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“Morocco 2020” Day
September 29, 201512:30 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
12:30 p.m.
You must register in advance to attend.
You may register by e-mail at comunicacion@cideal.org or call 91 553 84 88.
Casa Árabe is hosting a session on the economic prospects of this
country in the Maghreb, with an evaluation of Spanish-Moroccan
cooperation looking towards 2020.
During this day of events organized by Casa Árabe, along with the Cideal Foundation and Morocco’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services in Spain, the prospects which are being opened up at all levels by socio-political transformation processes and the economic growth being experienced in Morocco will be analyzed with a view to 2020.
The day will be officially opened by the General Director of Casa Árabe, Pedro Villena, and will begin with a speech on “Growth and the Prospects of the Moroccan Economy,” given by Leila Hayat, President of Morocco’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services in Spain, followed by a round table discussion on “The role of development cooperation in twenty-first century Morocco,” at which the results of a study will be presented: “Morocco 2020. Diagnostic, prospects for development and the view ahead for cooperation,” with the participation of Manuel Gómez Galán, General Director of the CIDEAL Foundation, Haizam Amirah Fernández, main researcher on the Mediterranean and Arab World at the Real Instituto Elcano, and Luis Tejada, Director of Cooperation with Africa and Asia at the AECID. After this, a debate will be held and a copy of the publication will be given out to all those attending.
“Morocco 2020. Diagnostic, prospects for development and the view ahead for cooperation” is a study published by the Cideal Foundation. It focuses on the recent changes in Morocco, a country with which Spain maintains key strategic relations. It has always been and will foreseeably remain a priority from the perspective of cooperation. Along with the political and social transformation which the country has undergone, and the advent of the so-called Arab Spring, this study also analyzes the latest directions being taken in the international development agenda and, more specifically, the changes occurring in Spain’s development cooperation as a whole, marked in recent times by budgeting limitations and the adaptations which they entail. Both realities are combined in the book to reflect on the possible ways in which, based on Spain’s currently existing development strategies, it can continue to follow up on the present development processes in Morocco today effectively, in a county which is shifting towards new social and political structures, as well as renovated new forms of governance.
Event schedule
The day will be officially opened by the General Director of Casa Árabe, Pedro Villena, and will begin with a speech on “Growth and the Prospects of the Moroccan Economy,” given by Leila Hayat, President of Morocco’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services in Spain, followed by a round table discussion on “The role of development cooperation in twenty-first century Morocco,” at which the results of a study will be presented: “Morocco 2020. Diagnostic, prospects for development and the view ahead for cooperation,” with the participation of Manuel Gómez Galán, General Director of the CIDEAL Foundation, Haizam Amirah Fernández, main researcher on the Mediterranean and Arab World at the Real Instituto Elcano, and Luis Tejada, Director of Cooperation with Africa and Asia at the AECID. After this, a debate will be held and a copy of the publication will be given out to all those attending.
“Morocco 2020. Diagnostic, prospects for development and the view ahead for cooperation” is a study published by the Cideal Foundation. It focuses on the recent changes in Morocco, a country with which Spain maintains key strategic relations. It has always been and will foreseeably remain a priority from the perspective of cooperation. Along with the political and social transformation which the country has undergone, and the advent of the so-called Arab Spring, this study also analyzes the latest directions being taken in the international development agenda and, more specifically, the changes occurring in Spain’s development cooperation as a whole, marked in recent times by budgeting limitations and the adaptations which they entail. Both realities are combined in the book to reflect on the possible ways in which, based on Spain’s currently existing development strategies, it can continue to follow up on the present development processes in Morocco today effectively, in a county which is shifting towards new social and political structures, as well as renovated new forms of governance.
Event schedule
Manuel Gómez Galán.
General Director of the CIDEAL Foundation for Cooperation and Research.
With a PhD in Law, he specializes in International Law and International Relations. Post-graduate work in the European Community (University of Louvain) and in Development Sociology. Coordinator of cooperation programs in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, he formerly carried out his professional activity in the worlds of law and business. He has been an advisor to the European Commission and an Expert Speaker on Spain’s Council for Development Cooperation. A director of graduate university courses and a professor at several Spanish and foreign universities, he has had many books and articles published on development cooperation and international relations.
Haizam Amirah Fernández
Head Researcher on the Mediterranean and Arab World, Real Instituto Elcano.
Holder of a bachelor’s degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a Master’s degree in Arab Studies and Political Science from Georgetown University, he received a part of his training at the Free University of Brussels and at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). A specialist in international relations, political Islam and processes of transition towards democracy in the Arab world, a region where he has resided for more than 16 years. At present, he is an associate professor at the Instituto de Empresa (IE), and before that he taught at various universities. He is the author of many articles and the co-publisher of books on the Arab world. He has worked at the United Nations (New York) and at Human Rights Watch (Washington DC).
Luis Tejada Chacón.
Director of Cooperation with Africa and Asia of the AECID.
Holder of a degree in Law, he began his career in Diplomacy in 1988. He has been stationed at Spain’s diplomatic outposts in Gabon, with Spain’s Permanent Representative to the European Union and in Syria. He has been an Ambassador of Spain in Bangladesh, the Assistant Director General of the Office of Planning and Evaluation (OPE) of the State Secretariat for International Cooperation in Latin America, Secretary of the Interministerial Commission of International Cooperation, an advisor to the Cabinet of the State Secretary for the European Union and Assistant Director General of General Affairs. In 2006, he was named assistant chief of Spain’s Permanent Representation before the OECD.
General Director of the CIDEAL Foundation for Cooperation and Research.
With a PhD in Law, he specializes in International Law and International Relations. Post-graduate work in the European Community (University of Louvain) and in Development Sociology. Coordinator of cooperation programs in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, he formerly carried out his professional activity in the worlds of law and business. He has been an advisor to the European Commission and an Expert Speaker on Spain’s Council for Development Cooperation. A director of graduate university courses and a professor at several Spanish and foreign universities, he has had many books and articles published on development cooperation and international relations.
Haizam Amirah Fernández
Head Researcher on the Mediterranean and Arab World, Real Instituto Elcano.
Holder of a bachelor’s degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a Master’s degree in Arab Studies and Political Science from Georgetown University, he received a part of his training at the Free University of Brussels and at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). A specialist in international relations, political Islam and processes of transition towards democracy in the Arab world, a region where he has resided for more than 16 years. At present, he is an associate professor at the Instituto de Empresa (IE), and before that he taught at various universities. He is the author of many articles and the co-publisher of books on the Arab world. He has worked at the United Nations (New York) and at Human Rights Watch (Washington DC).
Luis Tejada Chacón.
Director of Cooperation with Africa and Asia of the AECID.
Holder of a degree in Law, he began his career in Diplomacy in 1988. He has been stationed at Spain’s diplomatic outposts in Gabon, with Spain’s Permanent Representative to the European Union and in Syria. He has been an Ambassador of Spain in Bangladesh, the Assistant Director General of the Office of Planning and Evaluation (OPE) of the State Secretariat for International Cooperation in Latin America, Secretary of the Interministerial Commission of International Cooperation, an advisor to the Cabinet of the State Secretary for the European Union and Assistant Director General of General Affairs. In 2006, he was named assistant chief of Spain’s Permanent Representation before the OECD.