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Mediterranean Programme - [10/13/2008]
El plan de paz árabe: ¿Una oportunidad perdida?
La cultura de seguridad israelí presenta indicios de transformación pero todavía hay muchos obstáculos que superar. -
Migrations Programme - [10/07/2008]
Immigration, school and equality of opportunities. Should Spain be like France?
Héctor Cebolla, Sociology Lecturer at UNED, presents the conclusions of his study -
Latin America Programme - [10/06/2008]
Cuba's evolution and prospects for relations with Europe
Cuban and European experts participated in a seminar to debate issues of common interest and to foster greater mutual collaboration. -
Mediterranean Programme - [10/01/2008]
Human rights in the Mediterranean: value or interest?
A number of experts highlight the shortcomings of Spain's policy for promoting human rights in the Mediterranean basin. -
Europe Programme - [09/29/2008]
Gordana Djurovic, Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro: “Leave the doors open”
The halting of the EU enlargement to include the Balkans was a concern for the region's political representatives that attended the International Seminar on the integration of Southeast Europe. -
Mediterranean Programme - [09/26/2008]
The INEX Project begins its activity
The aim of the project is to provide greater information on how to progress in the field of security while respecting legality and ethical principles. -
Mediterranean Programme - [09/22/2008]
Ambition and realism in the area of decentralisation in the Mediterranean
The aim of decentralisation in neighbouring countries should not be to have interlocutors for local and regional European administrations, but to create better conditions for local democracy and... -
Migrations Programme - [09/09/2008]
Barcelona Provincial Council and the CIDOB Foundation sign a collaboration agreement
Barcelona Provincial Council and the CIDOB Foundation will continue to work together on migration policy. -
Asia Programme - [07/21/2008]
CIDOB Foundation and the Generalitat of Catalonia discuss Catalonia's external influence in Asia
Experts and governmental representatives commence a joint reflection to harmonise interests toward Asia and to achieve closer institutional relations with the continent. -
Latin America Programme - [07/16/2008]
Ex-president Carlos Mesa analyses the political situation in Bolivia
“Settling accounts with history means being able to look ahead without being unaware of the future” Carlos Mesa Gisbert, the ex-President of Bolivia, who led the country from 2003 to 2005, has... -
Europe Programme - [07/15/2008]
Spain's policy in the face of the challenges of the European Union
European Breakfast with Diego López Garrido, Secretary of State for the European Union: “The Union for the Mediterranean is a success for Europe, not just for Sarkozy”. The same day on which S... -
Europe Programme - [07/11/2008]
Ignasi Guardans: "A Treaty should not be put to referendum"
The future of the political construction of Europe was the subject of a round table discussion organised by the CIDOB Foundation, and comprised of Euro MP Ignasi Guardans, researcher Juan Díez Me... -
Asia Programme - [07/09/2008]
Central Asia brought closer by the Observatory on Central Asia (OAC), set up by Casa Asia, the CIDOB Foundation and the Royal Elcano Institute
The CIDOB Foundation organises a meeting of experts to establish a joint work plan on governance, regionalism and relations with the EU. -
CIDOB Foundation - [07/09/2008]
CIDOB foundation participates in the 12th EADI conference
Every three years, EADI brings together researchers and experts from all over Europe to promote debate and dialogue on the multiple dimensions of development. -
Asia Programme - [07/08/2008]
Energy and the environment in Asia, much more than a regional challenge
The sixth of the CUIMPB courses on Asia examines the global implications of China and India's economic growth. -
Migrations Programme - [07/04/2008]
Agni Castro-Pita: “The situation of refugees around the world is a dramatic one”
International protection in Spain from a political perspective. -
CIDOB Foundation - [07/03/2008]
Miguel A. Moratinos: “Spain's role is to help the Africans to become the ones who solve their problems”
The Minister of Energy of Nigeria and the President of ECOWAS spoke at the Official Presentation of the 2008 International Yearbook. -
Mediterranean Programme - [07/03/2008]
CIDOB foundation gives presentation in Rome of various analyses of Mediterranean policy
Eduard Soler discusses Spain's Mediterranean policy and possible convergences with other Member States, as well as the future of Europe-Mediterranean relations in the field of security and politi... -
CIDOB Foundation - [06/18/2008]
Talk by the Prime Minister: "in Spain's interest: a committed foreign policy"
The event was organised by the Royal Elcano Institute in collaboration with the CIDOB Foundation, FRIDE, ICEI and INCIPE. -
Europe Programme - [06/17/2008]
Spain and France join forces to face the challenges of globalisation
The work sessions for the 3rd Spain-France Forum examined the organisation’s unresolved business in terms of bilateral cooperation and of interconnections and infrastructures, and proposals were... -
CIDOB Foundation - [06/16/2008]
Javier Solana: “We are exporting to Serbia the military reform model that was applied by Narcís Serra”
Accompanied by Javier Solana, the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Secretary General of the Council of the European Union, Narcís Serra held a presentation i... -
Europe Programme - [06/16/2008]
Trans-Atlantic relations after the US elections. European breakfast with Andrés Ortega
The question is, whether Europe and America are still capable of influencing the way the world takes shape, and the answer is: less and less. -
Migrations Programme - [06/16/2008]
International Seminar: “Immigration and Citizenship Policies in the European Union”
The challenge of linking diversity and cohesion. -
Migrations Programme - [06/13/2008]
Immigration: the challenge of managing a phenomenon on an everyday basis
Presentation of the book Inmigración, Estado y Derecho [Immigration, State and Law]. -
Mediterranean Programme - [06/09/2008]
Civil protection and Euro-Mediterranean cooperation
Tunis hosts a research seminar in which different methods of cooperation in the Mediterranean are analysed, with particular emphasis on civil protection. -
Migrations Programme - [06/08/2008]
Remittances for development: a claim called into question
Using remittances as a tool for development is an idea that is out of step with the economic reality. -
Mediterranean Programme - [06/01/2008]
Hopeful signs for the reunification of Cyprus
