1. INTERNATIONAL DOCTORATE IN AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT 1 Agustin Merino National Team of Bologna Experts University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain agustin.merino@usc.es

2. Universities USAC (Guatemala) Greatest university in Centroamérica Guatemala: < 10 % of teacher with PhD Colegio Postgraduados (México) Masters and doctorates consolidated Institution with important capacities USC (Spain) Important projection abroad, and Iberoamérica Large facilities Strong capacity in knowledge transfer 2

3. What is a joining doctorate? A degree which allows the active participation of different universities in the training Human resources and facilities are shared People obtain the full recognitions of different systems 3

4. How a joining doctorate is managed? Each university maintains their own management system A interuniversitary coordination comission is created 4

5. First call USAC-USC 4 teachers from Latin America 6 researchers from private research centres 5

6. http://agricultura- medioambiente.co m/ http://agricultura- medioambiente.co m/ 6