Today, the MedOpen on-line Advanced training session on climate variability and change (CVC) has been launched in French. This four-week training is attended by 20 students, including 15 from Morocco and 5 from Tunisia. The students had already applied for the 2016 MedOpen ICZM Advanced training in French, but their candidatures, although fully in accordance with the selection criteria, were not accepted due to a large number of applied candidates. Taking into account their great interest to participate in one of the future MedOpen trainings, PAP/RAC has organised this training session.