Presentation of the 2006 CIDOB International Yearbook, a publication which, since 1989, has been presenting an evaluation of Spanish foreign policy, the European context and the international situation. This year, the monographic section, Country Profile, is devoted to the Republic of Algeria. Following a period of political and social instability during the 1990s, this country finds itself in an important process of national reconciliation after the processes of amnesty granted to former terrorists. Algeria, the third leading exporter of natural gas and the ninth leading exporter of oil in the world, is the main supplier of natural gas to Spain.

Intervening in the event will be: Yahia Zoubir, a lecturer in International Relations at the Euromed Marseilles School of Management, who will speak about "Algeria in the International Context".

The presentation of the Yearbook will be given by the Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Bernadino León, the Algerian Minister of Energy and Mining, Dr. Chakib Khelil, and the Spanish Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Mr. Joan Clos.

2 and 3 July 2007

While Islam is a key piece in the globalised world, in Africa it is a central aspect for the orientation of a good part of the continent’s peoples in this confusing historical period. Many African societies have known Islam for centuries, and their historical experiences indicate a large capacity for adaptation. With the exception of certain turbulent regions (Nigeria, Sudan), general Muslim practice escapes the simplistic categorisation that politicians tend to make of globalisation. From this perspective, the African and European experts that this course brings together analyse Islam’s historical paths of penetration into black African societies, its relations with political power before, during and following colonisation, and its functioning in the everyday life of rural areas and cities.

Registration and tuition payment: CUIMPB – Centre Ernest Lluch, Secretary’s Office for Students. Old Theatre Building (access through the CCCB)
Tel. 933-017-555 / 933-020-634. Fax: 933-021-347. e-mail: info@cuimpb.es/www.cuimpb.es.

Forms of payment - transfer or cash payment to the following account: “La Caixa” account number 2100-3272-94-2200087659

Over a year’s time, this postgraduate course will offer an analytical framework for defining and identifying conflicts related to immigration, citizenship and cultural diversity, and it will provide management instruments for designing and implementing public policies in regard to these conflicts.

Beginning and final dates of the course: 15 October 2007 - 10 June 2008. The programme will be taught in Catalan, Spanish and English. Price of the course: 5.440 € (there exists the possibility of discounts and waivers)

First pre-registration period open until 6 June 2007

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9 and 10 July

Experts of recognised prestige analyse the factors and dynamics that determine the emergence of Eurasia as an area of growing geopolitical importance and, at the heart of it, the configuration of Central Asia as a key space between the East and the West.

Registration and tuition payment: CUIMPB – Centre Ernest Lluch, Student Secretariat.
Old Theatre Building (access through the CCCB)
Tel. nos.: 933 017 555 / 933 020 634. Fax: 933 021 347. e-mail: info@cuimpb.es.

Forms of payment: transfer or cash payment to the following bank account number: La Caixa, account number: 2100-3272-94-2200087659

The German Presidency of the European Union has managed, with great difficulty, to find a point of agreement among all of the member countries to break the deadlock in the reformation of the fundamental treaties of the European Union. For the first time since rejection of the European Constitution by France and the Netherlands in referendums, the Union has a new roadmap for making progress in its essential institutional reforms. With the German Presidency finished and Portugal taking the baton, the time has come to make an assessment of what has been achieved and, above all, to see what challenges remain ahead in the process of European construction.

Speakers: Prof. Jan Zielonka, Professor of European Policy at Oxford University, and the journalist, Anna Terrón, Secretary for the European Union, and Narcís Serra, President of the CIDOB Foundation.