THE BLOG OF THE FIIAPP. Spanish cooperation
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Can you imagine doctors prescribing medicines without knowing whether or not they work? What it would be like if they tried out a series of treatments on us until one, by chance, happened to cure our disease? Can you imagine how long our illnesses would drag on while they searched for the right drug? And the money we'd waste trying ineffective medicines fruitlessly? Luckily, drugs have been tested for effectiveness since the 18th century, so that when we go to the doctor, he or she knows exactly which drug will cure us.
Unfortunately, in the world of development programmes, we're closer to the former situation than to the latter. Every year thousands of programmes designed to fight underdevelopment are carried out, yet we know very little about their effectiveness. Do vocational training programmes...
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At the First Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development (July 2006), 57 African and European countries signed the Rabat Declaration and its Action Plan, giving rise to what is known as the “Rabat Spirit”.
For the first time, there was recognition of the fact that Euro-African migration routes are a complex phenomenon that requires close collaboration between all the states involved: the countries of origin, transit and destination for migratory flows. The wor...
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Lo intentaron varias veces años atrás, pero no fue hasta marzo de 2013 cuando anunciaron de manera oficial que Turquía ya contaba con un Defensor del Pueblo. Una figura que pretende velar por los derechos de los ciudadanos en el país euroasiático y por el buen hacer de la Administración Pública. Para consolidar sus raíces, Turquía recibe el apoyo de la Unión Europea (UE) a través de un proyecto de hermanamiento gestionado por la FIIAPP junto a Francia.They tried it several times years ago, but it wasn't until March 2013 that Turkey officially announced that it had an Ombudsman. A figure whose role it is to advocate for the rights of citizens in this Euro-Asian country and for the proper functioning of the Public Administration. To consolidate its roots, Turkey is receiving the support of the European Union (EU) through a twinning project managed jointly by the FIIAPP and France.
By the end of last year, after just nine months of operation, the Turkish Ombudsman had received over 7,000 complaints according to the institution's own statistics. The main sources of dissatisfaction: the civil service, local administrations, education, access to the university...
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La lucha contra la violencia de género en Latinoamérica ha sido uno de los leitmotiv del Programa EUROsociAL en la contribución al incremento de la cohesión social en la región por dos motivos principalmente: la existencia de experiencias muy significativas en Europa en la materia, como la Ley Integral de Medidas de Protección aprobada en España ahora hace 10 años y por el progresivo posicionamiento del tema como una de las prioridades de política pública en las agendas de los países latinoamericanos.The fight against gender violence in Latin America has been one of the leitmotifs of the EUROsociAL Programmein its contribution to increasing social cohesion in the region for two main reasons: the existence of very significant experiences in Europe in this area, such as the now 10-year old Comprehensive Law on Protection Measures ratified in Spain and the progressive positioning of the issue as a public policy priority on the agendas of Latin American countries.
With good reason, the equality of men and women and protecting women from violence occupies a leading role in the European Union-Latin America Dialogue. The efforts of public authorities and civil society on both sides of the Atlantic continue to be focus...
