Virtual College

The CITES Virtual College is an essential resource to strengthen the understanding of the Convention by those in the frontline of its implementation in each of the Parties.

It provides training and reference materials and contributes to increase awareness.

The CITES Virtual College was launched in 2011 to offer training, educational materials, tools and expertise on a variety of CITES-related topics in the three working languages of the Convention (also in other languages for some resources).

The first Virtual College platform was developed through the financial support from the European Union, with expert contribution from Spain and the International University of Andalusia (UNIA).

In the course of 2024, the Virtual College will be considerably revamped with a new interface and a new set of online training courses with support from Switzerland.

Online courses

Training materials

Identification materials

Non-detriment findings

References and Tools

Species