The CIDOB Foundation visits Cyprus to make contact with the island's intellectuals and politicians in order to explore possible channels toward reunification. -
Migrations Programme - [05/30/2008]
Spain still has much work to do with respect to the transposition of EU directives
In Spain there is still a long way to go in terms of applying EU legislation . -
Migrations Programme - [05/29/2008]
The countries of the European Union must strengthen their immigrant integration policies
Integration in political discourse was one of the points covered in the seminar. -
Mediterranean Programme - [05/28/2008]
The Mediterranean, a strategic opportunity for Catalonia's economic interests
Economic actors, experts and representatives of public administrations discuss how to consolidate Catalonia's role in the Mediterranean, an area with enormous economic potential. -
Latin America Programme - [05/28/2008]
Brazil in the age of globalisation: 20 years of Brazilian development
Brazil has now taken off and is in flight, the only thing required is to confirm the route of the flight. On 21 May, and in collaboration with the Fundación Cultural Hispano-Brasileña, the con... -
Mediterranean Programme - [05/27/2008]
Defenders of Maghrebi human rights meet at CIDOB
For the second consecutive year, Maghrebi activists call for greater involvement from Catalan civil society in the defence of human rights in their countries. -
Mediterranean Programme - [05/27/2008]
CIDOB Foundation to host a conference on Islamism and nationalism in 2009
The Swedish city of Lund was the location for the first conference of the research group “Religion, nation and state in the Muslim world”, during which it was announced that Barcelona would be th... -
Migrations Programme - [05/23/2008]
The MIPEX-INDEX is a useful instrument for discovering the gulf between good intentions and the reality of integration policies
Immigration integration policies discussed at the 10th International Participation Conference. -
CIDOB Foundation - [05/15/2008]
Catalunya Ràdio and the CIDOB Foundation to collaborate in the diffusion of content and training
This agreement will mean greater publicity for CIDOB’s activities though one of the leading media organs in Catalonia, as well as training for reporters specialising in international affairs at C... -
CIDOB Foundation - [05/14/2008]
Narcís Serra: “Knowing the military is of key importance for a governor”
La transición militar is a passionate testimony by a reformist politician, as well being as a theoretical examination by a rigorous scholar. Accompanied by Felipe González and Carme Chacón, Na... -
Mediterranean Programme - [05/14/2008]
Turkey and the European Union: it is the Union that will end up deciding
Speaking in Istanbul, Eduard Soler claims that no matter how significant Turkey's political and economic reforms are, the ball is still in the EU's court. -
Latin America Programme - [05/13/2008]
Should the concept of governability be redefined?
The concept of governability deserves to be refined in order for it to be suitably applied to the Latin American region. -
Development and Co-operation Programme - [04/21/2008]
Co-development under debate: a new concept?
First International Conference on Co-development, Lleida 16-19 April 2008 -
Mediterranean Programme - [04/21/2008]
The Maghreb region and Euro-Mediterranean relations
The CIDOB Foundation took part in a EuroMeSCo seminar in Tunis at which participants analysed the impact the evolution of Euro-Mediterranean relations is having on the Maghreb region. -
Migrations Programme - [04/17/2008]
European colonial expansion and domination constructed a hierarchy of knowledge
De-colonial Turn and Western Universalisms. Debates on border thinking. -
Europe Programme - [04/16/2008]
CIDOB Foundation to coordinate research programme within the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme
The study will examine the impact of EU policies on multilateral cooperation around Europe's enclosed seas -
Mediterranean Programme - [04/15/2008]
What is electoral observation for? And why monitor elections in the Mediterranean and in the Arab-Muslim world?
Catalan public administrations and academics discuss how to make electoral monitoring more effective in the countries of the Mediterranean and the Arab-Muslim world. -
Mediterranean Programme - [04/14/2008]
Casa Árabe and the CIDOB Foundation sign collaboration agreement
Gema Martín Muñoz and Narcís Serra announce their intention to join forces. On 9 April, Gema Martín Muñoz, Director General of Casa Árabe, and Narcís Serra, President of the CIDOB Foundation,... -
Mediterranean Programme - [04/11/2008]
Changes in power structure in the Arab world?
The CIDOB Foundation has initiated a research group to study elites, opposition movements and political systems in the Arab world. -
Latin America Programme - [04/11/2008]
Disenchantment with politics has led to judges gaining greater protagonism
The phenomenon of the judicialisation of politics in Latin America under debate. -
Asia Programme - [04/10/2008]
The new entrepreneurs of Europe
Academics and businesspeople examine the challenges and opportunities associated with the economic activities of Asian communities based in southern Europe. -
Europe Programme - [04/04/2008]
The European Union's external relations. European Breakfast with Eneko Landáburu, Director General of External Relations, European Commission
In order for the EU to become a global actor, there is a need for greater reflection and analysis by Europe's leaders on which priorities and strategies to follow . -
Mediterranean Programme - [04/03/2008]
The Mediterranean arrives in Warsaw
Are we moving toward a renationalisation of Mediterranean policies? -
Mediterranean Programme - [03/26/2008]
Turkey and Europe's foreign policy: convergence with reservations
Whether Turkey joins the EU or not depends not only on the degree of convergence in foreign policy, but also on matters regarding the EU Member States’ domestic policies . -
Mediterranean Programme - [03/25/2008]
Lebanon and Palestine: Keys to understanding their fragility
Iran is a “fragilising” actor that is keen to maintain instability in the region. -
Latin America Programme - [03/12/2008]
The path towards a more integrated region continues to be a long, difficult one
The seminar emphasised the importance of integration in terms of the development agenda, external influence and the democratic governance of MERCOSUR. -
Development and Co-operation Programme - [03/12/2008]
The organisation headed by nobel peace prize winner Wangari Muta Maathai participates in a seminar in Barcelona on sustainable development
It is particularly necessary to organise and simplify the institutional architecture and international funding in the sphere of the environment -
Mediterranean Programme - [03/11/2008]
Union for the Mediterranean or Euro-Mediterranean Community?
