Memorandum of Understanding with the Peace Corps
Since 2010, EPA has partnered with the Peace Corps to advance our international work at the community level, and to advance environmental protection around the world. Our most recent five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was renewed on May 15, 2023.
As part of our collaboration:
- EPA has provided technical input on Peace Corps training materials and environmental programs, such as training packages and handbooks on clean cookstoves, environmental education, pesticides, solid waste, mercury use in small-scale mining, and climate change.
- Peace Corps Volunteers become involved in ongoing EPA programs by attending EPA workshops and sharing information with local groups. This has helped further environmental protection efforts in international communities of shared concern, such as in Jamaica, Panama, Costa Rica, Uganda, Kenya, Burkina Faso and Morocco.
Memorandums of Understanding
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Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Peace Corps and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (pdf)
- On May 15, 2023, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and Director of the U.S. Peace Corps, Carol Spahn signed a renewal of a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance collaboration between the two agencies. The MOU will explore opportunities to cooperate on a wide range of environmental issues - including efforts to combat the climate crisis, improve solid waste management capacity, and expanding the conversation on environmentalism, and promote environmental health in communities around the world.
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Memorandum of Understanding with the Peace Corps (pdf)
- 2016 signed Memorandum of Understanding between the Peace Corps and the EPA.