How to Participate
Join the Alliance
Steward the Commons
Whether you are a guide, a business, a researcher, a community member, or simply someone who cares about Curaçao’s natural and cultural landscapes
there is a place for you in COIA.
Participation Pathways
Become a Member
Join as a business, guide, lodging provider, or organisation. Access certification support, training, networking, and collective advocacy.
Volunteer & Steward
Get hands-on — mangrove planting, reef monitoring, trail maintenance, beach clean-ups, and Living Lab fieldwork at Malpais–Sint Michiel.
Attend a Training or Workshop
Our education and certification programmes cover safety, sustainability, wilderness skills, regenerative practices, and guide ethics.
Donate or Sponsor
Fund ecosystem restoration, research, and education initiatives that protect Curaçao's natural and cultural heritage.
Certification Programs
COIA offers sustainability certifications that recognise and promote responsible practice across the outdoor industry.
Guide Sustainability Certification
- For outdoor guides and leaders - covering regenerative ethics, Leave No Trace, ecology, and cultural stewardship.
Experience Provider Certification
- For tour operators and activity companies committed to low-impact, high-value convivial visitation.
Lodging Sustainability Mark
- For accommodation providers implementing energy, water, waste, and sourcing best practices.
Industry Partner Recognition
- For allied businesses and suppliers demonstrating commitment to regenerative industry standards.
Participation
Living Lab
The Malpais–Sint Michiel Living Lab is open to researchers, students, educators, and practitioners. We offer field-based education, stewardship and guide certification, applied research placements, and opportunities to contribute to the monitoring, evaluation, and adaptive management of Curaçao's most significant socio-ecological landscape. University courses, vocational training, and export of methodologies and governance models are all part of what we build here.
Upcoming Events
List upcoming clean-up days, mangrove planting events, reef monitoring dives, certification workshops, community hikes, and Living Lab open days.
Volunteer
Interest Form
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Keys to a Greener World
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Creating Sustainable World
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