A wide margin still exists for fully defining the structure and actions of the Union for the Mediterranean. -
Mediterranean Programme - [03/06/2008]
Policy reform can also learn from its mistakes
The report produced by the CIDOB Foundation and the TESEV Foundation not only proposes specific measures to improve Europe's involvement in the reform of police forces in Turkey and the Palestini... -
CIDOB Programmes - [03/03/2008]
More than 500 participants from different countries meet in Brisbane to discuss the role of physical security
Gemma Pinyol and Enric Royo, the coordinators of the CIDOB Foundation’s Migrations and Development programmes, respectively, took part in the 9th Global Development Network Conference held in Bri... -
Development and Co-operation Programme - [02/28/2008]
The process of organising spanish cooperation moves towards multilateralism
On 19 February, Enric Royo, Coordinator of the CIDOB Foundation's Development Programme, took part in the workshop organised by the Office of Development Planning and Policy Evaluation (DGPOLDE)... -
Development and Co-operation Programme - [02/22/2008]
In Latin America, a social contract is more possible now than ever before
José Luis Machinea, Executive Secretary of ECLAC , Enrique Iglesias, the Ibero-American Secretary General, Narcís Serra, President of the CIDOB Foundation and David Vegara, Secretary of State for... -
Europe Programme - [02/20/2008]
Spain's foreign policy at the close of the 8th term of office: summary and prospects
“Kosovo is a 'hot potato' for the next government” The above comment was made by Esther Barbé, Director of the Observatory of European Foreign Policy (OBS). And certainly, Spain's stance over... -
Mediterranean Programme - [02/18/2008]
Spain's Arab and Mediterranean policy debated at the Chamber of Deputies
Working in collaboration with the Chamber of Deputies and Casa Árabe, the CIDOB Foundation held a presentation of No. 79-80 of the CIDOB magazine Afers Internacionals, an issue that is dedicated... -
Mediterranean Programme - [02/14/2008]
Spain should launch new proposals within the framework of the Barcelona Process
Madrid, Fundación Alternativas, 29 January 2008. On 29 January, the Fundación Alternativas (in collaboration with the CIDOB Foundation) held a work seminar in Madrid titled "The Union for... -
Mediterranean Programme - [02/05/2008]
CIDOB Foundation attends the 11th meeting of the Forum of Researchers on the Arab and Muslim World
Lisbon, 2 February 2008 On 1 and 2 February, the 11th meeting of the Foro de Investigadores del Mundo Árabe y Musulmán (Forum of Researchers on the Arab and Muslim World, or FIMAM) took place... -
Latin America Programme - [01/28/2008]
Latin America and the Armed Forces Microsite
The CIDOB Foundation is launching a microsite for the project “The Democratic Consolidation of the Armed Forces in Southern Latin America”. Managed by Rafael Martínez from the University of Barce... -
Migrations Programme - [01/18/2008]
Examining immigrant integration policies in Spain: presentation of the Migrant Integration Policy Index 2006
The Spanish edition of the Migrant Integration Policy Index 2006 is presented in Madrid at an event organised by the CIDOB Foundation and the British Council-Spain. -
Security Programme - [01/12/2008]
“Los gobiernos sirven para dar bienestar a los ciudadanos”
Fernando Henrique Cardoso analizó el estado de la democracia en América Latina, en un seminario organizado por CIDOB que también contó con Ricardo Lagos, Javier Solana, Jordi Hereu y Narcís Serra... -
Europe Programme - [01/10/2008]
The Spain-France Forum presents its conclusions at the Paris Summit
The Forum, which was held in Paris in parallel with the Summit, was attended by more than 50 leading representatives in France and Spain from the worlds of science, culture, business, journalism,... -
Migrations Programme - [12/21/2007]
CIDOB examines the external dimension of EU migration policies
Speaking at a seminar attended by Bernardino León, Consuelo Rumí and others, Stefano Bertozzi declared that the EU needs to establish common policies in the area of immigration. -
Europe Programme - [12/21/2007]
"What you don't do, nobody else will”
Miquel Roca, the em-member of CiU, speaking at a seminar at the CIDOB Foundation on cooperation between the Ukraine and Spain, called for responsibility among Ukrainian politicians and social act... -
CIDOB Foundation - [12/20/2007]
Madrid hosts the third presentation of the Mediterranean yearbook Med. 2007
The presentation of Med. 2007, which follows the previous such events in Lisbon and Brussels, featured the participation of Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. -
Mediterranean Programme - [12/17/2007]
CIDOB considers the prospects for peace in the Middle East in 2008
Speaking at the CIDOB Foundation, Albert Moreno, Jaume Saura, Joan Roura, Elvira Sánchez and Eduard Soler all expressed scepticism at the possibility of a peaceful end to the Arab-Israeli conflic... -
Migrations Programme - [12/14/2007]
CIDOB participates in a film-forum in Pamplona on human rights and immigration
Gemma Pinyol, Coordinator of the CIDOB Foundation's Migrations Programme, participates in several activities held in Pamplona on the occasion of the 3rd Human Rights and Immigration Week. -
Mediterranean Programme - [12/01/2007]
CIDOB at From the Barcelona Process to the Mediterranean Union?
Speaking at a seminar in Barcelona, Eduard Soler, of the CIDOB Foundation's, highlighted some of the oversights in the proposal made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy for a Mediterranean Union. -
Mediterranean Programme - [11/29/2007]
Bureaucratic logic prevails in Euro-Mediterranean funding
The researcher Michal Natorski presents a study at the CIDOB Foundation entitled The impact of the MEDA Programme on Morocco: results, experiences and trends. -
Latin America Programme - [11/27/2007]
The UN Stabilisation Mission needs time
The CIDOB Foundation was the venue for a lecture given by the researcher Johanna Mendelson, titled Haiti: the role of the UN and the future of MINUSTAH. -
Mediterranean Programme - [11/26/2007]
Iran, a power in the Mediterranean?
