KAICIID’s Secretary General at Casa Árabe 

Ambassador António de Almeida-Ribeiro, acting Secretary General of the International Dialogue Center KAICIID, visited Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Madrid, where he met with its General Director, Miguel Moro Aguilar, and signed the institution’s book of honored guests. 

At the meeting, held at Casa Árabe’s Madrid headquarters on June 18, the two institutions’ leaders discussed the current geopolitical situation and explored ways to resume cooperation which began over a decade ago. The two organizations have collaborated in the past on workshops, programs for religious leaders and scholars, and symposiums for dialogue with the goal of promoting understanding, intercultural dialogue and social cohesion, and, through public diplomacy, strengthening ties with the Arab world.  

The KAICIID is an intergovernmental organization with a dual governance structure, including a Council of Members made up of states and a Governing Board composed of religious leaders, the purpose of which is to bring together followers of different religious traditions, religious leaders and politicians. Its Advisory Forum, with more than 60 religious leaders from the world’s major religions and cultural traditions, connects and builds networks among communities worldwide. KAICIID’s member states—the Republic of Austria, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Holy See, as a founding observer—and the Board of Directors guarantee the independence of KAICIID’s programs from the interests of any one country or religious denomination. The center convenes and facilitates dialogue by bringing together religious leaders, policy-makers and experts so that they can find common solutions to shared problems.