Further to the decision of the Council of Minister, a memorandum of Understanding has been signed with the Government of Spain. The agreement which is consistent with and aims to contribute to implementstrategic objectives of the "Plan Director de la Cooperación Española",is built on three main pillars: Establishing Spanish as a workinglanguage of UNITAR to address the needs of IberoAmerican countries; Strengthening capacity and achieving recently established recommendations in the fields of international migration and development; and Enhancing the application of Knowledge Systems Innovation approaches.