Working Meeting of the Assembly Leadership with the Leadership of CUNEAC - the International University Centre for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the University of Cadiz

01/12/2020 15:02

The Eurasian Peoples' Assembly and CUNEAC prepare to conclude an agreement. At the online meeting, it was decided to focus on the further development of active cooperation through the international volunteer program on sustainable development and Representation to work with countries in Africa and Latin America, as well as southwest Europe, including Spain and Portugal.

On November 25, the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly held an online working meeting with the leaders of the International University Centre for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CUNEAC, according to the abbreviation in Spanish) at the University of Cadiz, Spain, Dr. Rafael Jiménez Castañeda, Vice-Rector for Internationalization of the University and Andres Santana Arribas, Head CUNEAC centre.

The Eurasian Peoples' Assembly was represented by Svetlana Konstantinovna Smirnova, First Deputy Secretary General - Head of the General Secretariat, Yulia Igorevna Petrova, Deputy Head of the General Secretariat for International Cooperation, Svetlana Sergeevna Tagieva, Head of the Department for Science and Education, Kira Romanovna Kovnat, Head of the Department for Interaction with International Organizations.

The meeting considered and agreed upon the issues of further cooperation development, including:

  • Creation of the International Volunteer Program for Sustainable Development. The University of Cadiz offered its platform for the joint holding of the First Youth Forum on International Volunteering and Sustainable Development with the participation of international partners of both organizations to determine the goals and formulate plans for the volunteer movement;
  • Organization, with the University participation, of the Assembly Days in Cadiz, in order to create successful partnerships and interaction of civil society institutions in the Eurasian space;
  • Opening in Cádiz, with the CUNEAC assistance, of ​​the Assembly Representation to work with countries in Africa and Latin America, as well as in Southwest Europe, including Spain and Portugal.

It should be noted that the geographical position of Cadiz at the intersection of economic, cultural and humanitarian corridors between the continents has largely determined the university's important place in the internationalization of educational programs in Spain and Europe. Also, this city is of particular importance for Russian-Spanish relations, since it was in this city that diplomatic relations were established between the two countries on December 4, 1667.

Opening prospects for cooperation will allow the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly to reach a new level of integration interaction for the implementation of the mission to establish peace and harmony between peoples.

The Eurasian Peoples' Assembly and the University of Cadiz have begun preparing documents and agreements defining further partnership.

Dr. Rafael Jiménez Castañeda 

Andres Santana Arribas 

For reference

The Eurasian Peoples' Assembly is an international non-governmental organization aimed at forming a social integration model in the name of establishing peace and harmony through the development of multilateral cooperation and public (people's) diplomacy in the Eurasian space. The Assembly currently brings together representatives from over 40 countries. The Assembly concluded more than 80 agreements with partners from 15 countries in various fields of activity: culture, entrepreneurship, the development of integration ties between the peoples of Eurasia, public diplomacy. Website: eurasia-assembly.org.

The International University Centre for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CUNEAC) was founded in 2019 as part of the organizational structure of the   Pro-rectorate for Internationalization of the University of Cadiz, reporting directly to the Vice-Rector for Internationalization and created to develop cooperation and educational, scientific, cultural and multidisciplinary projects with the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The CUNEAC centre is a continuation of the Russian-Spanish University Centre project. It created the largest partner network with post-Soviet countries in the history of Spanish universities in the period from 2008 to 2019. CUNEAC works closely with the Centre for Russian Language and Culture “Pushkin Institute” of the University of Cadiz, a leading university centre of Russian language and culture both in the city and province of Cadiz, as well as in Andalusia, Spain and internationally. Website: eac.uca.es.