The presentation has been held in Madrid of Cuaderno de Estrategia no. 137, a publication coordinated by Narcís Serra, President of CIDOB, and which deals with Iran's role as an emerging power in... -
Migrations Programme - [11/24/2007]
CIDOB at the 4th CHALLENGE Training School
Gemma Pinyol, Coordinator of CIDOB's Migrations Programme, stresses the need to establish common conceptual frameworks for discussing integration or accommodation of the immigrant population. -
Asia Programme - [11/22/2007]
CIDOB tackles the nuclear debate in East-West Dialogue
“The international regime of nuclear non-proliferation needs a non-discriminatory approach”, claims Shireen Mazari, Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad. -
Mediterranean Programme - [11/17/2007]
José Antonio Alonso: “The Mediterranean needs a permanent construction”
The Spanish Minister of Defence took part in the 6th Seminar on Security and Defence in the Mediterranean, an event organised by the CIDOB Foundation and the Ministry of Defence and held at the P... -
CIDOB Programmes - [11/16/2007]
More data, in order to understand Latin American immigration in Spain
The CIDOB holds a seminar to examine the research projects currently in progress on the main aspects related with Latin American migration flows in Spain. -
CIDOB Programmes - [11/14/2007]
Mauritania: a hinge country
CIDOB holds the seminar Mauritania: intercultural dynamics, political processes and relations with Spain, at which participants analysed the current state of the African country from different st... -
Latin America Programme - [11/13/2007]
It is not easy to go from a party-based logic to a coalitional approach
CIDOB has organised a debate workshop in which the professors Josep M. Reniu and Jordi Matas analysed the current coalition governments in Latin American presidential systems. -
Security Programme - [11/08/2007]
Javier Solana and Mary Kaldor discuss human security in Madrid
The CIDOB Foundation and the Centre for the Study of Global Governance (LSE) hold a seminar in which the issue of the European Union's commitment to human security was debated. -
Intercultural Dynamics Programme - [10/30/2007]
CIDOB holds 1st Training Seminar, a discussion forum for doctorate students
In addition to the members of the Doctorate Students Forum, the seminar also featured the participation of the researchers Mary Nash, Josetxo Cerdán, Carlos Jiménez, Javier de Lucas and Carles Fe... -
Development and Co-operation Programme - [10/27/2007]
Machinea: “Latin America needs to increase its fiscal revenue””
The Executive Secretary of ECLAC highlighted the consensus that was reached with respect to financing at a seminar on the Ibero-American Development Agenda, which was organised by the CIDOB. -
CIDOB Programmes - [10/27/2007]
CIDOB participates in a conference on Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in Crete
The participants included Gemma Pinyol and Jordi Vaquer, the coordinators of the CIDOB Foundation's Migrations and Europe Programmes, respectively. -
Migrations Programme - [10/26/2007]
CIDOB collaborates with the Welcoming Congress
Gemma Pinyol, coordinator of the CIDOB Foundation's Migrations Programme, takes part in a congress prior to the drafting of a law by the Generalitat on welcoming newcomers. -
Mediterranean Programme - [10/22/2007]
Greater international involvement in the environmental challenge in the Mediterranean
The professor Oriol Costa presents a research study at the CIDOB Foundation that examines the frameworks of international cooperation in environmental issues within the Mediterranean region. -
Europe Programme - [10/20/2007]
Moratinos and D'Alema highlight the common ground in Spain and Italy's objectives in Europe
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and their counterparts for Industry of Spain and Italy have taken part in the Spain-Italy Dialogue Forum in Toledo, an event organised by the CIDOB Foundation and... -
Europe Programme - [10/16/2007]
Preparations begin for the 2nd Spain-France Dialogue Forum in Paris
CIDOB and VEOLIA Environnement have held a preparatory meeting for the 2nd Spain-France Dialogue Forum, which will take place in Paris next January. The participants at the event included Alberto... -
Migrations Programme - [10/15/2007]
2007 Index: examining EU integration policies
CIDOB participates in MIPEX, a European project to analyse the policies for integrating immigrants in 25 EU memberStates and three non-EU countries. -
CIDOB Programmes - [10/09/2007]
The EU’s unequal impact on its eastern and southern neighbours
The CIDOB Foundation has hosted a seminar that formed part of the research project EUPROX (coordination, integration and Europe-isation in the proximity of the European Union). -
Asia Programme - [10/04/2007]
Migrations in China and Europe: reasonable similarities
The CIDOB Foundation hosts a debate workshop to analyse the similarities between the phenomenon of migration in Europe and China, as part of the 2nd China-Europe Forum. -
Mediterranean Programme - [10/04/2007]
CIDOB at the annual EuroMeSCo conference
The event, which was held in Lisbon this year, examined the defence of human rights as one of the main shared principles on both sides of the Mediterranean. -
Asia Programme - [10/01/2007]
Bernardino León presents the Asia-Pacific 2006 Annual (2007 Edition)
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation announces in Madrid that Spain plans to open embassies in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Cambodia. -
Mediterranean Programme - [09/26/2007]
Moroccan elections show progress in terms of transparency
The Jordi Maragall Hall at the CIDOB Foundation was the venue for a seminar that analysed the results of the recent Moroccan elections, held on 7 September 2007. -
Asia Programme - [09/20/2007]
“We must bear in mind that Afghanistan is a long-term mission”
CIDOB brought leading representatives from the international mission to Afghanistan together with members of the Afghan government and society to analyse the country's situation, placing particul... -
CIDOB Programmes - [09/19/2007]
CIDOB, at the 8th AECPA conference
Eduard Soler and Gemma Pinyol, the coordinators of the CIDOB Foundation's Mediterranean and Migrations Programmes, respectively, have taken part in the conference of the Spanish Association for P... -
Mediterranean Programme - [09/13/2007]
CIDOB takes part in the 6th Pan-European Conference on International Relations in Turin
Eduard Soler, the coordinator of the CIDOB Foundation's Mediterranean Programme, claims that the EU approachesreligious issues in different ways in its relations with Turkey and with the Arab cou... -
CIDOB Foundation - [07/13/2007]
Joan Clos, Chakib Khelil and Bernadino León present the CIDOB Yearbook
The Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines announced that the monographic piece dedicated to Algeria in the publication “will help to increase Spain’s knowledge of my country and its economic pote... -
Europe Programme - [07/12/2007]
“The agreement that Merkel achieved is almost a miracle, and may lead us forward to a better Europe”
Professor Jan Zielonka assesses the agreement achieved at the EU heads of state summit meeting, in a conference organised by CIDOB, in which an assessment was carried out of the German presidency... -
Asia Programme - [07/10/2007]
Central Asia is no longer a passive actor in its evolution in Eurasia
As every year, the CIDOB Foundation has participated in the CUIMP-Centre Ernest Lluch summer courses on the subject of Asia, organised by Seán Golden, director of the CIDOB Foundation's Asia Prog... -
Migrations Programme - [07/02/2007]
Is it possible to speak of a “black African Islam”?
