In the process of creating a Forest Model in Algeria, several missions were conducted in 2010 by ICALPE and the Networks Mediterranean and International Model Forest in the region selected by the Algerian government to host the Model Forest: Wilaya Tlemcen.

Following the workshops, an office manager has been appointed, bringing together different stakeholders in the sustainable management of natural resources.

1st to 10th February, ICALPE conducted a mission in Tlemcen to help local partners to finalize a first action plan to launch the Model Forest of Tlemcen. A visit to the steppe zone and the valley of the Beni Snoussi was organized, two areas where sustainable management is a central concern of the partnership.
Following this mission, "a plan of action to launch the Model Forest of Tlemcen" for 2011 was submitted to the secretariat of the International Model Forest Network.