• 11 June 2020

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    Category : Opinion

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    COVID-19 and the prison system in Latin America

    Iñaki Rivera y Alejandro Forero, del Observatorio del Sistema Penal y Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de Barcelona, cuentan su experiencia trabajando junto al proyecto europeo EUROSociAL+ en coordinación con la AIDEF

    Photograph courtesy of the Chilean Public Criminal Defender's Office

    This project seeks to promote access to justice and healthcare for people in prisons who today live in overcrowded conditions, suffering from inhuman and degrading treatment and even torture.  The experts tell us how the pandemic has further exacerbated prisoners’ poor living conditions, generati...

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  • 04 June 2020

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    Category : Reportage

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    World Environment Day: contributions to tackling climate change from Latin America

    FIIAPP takes part in World Environment Day by highlighting the EUROCLIMA+ programme, an example of more than 10 years of work to protect the environment and combat climate change

    EUROCLIMA+ is a regional cooperation programme between the European Union and Latin America that addresses the c...

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  • 28 May 2020

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    Category : Interview

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    FIIAPP Expatriates: José Manuel Colodrás

    José Manuel Colodrás, Police Chief Inspector and coordinator of the FIIAPP-managed and European Union-financed EU-ACT project, tells us about his experiences and his day to day life working and living in Ukraine.

    Police Chief Inspector and coordinator of the EU-ACT project, José Manuel Colodrás

    How was your arrival in Ukraine? Do you have any anecdotes from that time?

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  • 21 May 2020

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    Category : Opinion

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    “Sometimes taking a step back allows you to take a firmer step forward later”

    Alma Martín, support technician for the EU-Cuba Experience Exchange project, updates us on how the activities programmed to promote renewable energy sources in the country have been reassessed. She gives us her view on how to transform the limitations caused by COVID into advantages for the project.

    Design of the Ciro Redondo bioelectric plant (Ciego de Ávila) that already generates electricity from marabou firewood

    Participating in the management of an international cooperation project is a fascinating job, although sometimes the rush and deadlines do not allow us to enjoy the work we do or to measure the great difference that its implementation makes for its beneficiaries.

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