THE BLOG OF THE FIIAPP. Spanish cooperation
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Entrevista a la Directora de Formación del proyecto mediPIET, Mariví Martínez.Interview with the Training Director for the mediPIET project, Mariví Martínez.
Fighting biological threats from infectious diseases has become a priority objective in the Mediterranean region. Here, for example, there are diseases like polio which are intensifying at a time when they were thought to be in the eradication phase. To ac...
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Interview with Javier Albaladejo, Head of the International Cooperation Division of the National Police Force (CNP).
He began his career with the FIIAPP in the 90s, when the Foundationcreated police cooperation twinning projects with Bulgaria and Slovakia. He states that this institution is a “reference partner” for the European Commission (EC) and that it helps Spain be awarded cooperation projects. In thi...
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In this article, Sara Mercader Perpiñá, from the FIIAPP's Development and Environment Department, and Alexandra Gil Táboas, from the Security and Justice Department, analyze the challenges of Public-Private Partnerships for Development in response to the different perspectives debated in a symposium on this issue held in Madrid.
On 15th July in Madrid, the Presentation – Symposium “Boosting Public-Private Partnerships for Development (PPPDs)”, organized by the CIDEAL Foundation and the non-governmental organization CONEMUND took place. Professionals from the business world and the public sector came together to exc...
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Honduras has eight million inhabitants. Ninety-five percent of them feel threatened by the criminality affecting the country. There, according to the Violence Observatory at the National Autonomous University of Honduras, 19 people die each day as a result of violence and crime. After years without success in reducing this figure, the country has plunged into a new effort with the “Security Sector Support Programme” (PASS)of the European Union (EU), in which the FIIAPP participates.
Ten years ago, the homicide rate in Honduras was 30 per one hundred thousand inhabitants. According to official statistics, it is currently 86. This represents an increase of over 200%. Driven in large part by the uncertain future faced by young people in a count...
