18/12/2013
The MeDAO project ends with success after three years of work in West Africa
Reunión de clausura en la Casa Árabe de MadridClosing meeting at Casa Árabe in Madrid
The project “Support and advice to African public authorities responsible for migration and development initiatives along the migratory route to West Africa“ (Project MeDAO) financed by the AECID and the European Commission, is in the final stage of implementation and will end on 31 December 2013.
The final seminar of the project took place today. Participants included the Director of the FIIAPP, Pedro Flores, the head of the department for Sub-Saharan Africa from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), Jorge Peralta, the Deputy Directorate General for Migratory Affairs of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Diego Nuño and the representative of the European Union in Spain, Juergen Foecking.
The director of the FIIAPP recognised that “migration is the epitome of globalisation and requires bold policies and trusted networks like those established by the MeDAO project among its partner countries”
Pedro Flores also added that “FIIAPP has worked in more than 80 countries through 41 projects on migratory and development matters during the last six years”. “We are proud to know that we are a leading institution at the service of Spanish cooperation in migration and development matters” he said.
The MeDAO Project
The strengthening of links between migration and development has become a matter of key importance in numerous African and European countries, as well as for the European Union. In this context, the MeDAO Project has taken on the challenge of complying with the political commitments acquired in the framework of the Euro-African Dialogue on Migration and Development (Rabat Process) between 2006 and 2008, in order to facilitate positive synergies between migration and development.
The project’s African partners were public authorities in Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco and Senegal and have been managed by a European Consortium led by the Latin American International Foundation for Public Policies and Administration (FIIAPP) with support from GIP International (Minister of Employment-France) and CeSPI (Italy).
Among the resultsof the project are a comparative study conducted to analyse “Challenges and priorities of public authorities in Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco and Senegal regarding migration and development“, the promotion of south-south dialogue and sharing information and experiences between the associated authorities in the four African countries.
