The agreement came ahead of today’s International Mountain Day – a day celebrated each year on December 11 to highlight the importance of mountains to people’s lives and livelihoods.

The two organizations committed to creating stronger synergies between mountain food products and sustainable tourism services. This includes promoting high-quality, indigenous, mountain food products and helping vulnerable mountain communities to tap into the rising demand for sustainable, fair-trade, quality food.

At the centre of the new agreement signed today lies a pilot project – “Food & Tourism for Mountain Development” – developed by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, Slow Food and the Department of Tourism in the Philippines.