Ciudad del Saber

Ciudad del Saber was born from the idea of converting some military areas located in the former Panama Canal Zone into a center for knowledge exchange.

The project was supported by former presidents Nicolás Ardito Barletta and Ernesto Pérez Balladares,[1] and was presented by the latter at the Summit of the Americas held in Miami, Florida, in December 1994.

The current facilities at Fort Clayton were officially handed over to the foundation by President Mireya Moscoso in November 1999, during the final stage of the implementation of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties.

[3] Among its better-known affiliates are UNICEF's regional headquarters, the Red Cross, the U.S Peace Corps, the United Nations Development Programme regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean, the World Food Program, and Plan International.

The headquarters of the World Organization of the Scout Movement's InterAmerican Region were relocated there in 2010.