THE BLOG OF THE FIIAPP. Spanish cooperation
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The coordinator of the FIIAPP Foundation's Monitoring Programme for Spanish Cooperation Policies, Javier Sota, analyzes the goals and perspectives that led the EU to designate 2015 as the European Year of Development.
On 14th April, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union, at a meeting in Luxembourg, approved the declaration of 2015 as the European Year of Development. The EU has been supporting development cooperation since 1957 through a policy that has been progressively expandi...
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Entrevista a Veimar Rojas, miembro de la Fuerza Especial de Lucha contra el Narcotráfico (FELCN) de Bolivia. Interview with Veimar Rojas, member of the Bolivian Special Force for the Fight against Drug Trafficking (FELCN).
Drug trafficking is a major source of revenue for organized crime. In this context, the cocaine routes, which start in Latin American and end in Europe, persist and extend themselves despite the efforts of the producing, transit and destination countries to reduce them. Controlling the networks that...
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Hoy 9 de mayo celebramos el Día de Europa, una fecha en que los 28 países de la UE festejan su deseo y su sentimiento de pertenecer a un proyecto común. Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Secretario de Estado para la Unión Europea, nos habla en esta entrevista del presente y futuro de la UE y del papel de España en Europa. Today, 9th May, is Europe Day, a date on which 28 EU countries celebrate their desire for and sense of belonging to a common project. In this interview, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Secretary of State for the European Union, talks to us about the present and future of the EU and the role of Spain in Europe.
We're about to elect our representatives to the European Parliament for the next five years. With the European elections just a few days away, what do you believe the European Union has meant for Spain? The accession of Spain to the EU helped in the consolidation of our democracy...
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El Director General de Políticas de Apoyo a la Discapacidad del Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, Ignacio Tremiño; analiza el proyecto ‘Apoyo a la integración socio-económica de las personas con discapacidad’, liderado por la FIIAPP en Túnez, del que ha sido director por parte de España.The Director-General of Disability Support Policies of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, Ignacio Tremiño, analyzes the ‘Support for socio-economic integration of persons with disabilities’ project led by the FIIAPP in Tunisia, of which he was the director on the Spanish side.
In January of 2012, just after I had started in my position as Director-General of Policies Supporting Persons with Disabilities, I encountered the launch of this project in Tunisia. From the first moment, it seemed like an opportunity for growth and expansion for both the professionals of the Direc...
