• 23 September 2013

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    Category : Opinion

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    Strategy in the fight against cocaine trafficking

    How is organised crime changing? What type of response can we expect on a regional level? How can local authorities connect with civil society?

    Last May, a conference on “Improving the response to organised crime and drug trafficking along a cocaine route” took place, as part of the “CORMS – cocaine route monitoring system” project. This conference was intended to provide answers to questions such as: How is organised crime changi...

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  • 16 September 2013

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    Category : Opinion

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    What kind of world do we want?

    At the “Configuration of the Spanish position in the post-2015 agenda” debate forum held in Madrid on the 16th of September, organised by the General Secretary of International Development Cooperation (SGCID), a document was presented that establishes Spain’...

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  • 13 September 2013

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    Category : Interview

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    On-demand Social Protection

    The FIIAPP presented the new “SOCIEUX” project financed by the EU. The project will support member countries that request it in the design and management of social protection systems with assistance from Spanish, French and German experts. The project’s added value involves working on-demand.

    We interviewed Beatriz Juanes, a Spanish expert who is part of the project’s central management team. The Socieux project’s geographic area is quite extensive. Does any particular region require special attention? No. The area is indeed very large, encompa...

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  • 03 September 2013

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    Category : Interview

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    Improving Adult Education in Macedonia

    Macedonia is a country undergoing profound changes, but it still maintains certain traditional ways. Spanish and French experts have helped to improve adult education and literacy and primary education over the course of 22 months. Through examples, they have demonstrated how progress can be made. The European Commission has invested nearly 1,800,000 Euros in improving adult education in Macedonia. Carmen Sainz, the Spanish Project Manager, talked to us about some of the things they have done over the course of these 22 months.

    1 -  Have the main project areas – adult education and literacy and primary education – been reinforced for socially excluded people? A lot of progress has been made in various aspects. Adult education in Macedonia is still in the early stages; the only thing that had been ...

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