The CIDOB Foundation has participated in a course run by lecturer Ferran Iniesta in which participants discussed the role of Islam in the different sub-Saharan societies. -
Mediterranean Programme - [06/29/2007]
CIDOB participates in round table on Turkey at ISS-EU in Paris
Eduard Soler, coordinator of the CIDOB Foundation's Mediterranean Programme, has taken part in a conference to analyse the political upheaval that Turkey experienced in spring and summer 2007. -
Europe Programme - [06/27/2007]
Autonomous Communities, Central Government and their external action
The CIDOB Foundation and the OPEX organised a seminar designed to propose formulas for improving coordination and cooperation between Autonomous Communities and the Central Government. -
Mediterranean Programme - [06/24/2007]
Mediterranean policies debated in Berlin
The CIDOB Foundation has participated in a series of seminars within the RAMSES 2 project, as part of the EU's sixth research framework programme on Mediterranean policies. -
Migrations Programme - [06/21/2007]
Increase in number of refugees in the world
CIDOB, the Catalan Committee of ACNUR and the ACSAR Foundation organised The challenges of international protection, a seminar held to commemorate World Refugee Day. -
Migrations Programme - [06/18/2007]
The role of actors in the management of immigration and integration
The second GRIIP-CIDOB seminar dealt with the different types of political and social actors involved in the processes of immigration management. -
Mediterranean Programme - [06/15/2007]
The difficulty of consolidating Human Security in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Programme of the CIDOB Foundation participated in the conferences held at the Middle East Technical University of Ankara, an event that is now in its sixth year. This year’s con... -
Migrations Programme - [06/13/2007]
Josep Oliver: “Immigration is linked to the labour market”
The professor of Economics at the UAB presented at CIDOB his book Spain 2020: an Inescapable Miscegenation, a work that reflects on the impact of immigration on the Spanish labour market. -
Mediterranean Programme - [06/13/2007]
Defenders of Maghrebi Human Rights denounce lack of democracy in Maghreb
Representatives of Maghrebi and Catalan Human Rights defence organisations take part in a debate workshop in the Campana Hall at the CIDOB Foundation. -
Mediterranean Programme - [06/12/2007]
"America has not achieved the aims that motivated its invasion of Iraq"
Joost Hiltermann, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme of the International Crisis Group, analysed the US strategy in Iraq at a talk held at CIDOB. -
Intercultural Dynamics Programme - [06/07/2007]
CIDOB participates in Round Table on Central Asia organised by UNESCO
CIDOB participated in a Round Table discussion in Almaty (Kazakhstan) between 65 international experts who exchanged ideas on how to promote pluralism and mutual understanding. -
Intercultural Dynamics Programme - [06/06/2007]
Is a relationship between the Institutional and the Intercultural possible?
The CIDOB Foundation holds a doctorate students' workshop on the subject of the relationship between the intercultural and the institutional in the context of Latin America. -
Migrations Programme - [05/30/2007]
The eastern european immigrant communities in Spain
The CIDOB Foundation organised a seminar in which participants examined the link existing between Spain and Eastern Europe through migration flows. -
Latin America Programme - [05/25/2007]
Maras and youth Gangs: two different worlds
The CIDOB Foundation organised a seminar which compared the Latin American maras and youth gangs existing in Europe. -
Mediterranean Programme - [05/18/2007]
Spain, Turkey and energy security
The CIDOB Foundation co-organised a seminar in Madrid in which energy security in Europe and the Mediterranean was analysed from a Hispano-Turkish point of view. -
CIDOB Programmes - [05/16/2007]
“Iran’s strengths could become Its greatest weaknesses”
The iranian political scientist, Mohammad-Reza Djalili, analysed Iran’s strengths and weaknesses as a regional power in a lecture organised by the CIDOB Foundation and Casa Árabe. -
CIDOB Programmes - [05/08/2007]
The Cyprus impasse in the negotiations between the European Union and Turkey
Speaking at CIDOB, the researcher Stelios Stavridis argued that it is not the Cyprus question that has blocked negotiations with the EU, but rather the political situation that Turkey is experien... -
Migrations Programme - [05/07/2007]
The exterior uncertainties of european migration policy
The researcher, Virginia Guiraudon, spoke about the will of countries of origin to collaborate in migration policy and about the incentives the EU could offer them. -
Asia Programme - [04/24/2007]
“To be global, Spain needs to think about the world through Eurasia”
In an interview granted to the CIDOB Foundation, Luis Martínez Montes, Counsellor in the Spanish Permanent Representation to the OSCE, an organisation presided over by Spain in 2007, reflected on... -
Mediterranean Programme - [04/17/2007]
The emergence of a syrian civil society
Speaking at the CIDOB Foundation, the syrian political scientist and author Salam Kawakibi examined the emergence of a civil society in Syria and the impact of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership... -
Migrations Programme - [04/13/2007]
The force of latin americans in the United States
Ramón Grosfoguel, a lecturer in Ethnic Studies at the University ofCalifornia in Berkeley, analysed the influence of Latin American communities on the political and social future of the United St... -
Mediterranean Programme - [04/12/2007]
CIDOB supports research on Turkey in Spain
The CIDOB Foundation participated in a seminar on Turkey that brought together an important number of researchers from Spanish centres who specialise in the Ottoman country. -
Migrations Programme - [03/21/2007]
CIDOB, in the 5th Congress on Immigration in Spain
