THE BLOG OF THE FIIAPP. Spanish cooperation
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06 August 2015
Category : Opinion
Helena Farinha, Deputy Director General of the FAS, tells us what the FAS is and its objectives for fighting poverty in Angola.
Kizanga-Malanje School. Photos courtesy of the FAS.HISTORY OF THE FAS Actions to fight poverty by the Angolan government started to take shape with the creation of the Social Support Fund (FAS) on 28th October 1994 through Decree No. 44/94 of the Council of Ministers withi...
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24 July 2015
Category : Interview
The protagonist of this new Cooperation Story is Antonio Domínguez, the coordinator in Croatia of a European project to fight cybercrime.
Antonio Domínguez, an agent of the National Police Force and coordinator of a European cooperation project managed by the FIIAPP for fighting cybercrime in Croatia.Cybercrime is a growing concern in Croatia. To address it, the Croatian government in 2011 requested the support of the European Union, and the response was the launch of a cooperation project, or Twinning, led by the FIIAPP. The project includes the collaboration of the Spanish National Police Forc...
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10 July 2015
Category : Opinion
Gerard Muñoz, coordinator of the EU project to combat drug trafficking in Peru, witnesses an operation conducted by the Peruvian port authorities at the Port of Callao.
Activities to combat drug trafficking at the Port of CallaoIt’s 6:15 in the morning and we are at the entrance to the loading docks at the Port of Callao, around 25 kilometres north of Lima. There is a quite odd and steady flow of workers, stevedores, seamen, customs officials, contractors and other people that you really can’t tell wha...
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03 July 2015
Category : Interview
Student Kelly Ramos tells of her experience in cooperation advising fellow Bolivians on tax issues.
Student Kelly Ramos tells of her experience in cooperation advising fellow Bolivians on tax issues.Sometimes, life sends you opportunities and it’s up to you as the individual to decide whether to seize them and take on the responsibility or not. One such opportunity that came my way was the NAF*. Who’d have thought that I could be part of something new? Perh...