A guiding principle of UCME is that all its work should build strong and lasting partnerships with research institutions, government agencies and other nongovernmental organisations.

Institutional
UCME is in the privileged position to be supported by national and local authorities of Honduras as well as regional institutions. These include:

• Municipal Government of Utila
• Honduran Institute of Tourism
• Honduran Directorate of Fisheries
• Zamorano Institute for Biodiversity

Universities
To advance shared research visions UCME is proud to collaborate with researchers and supervise students from several international universities including:

• Zamorano, Pan-American school for Agriculture, Honduras
• University of Southern Mississippi, USA
• University of Pennsylvania State, USA
• University of York, England
• University of Newcastle, England
• University of Lund, Sweden
• University of Bangor, Wales

For further information on these collaborative projects see research at UCME.

Non-governmental Organisations
To build more effective community led conservation initiatives UCME works in collboration with many other non-governmental organisations including:

• Bay Islands Conservation Association
• Bay Islands Foundation (Iguana Research Station)
• The Nature Conservancy
• The Coral Reef Alliance
• Reef Check
• Ecocean (Whale shark conservation)
• ProTECTOR (Marine Turtle conservation)
• Beautiful Oceans (Coral reef education)

We are always keen to increase our collaborative projects and want to provide a hub to bring like minded organisation together in the pursuit of shared goals. Please contact us if you'd like further information on partnering with, or supporting UCME.