Presentation of the 2008 CIDOB International Yearbook, a publication which has been carrying out a summary of Spanish foreign policy, the European context and the regional situation ever since it was first published in 1989. This year, the monographic section Country profile focuses on the Republic of Nigeria and its regional setting. With its 140 million inhabitants, Nigeria is the most highly-populated country in Africa, and the second most important economic power in Africa; it is also the country with the seventh largest gas reserves in the world, and the 10th with respect to oil reserves. The country’s economic and demographic potential mean that it has become a key country in West Africa, an area of growing interest for Spain's foreign policy.

Intervenciones: Sr. H. Odein Ajumogobia, Ministro de Estado para la Energía (Petróleo) de Nigeria. Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Presidente de la Comunidad Económica de los Estados de África Occidental. Acto presidido por el Sr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Ministro de de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación.

All those attending the event will receive a free copy of the Yearbook.

2-3 July

This year sees the seventh series of courses on Asia organised by the CUIMPB - Centre Ernest Lluch in collaboration with the CIDOB Foundation and Casa Àsia. This year, the aim of the course is to analyse the impact of the environment and the continent's energy imperatives on security, examining the responses that have been deployed to deal with these challenges and the implications that this has for the configuration of the international order.

7-8 July

The world of development is witnessing a growing tendency among all the actors involved - from NGOs to large international institutions - to focus on local initiative and associated concepts such as empowerment, co-development, social capital and participative strategies. In Africa, the combination of the repeated failures of development models and the recovery of macro-indicators since the mid-1990s has exacerbated this trend, and the hopes that it carries with it.

Desayuno europeo

En la última cumbre, la Unión Europea acordó continuar la ratificación del Tratado de Lisboa tras el ‘no’ irlandés. España, que apoyó junto a Francia y Alemania la posición de no frenar el Tratado y de ganar tiempo, ha sido el primer país en retomar el proceso con la aprobación en el Congreso de los Diputados el pasado día 26 de junio de la ratificación, a falta de la votación en el Senado prevista para después del verano.

Para discutir éstas y otras cuestiones, el Consejo Catalán del Movimiento Europeo y la Fundación CIDOB han invitado al Sr. Diego López Garrido,
secretario de Estado para la Unión Europea en el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperación a intervenir en un desayuno europeo.

20 September 2008 - deadline for submission of proposals.

Competition for communications for the 2nd Training Seminar for Young Researchers in Intercultural Dynamics, to be held at the CIDOB Foundation on 1-2 December 2008.