THE International School of Sustainable Tourism (ISST) recently opened its new training center campus at the 52-hectare integrated farm land of James Yen Center of the International Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) in Silang, Cavite.
Under a recent memorandum of agreement, both institutions can collaborate with each other’s expertise in Earth-friendly agriculture, sustainable tourism, community development and other common avenues of cooperation.
The campus, which has the United Nation’s World Tourism Organization as a benefactor, has two classrooms, four executive meeting rooms, a learning-resource center and a boardroom that can host more than 100 students.
Meanwhile, the IIRR is a United States-based private-voluntary organization with strong antipoverty programs in eight countries in Southeast Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa and works in collaboration with more than 125 local-development partners.
It implements integrated and holistic programs on education for marginalized communities, food security and resilient livelihoods, community-driven and managed disaster-risk reduction, as well as building collaborative leadership through global learning and sharing.