme is divided into four areas, three the same as those of the IUCN global programme:
• Effective and equitable governance of nature�s use
• Valuing and conserving nature
• Deploying nature based solutions to global challenges in climate,
• UICN-Med Corporate Development