Following up with efforts to achieve the registration of the proposal for the Panama Transitory Colonial Route on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) held an information day for representatives of diplomatic missions to Panama about this country project.

Giselle González Villarrué, Minister of Culture, led the meeting at which María Isabel ArRocha, consultant for the formulation and co-ordination of the nomination file and Linette Montenegro, National Director of Cultural Heritage of MiCultura, gave an overview of what the nomination includes, its components and what it would represent for the country but especially for tourism, the declaration of this well-been that includes sites of the isthma that are part of the cultural heritage of the country, such as the fortifications of the Panamanian Caribbean, located in the province of Colón, the monumental sets of Panama, among others.

During the exhibition, we noted the progress with which this country proposal has been submitted to the UNESCO, through Elia Guerra, Ambassador of Panama to the international body.

At his briefing, Yill Otero, his deputy ministers for bilateral and cooperation affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an allied entity that had been united with his efforts to achieve the declaration of his project, a Transistmic Colonial Route, considered a system of communication connecting the Atlantic and Pacific and passing through all his wealth to Spain.

With respect to this day, Linette Montenegro, National Director of Cultural Heritage of MiCultura, emphasized that "we have decided to propose to several embassies that are members of the World Heritage Committee, the nomination proposal that we have with us to UNESCO in February 2023 with the aim of making known what the proposal of this Transitory Colonial Route of Panama represents for our country, which is an asset of historic cultural tourism that we wish to promote, with an emphasis on all the benefits that the proposal has, its universal and exceptional value."

Montenegro highlighted the work and commitment that have been made by the different entities that are members of the inter-agency committee to develop a serious management management plan for this site.

On the other hand, Sandra Pitta, an ambassador of Argentina to Panama, stated that this meeting "was very interesting and very positive, as we have been able to get to know about the presentation that Panama has made with respect to this project, which is an recognition of the history and culture of Panama, that it highlights its deepest values and that it's a project that promotes development with regard to tourism and infrastructure, so from Argentina will have an opportunity to evaluate the situation to vote at that UNESCO Forum."

It should be noted that at the level of Latin America, this is the second file with a nomination to be evaluated at the next meeting of the World Heritage Committee scheduled to be held in July and so MiCultura remains in the outreach and teaching process to get the support and votes for at that meeting of this important proposal that will further enhance Panama as a tourist, historic and cultural destination.