The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE) and Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), through Instituto Complutense de Relaciones Internacionales (ICEI), entered into a cooperation agreement with the intent to carry out programs in various areas of Social and Political Sciences.  The topics of mutual common interest include:

- Democratic Institutionalism and the Rule of Law
- Economic Development and Social Equity
- Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
- Regional Integration and Globalization Process
- Geopolitical Studies and International Relations
- Past, present, and future of political, diplomatic, economic, social and cultural relations between Dominican Republic and Spain
- European Union-Caribbean-Latin American Relations

The agreement was executed by Dr. Rafael Puyol Antolín, rector of UCM and Leonel Fernández, founder and president of the Global Foundation, at the FUNGLODE’s headquarters, this past February 14.

The aim through this agreement, just as with others already entered into with various institutions, is to reach higher levels of study and research on themes of social, cultural, and education interest.

According to provided in the document, “this agreement will contribute to promote technical cooperation in sectors to be established by both institutions, as a supplementary support to their respective initiative to attain their particular objectives.”

The technical cooperation to be established between FUNGLODE and ICEI could adopt the following modalities:

- Exchange of information, documents, and publications
- Exchange of specialists in the cooperation field
- Scheduling and hosting of conferences, seminars, and workshops
- Joint research on issues of mutual interest
- Joint publication of mutual interest.
- Fellowship granting, training courses, visiting programs, and internships.

SANTO DOMINGO, February 17, 2003.

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