• 14 October 2014

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    Category : Interview

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    ”It’s impossible to talk about development and democracy without including women”

    Entrevista a Nava San Miguel, experta en género del convenio FIIAPP-Secretaría General de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (SGCID).Interview with Nava San Miguel, gender expert for the FIIAPP-Secretariat General of International Development Cooperation (SGCID)agreement.

    Next year will reveal which of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDO) have been achieved in 15 years of work. This initiative will have a second part: the

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  • 09 October 2014

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    Category : Opinion

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    Responses to Ebola

    ¿Puedo contraer la enfermedad del Ébola de una persona infectada que no tenga fiebre o alguno de los síntomas? A ésta y a otras dudas sobre el virus y la enfermedad del Ébola da respuesta el epidemiólogo Chesco Nogareda y coordinador científico del Programa MediPIET para la formación de epidemiólogos en la región mediterránea que lidera la FIIAPP junto al Centro Nacional de Epidemiología del Instituto de Salud Carlos III(CNE-ISCIII).Can I catch Ebola from an infected person who does not have a fever or show any symptoms? Chesco Nogareda epidemiologist and scientific coordinator of the MediPIET Programmefor the training of epidemiologists in the Mediterranean region, led by the FIIAPP along with the National Epidemiology Centre of the Carlos III Institute(CNE-ISCIII), answers these and other questions about the Ebola virus and Ebola virus disease.

    The current outbreak of Ebola is the largest in history and the first to occur in West African countries. It is affecting several countries in this region (Liberia, Guinea Conakry and Sierra Leone). Because of the way the virus is spread, it does not represent a significant risk for countries distan...

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  • 06 October 2014

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    Category : Opinion

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    Quiet on the set… Filming in Niger

    Diez jóvenes nigerinos han sido formados en producción audiovisual de anuncios para televisión y videoclips con un taller del programa cultural ACERCA de la AECID y que ha contado con el apoyo de la FIIAPP.Ten young Nigeriens were trained in audio-visual production of television advertisements and video-clips in a workshop organized by the ACERCA cultural programme of the AECID and supported by the FIIAPP.

    A TV ad for an airline and a video clip for a Nigerien singer. These were just two of the projects brought to life by a group of ten Nigeriens after a month of training in audio-visual production under the umbrella of the

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  • 30 September 2014

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    Category : Interview

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    “The healthcare reform supported by EUROsociAL was the largest in Urugay since 2005”

    Uruguay ha mostrado desde la primera fase un fuerte compromiso institucional con el Programa EUROsociAL. En esta segunda fase participa de las áreas temáticas de Educación, Políticas Sociales, Finanzas Públicas, Justicia, Seguridad Ciudadana y Salud. Precisamente en esta última desempeña un doble rol de oferente y destinatario. Para conocer más sobre las reformas en el país que acompaña EUROsociAL, entrevistamos a Elena Clavell, Directora General de Sistema Nacional Integrado de Salud de Uruguay.Uruguay has shown a strong institutional commitment to the EUROsociAL Programme since the first phase. In this second phase, it is participating in the thematic areas of Education, Social Policies, Public Finance, Justice, Citizen Security and Health. Precisely in the latter, it is playing a dual role of bidder and beneficiary. To learn more about the reforms EUROsociAL is accompanying in the country, we interviewed Elena Clavell, Director General of Uruguay's Comprehensive Healthcare System.

    How would you characterize the reform of the healthcare system in Uruguay?

    The healthcare reform, along with the reform of the tax system, is considered the most important structural reform Uruguay has undertaken since 2005 to date. But, what's more, it's also the reform...

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