Gemma Pinyol, co-ordinator of the Migrations Programme of the CIDOB Foundation, presented the communication, The Challenge of Irregular Immigration: The Regularisation Processes in Europe, in Val... -
Latin America Programme - [03/21/2007]
CIDOB, in the drawing up of the European Development Report
Anna Ayuso, co-ordinator of the CIDOB Foundation’s Latin America Programme, presented a lecture in Brussels on The Role of Institutions in the Fight against Inequality. -
Asia Programme - [03/19/2007]
Spanish business in the face of the challenge to establish triangular synergies with Latin America and Asia
The CIDOB Foundation, the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and Casa Asia organised the presentation of a study on the possibilities offered to Spanish business by the economic internationalisation o... -
Migrations Programme - [03/13/2007]
Immigration and relations with third countries: A challenge for Spain
Felix Fernández Show, Deputy Director-General of Justice and Home Affairs in the Secretariat General for the EU, reflected, in a breakfast organised by the CIDOB Foundation, on the priorities of... -
Mediterranean Programme - [03/12/2007]
Moroccan foreign policy and the PJD: A pragmatic party?
CIDOB Fundation organised a debate workshop in which participants debated the singularities of the PJD, a party which has generated important expectations of growth with regard to the September e... -
Intercultural Dynamics Programme - [03/08/2007]
The political and social construction of risk, according to Ulrich Beck
In a lecture organised by the CIDOB, the sociologist described the world risk society as a systemic solution to the management of the risks and insecurities created by modernisation, which have a... -
Latin America Programme - [03/05/2007]
Local innovations in Brazil and Spain in the face of global insecurities
The CIDOB Foundation hosted a seminar in which reflections were made on new forms of social intervention in the local sphere in the face of situations of vulnerability and risk that the current g... -
CIDOB Foundation - [02/20/2007]
CIDOB and Casa Amèrica Catalunya sign a collaboration agreement
Signed by Josep Ribera and Antoni Traveria, directors of CIDOB and Casa Amèrica, respectively, this agreement allows for collaboration between these two institutions in the promoting and organisi... -
Mediterranean Programme - [02/16/2007]
CIDOB, in a project on "Religion, State and Nation in the Muslim World"
A group of european, american and Middle Eastern scholars met in the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul to lay down the first brick in this project. -
Latin America Programme - [02/13/2007]
The report "Mexico and the World 2006", presented in CIDOB
“Mexicans do not feel threatened by China, and half of them think that being a neighbour of the United States is favourable”, according to a report presented by Covadonga Meseguer, a researcher i... -
Migrations Programme - [02/09/2007]
The moratorium on romanians and bulgarians is questioned
The majority of the participants in a workshop organised by the CIDOB Foundation coincided in the need to ask the spanish government to end the moratorium on workers’ rights to free circulation,... -
Mediterranean Programme - [02/09/2007]
CIDOB, in a seminar in support of Mediterranean reform
Organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the seminar in Valletta brought together some thirty scholars, high-level civil servants and politicians from Germany, Belgium, Cyprus, Spain, Greece,... -
Asia Programme - [02/05/2007]
“In the face of the european crisis, the solution is to open up to Eurasia”
Luis Martínez Montes, Counsellor in the Spanish permanent representation to the OSCE indicated, in the CIDOB Foundation, that the solution to the crisis in Europe involves broadening the context... -
Security Programme - [02/03/2007]
Ricardo Lagos warns that energy has become a political weapon
The former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos participated in War and Peace in the 21st Century, a seminar organised by CIDOB and held in PedralbesPalace, which dealt with the geopolitical dimensio... -
Mediterranean Programme - [02/02/2007]
"Researching the Mediterranean" is presented in Brussels
Published by the CIDOB Foundation, the British Council and the European Institute of the Mediterranean, this study on the Mediterranean and Arab world in the United Kingdom and Spain was presente... -
Latin America Programme - [01/31/2007]
Luis Esteban G. Manrique presents his latest book in CIDOB
The CIDOB Foundation’s hosted the presentation of De la conquista a la globalización: Estados, naciones y nacionalismos en América Latina [From Conquest to Globalisation: States, Nations and Nati... -
Mediterranean Programme - [01/23/2007]
Libya’s rapprochement to the West, according to Joaquín Pérez Villanueva
The Spanish Ambassador to Libya dealt with the historical and political evolution of this Mediterranean country, in a lecture organised by the CIDOB Foundation and the Barcelona Institute of Inte... -
Latin America Programme - [01/10/2007]
The professionalisation of public employment in Latin America
The CIDOB Foundation’s organised a seminar in which the professionalisation of public service was highlighted as one of the basic strategies for fighting corruption in Latin American public insti... -
Mediterranean Programme - [12/21/2006]
Alonso discounts unilateralism as a way of acting in the mediterranean
the Spanish Minister of Defence, participated in the 5th International Seminar on Security and Defence in the Mediterranean, organised every year by the CIDOB Foundation and the Directorate-Gener... -
Intercultural Dynamics Programme - [12/20/2006]
Urbanisation and worldview
The CIDOB Foundation’s Intercultural Dynamics Programme participated in “Making Sense in the City – Culture, Community and Identity in an Urban World”, a symposium held at Ghent University in whi... -
Migrations Programme - [12/14/2006]
