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Seminar

Mauritania: intercultural dynamics, political processes and relations with Spain

Date:
12.Nov.2007
Time:
17:00 hrs
Place:
CIDOB Foundation. C/ Elisabets, 12. 08001 Barcelona
Organised by:
The Intercultural Dynamics, Mediterranean and Migrations Programmes of the CIDOB Foundation. In collaboration with the Spanish International Cooperation Agency (AECI), the Contemporary Culture Centre of Barcelona (CCCB) and the Fundació Caixa Catalunya.

12-14 November

In March 2007, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania brought to an end a process of political transition which has, generally speaking, been greeted with optimism by national and international observers. After a long period of authoritarian regimes, the country may be facing a unique opportunity to deal with some of its greatest problems ─ a deep-seated economic inequality that has resulted in very high poverty rates, the heavy legacy of a military sector that has been extremely interventionist in the country's political life, and the wounds that were opened by the repression of the pulaar population in the early 1990s. This seminar aims to analyse the process of political transition and the challenge faced by the current government in terms of the country’s evolution towards a democratic culture; the seminar will cover aspects linked to policies of cultural diversity, the evolution of the political system and of international relations, as well as different areas of Hispano-Mauritania and relations (trade relations, cooperation, management of migration flows, etc.).

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