As part of the project “Capacity building, assessment of the effectiveness of protected area management and development of the national strategy for the conservation of protected areas in Burundi implemented by the APRN/BEPB-3C consortium in collaboration with the Burundian Office for Environmental Protection (OBPE) on the support of IUCN/BIOPAMA with the support of IUCN/BIOPAMA under the funding of the European Union, a session to present the results of the evaluation of efficiency of management of protected areas in Burundi with the IMET tool and validation of the National strategy for the conservation of protected areas in Burundi was held on February 25, 2022 in the meeting room of the Restaurant “Chez André” in Bujumbura. This session saw the participation of the Representative of the Honorable Deputies, the Representative of the European Union, the Director of Forests at the OBPE who represented the Director General who was unable to attend, the Director of Environment and Climate Change at the OBPE, the executives of the OBPE, the executives of the OBPE, the coaches, the coaches, the Representatives of civil society and the Conservators of protected areas.