“Experiences concerning immigration must also be unified on an international scale”
Imma Moraleda, President-Delegate of the Area of Equality and Citizenship of the Provincial Council pointed out the importance of local administrations in the management of immigration in the 4th... -
Mediterranean Programme - [12/13/2006]
The journal "Àmbits de Política i Societat" is presented at the CIDOB Foundation
The CIDOB Foundation hosted the presentation of Oriente Medio en eclosión [The Dawning of the Middle East], a monograph included in issue 35 of the journal Àmbits de Política i Societat. -
Mediterranean Programme - [12/03/2006]
The necessary improvement in relations between Algeria and Morocco
The CIDOB Foundation’s Mediterranean Programme and the EuroMeSCo network organised a closed-door seminar in the Senator Hotel of Barcelona in which relations between Algeria and Morocco were deal... -
Intercultural Dynamics Programme - [11/24/2006]
“Civil approach” and “civil solution” in the face of “islamophobia”
The CIDOB Foundation, in collaboration with the Sociology Department of Bilgi University in Istanbul and the Helsinki Citizens Assembly - HCA Turkey, co-organised this seminar, entitled Intercult... -
Europe Programme - [11/16/2006]
Spain-France Forum, one of the achievements of the year for Zapatero and Chirac
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Jacques Chirac and Pasqual Maragall, Presidents of the governments of Spain, France and Catalonia, met together in Girona to participate in the 1st Spain-France Dial... -
Mediterranean Programme - [11/11/2006]
CIDOB, in the 2nd Security and Defence Congress in Granada
Eduard Soler, Co-ordinator of the CIDOB Foundation’s Mediterranean Programme, highlighted “a certain Europeanisation of Turkey in the Arab-Israeli conflict”, in the 2nd International Congress on... -
Europe Programme - [11/10/2006]
“Spain and Italy Should Co-operate to Face Immigration”
Manuel Marín, President of the Chamber of Deputies, stated in the Spain-Italy Dialogue Forum in Verona that the greatest problem Europe has is immigration policy in the Mediterranean. Marín made... -
Migrations Programme - [11/10/2006]
European cities and the challenge of immigration, in the plajovebcn conference
Gemma Pinyol, Co-ordinator of the CIDOB Foundation’s Migrations Programme, reflected on the challenge immigration poses to European cities and the role of youth as protagonists of the migration f... -
Development and Co-operation Programme - [11/07/2006]
National Pacts in Latin America to Fight Poverty
Economists and experts on Latin America advised a fiscal reform in the region to fight against inequality, taking advantage of the current economic boon, in a seminar organised by the CIDOB Found... -
Mediterranean Programme - [11/06/2006]
International Involvement in Lebanon: Not only Military Aspects Count
Narcís Serra, President of the CIDOB Foundation, warned of the difficulties in achieving lasting peace in Lebanon if the international community forgets about the principles of human security. Se... -
Migrations Programme - [10/29/2006]
The Difficulties in Finding a European Model of Admittance
The Jordi Maragall Hall of the CIDOB Foundation hosted Admittance Policies and Models, a seminar in which the instruments that exist for facilitating the incorporation of foreign citizens into ad... -
Mediterranean Programme - [10/27/2006]
The Strategic Weight of Turkey in Europe and Asia, in the Eyes of Fatih Tayfur
Fatih Tayfur, a lecturer at the Middle East Technical University (ÖDTU), analysed the endogenous and exogenous factors that mark the direction of Turkish foreign policy, in the Campana Hall of th... -
Intercultural Dynamics Programme - [10/24/2006]
¿Hasta dónde puede compartirse el ámbito transnacional?
Nilüfer Göle (socióloga y experta en movimientos islamistas contemporáneos) cuestionó la capacidad de comprensión del ser humano ante las imágenes transnacionales que circulan, en una conferencia... -
Mediterranean Programme - [10/20/2006]
CIDOB, en el encuentro "Seguridad en un mundo globalizado"
Eduard Soler, coordinador del programa Mediterráneo de la Fundación CIDOB, participó en Oslo en la New Faces Conference, donde se debatió sobre retos de la seguridad mundial, como las energías, l... -
Mediterranean Programme - [10/19/2006]
"La política de vecindad puede representar un valor añadido para los países mediterráneos"
Eduard Soler, coordinador del programa Mediterráneo de la Fundación CIDOB, analizó el proceso de Barcelona y el impacto de la política de vecindad en los países mediterráneos en un seminario titu... -
Migrations Programme - [10/16/2006]
Consuelo Rumí presenta “Veinte años de inmigración en España”
La Secretaria de Estado de Inmigración y Emigración presentó en Madrid esta publicación, que ha contado con la colaboración de la Fundación CIDOB. Josep Ribera, presidente del Centro de Investiga... -
Mediterranean Programme - [10/05/2006]
Eduard Soler y Carmen Claudín, en la Conferencia anual del EuroMeSCo
CIDOB participó en Estambul en la conferencia anual del EuroMeSCo, la red de centros de investigación en temas políticos y de seguridad, que abordó las distintas vías para acceder a la democracia... -
Latin America Programme - [10/03/2006]
España y Cuba, relaciones sin cambios significativos
Francesc Bayo, investigador de CIDOB, afirmó que "las relaciones políticas hispano-cubanas se mantienen en una situación transitoria, pero sin alteraciones", en la Sala Campana de la Fu... -
CIDOB Foundation - [07/11/2006]
Josep Ribera recibe la 'Medalla d’Or de la Ciutat' de Barcelona
El director y fundador de CIDOB recibió el premio, en reconocimiento a su larga trayectoria en defensa de la democracia y de lucha por una sociedad más justa y solidaria. -
CIDOB Foundation - [07/06/2006]
Maragall y Moratinos presentan el Anuario Internacional CIDOB 2005 (edición 2006)
El presidente de la Generalitat de Catalunya y el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores español, además de Josep Oliu, presidente del Banc de Sabadell, participaron en un acto celebrado en la Cambra de... -
