THE BLOG OF THE FIIAPP. Spanish cooperation
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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...
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Interview with Virginia Carcedo, Secretary-General of the FSC Inserta Association of the ONCE Foundation
At the entrance to the classroom, next to the door frame, there is a photo of Rajá Aeargui posted on the wall. That way the children with disabilities who can't read will know that this is their special education teacher's classroom. An apparently obvious and simple measure that had not been applie...
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Desde el 2013 la Fundación FIIAPP a través del Programa EUROsociAL, está impulsando la creación de “Casas de los Derechos” en Latinoamérica. Hasta ahora se han construido “Casas de los Derechos”en Brasil, Honduras y Costa Rica para acercar la ley y el Estado al ciudadano desde distintos ámbitos. Ciudad de Dios en Río de Janeiro (Brasil), Tegucigalpa (Honduras) y Upala (Costa Rica) han sido los escenarios elegidos para implantar estos centros cuyo objetivo es la promoción de los derechos humanos.Since 2013 the FIIAPP, through the EUROsociAL programme, has been promoting the creation of “Houses of Rights” in Latin America. To date, “Houses of Rights” have been built in Brazil, Honduras and Costa Rica to bring the law and the State closer to citizens from different spheres. Ciudad de Dios in Río de Janeiro (Brazil), Tegucigalpa (Honduras) and Upala (Costa Rica) were the sites chosen for implementing these centres designed to promote human rights.
EUROsociAL, supported by one of its partners, the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), promoted the creation of assistance centres that address the need to bring the State closer to groups at risk for exclusion to enable them to overcome the physical and bureaucratic b...