Mediterranean Programme - [07/05/2006]
Se publica "Turquía, el camino hacia Europa"
Este libro, que analiza las claves de las grandes transformaciones que se están produciendo actualmente en Turquía, contó con la participación de Eduard Soler, coordinador del programa Mediterrán... -
Asia Programme - [07/04/2006]
La creciente competitividad de la industria China
CIDOB participó en un seminario que analizó las incertidumbres y retos que genera el Asia Pacífico que organizó el Consorci Universitat Internacional Menéndez Pelayo de Barcelona (CUIMPB) en la S... -
Migrations Programme - [05/26/2006]
La cohesión social y la convivencia, a través de una ética civil mínima
“El contenido filosófico, político y de valores del laicismo pretende establecer una ética civil mínima que sustente la convivencia y la cohesión social”. Esta conclusión se extrajo del seminario... -
Migrations Programme - [05/24/2006]
“El problema no es el estrecho, sino el desierto del Teneré”
Mohamed Khachani, catedrático de Derecho Agdal en Rabat (Marruecos) considera que la UE no debe obcecarse sólo en frenar la avalancha de inmigrantes que intentan cruzar el estrecho de Gibraltar. -
Europe Programme - [05/18/2006]
Las soluciones de Charles Grant a la crisis constitucional europea
Charles Grant, director del Centre for European Reform (CER) de Londres propuso algunas soluciones a la crisis constitucional europea en un Esmorzar Europeu organizado por la Fundación CIDOB en l... -
Latin America Programme - [05/16/2006]
La desconfianza de los peruanos en sus instituciones públicas
Los peruanos Magdalena Chocano (historiadora i poeta), Rafael Drinot (sociólogo y periodista) y Pedro Patrón (comunicador) analizaron en CIDOB los resultados electorales producidos en su país. -
Mediterranean Programme - [05/12/2006]
Alianza de civilizaciones, proceso para mejorar las relaciones hispano-turcas
Eduard Soler, coordinador del programa Mediterránea de CIDOB, y Laia Mestres, investigadora del Institut Universitari d’Estudis Europeus, participaron en un simposio organizado en Estambul por la... -
Security Programme - [05/03/2006]
¿Hay un nuevo concepto de seguridad?
CIDOB organizó un seminario sobre Seguridad Humana, una doctrina que combina las agendas de paz, seguridad, desarrollo y derechos humanos, que revisa las teorías más tradicionales sobre seguridad. -
Europe Programme - [04/27/2006]
Derrota de la derecha que no jubila a Berlusconi
El catedrático Cesáreo Rodríguez-Aguilera y el periodista Enric Juliana analizaron el resultado de las elecciones presidenciales italianas en una mesa redonda organizada por la Fundación CIDOB en... -
Mediterranean Programme - [04/07/2006]
¿Cómo enderezar el partenariado euromediterráneo?
En un taller de debate de CIDOB se reflexionó sobre el futuro del partenariado euromediterráneo, el papel de los actores que lo lideraron y sobre aspectos concretos de la Cumbre de Barcelona, tam... -
Mediterranean Programme - [04/03/2006]
El desenganche unilateral de Kadima
Kadima, el partido fundado por el ex presidente Ariel Sharon y vencedor en las últimas elecciones israelíes, optará por el desenganche unilateral. A esta conclusión llegaron Albert Moreno, subdir... -
Mediterranean Programme - [03/31/2006]
Eduard Soler: “Se debe reforzar la cooperación en el ámbito local”
Eduard Soler, coordinador del programa Mediterránea de CIDOB, participó en un seminario organizado por la Universitat de Girona, que analizó las compatibilidades y solapamientos entre el proceso... -
Mediterranean Programme - [03/30/2006]
La polarización de la política exterior española
Eduard Soler, coordinador del programa Mediterráneo de CIDOB, participó, como ponente, en Berlín en un congreso que analizó las transformaciones producidas en España sobre política exterior y dom... -
Mediterranean Programme - [02/23/2006]
El Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos presenta el Cuaderno de Estrategia 132
Josep Ribera, director de CIDOB, intervino en la presentación en Madrid de Turquía a las puertas de Europa, el último número del Cuaderno de Estrategia, publicación editada por el Instituto Españ... -
Mediterranean Programme - [02/02/2006]
"La eficacia electoral de Hamas le proporciona la victoria"
Pere Vilanova, catedrático de Ciencia Política de la UB, argumentó las claves de la victoria de Hamas en las elecciones palestinas en un seminario que también contó con el periodista Joan Roure y... -
Intercultural Dynamics Programme - [04/15/2005]
Representaciones e interculturalidad
En este seminario se reflexionó sobre la elaboración de las representaciones, su impacto sobre la producción y percepción de los sentidos, así como las prácticas de inclusión y exclusión en los d...
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Mediterranean Programme - [10/13/2008]
El plan de paz árabe: ¿Una oportunidad perdida?
La cultura de seguridad israelí presenta indicios de transformación pero todavía hay muchos obstáculos que superar. -
Migrations Programme - [10/07/2008]
Immigration, school and equality of opportunities. Should Spain be like France?
Héctor Cebolla, Sociology Lecturer at UNED, presents the conclusions of his study -
Latin America Programme - [10/06/2008]
Cuba's evolution and prospects for relations with Europe
Cuban and European experts participated in a seminar to debate issues of common interest and to foster greater mutual collaboration. -
Mediterranean Programme - [10/01/2008]
Human rights in the Mediterranean: value or interest?
A number of experts highlight the shortcomings of Spain's policy for promoting human rights in the Mediterranean basin. -
Europe Programme - [09/29/2008]
Gordana Djurovic, Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro: “Leave the doors open”
The halting of the EU enlargement to include the Balkans was a concern for the region's political representatives that attended the International Seminar on the integration of Southeast Europe.
