The encounter, opened by the State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs, Diego Martínez Belío, was jointly organised by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, the International Organization for Migration and Casa África, with the collaboration of the Women for Africa Foundation and the organisation África Activa.
Along with the State Secretary, the State Secretary of Senegal, Amadou Chérif Diouf, the State Secretary of Ghana, Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, the State Secretary for Migration, Pilar Cancela, and the Director General of Casa África, José Segura, also took part in the inauguration.
This meeting, also attended by experts and representatives of African civil society from countries such as South Africa, Angola, Senegal, Nigeria and Mali, is part of the process of developing a new strategic framework for Africa, announced by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation José Manuel Albares last January.
During the inauguration, the State Secretary recalled the willingness to make the partnership between Spain and Africa a reality, based on shared objectives such as an integral security, a fair and sustainable development, as well as democratic and transparent governments, and a safe and beneficial mobility for all.
The first day focused on the analysis of the contribution - economic, academic and cultural - of the African diaspora to the development and the plurality of the society, as well as the challenges it faces. The second focused on foreign policy, collecting the standpoints of both Afro-Spanish associations and experts and those coming from the continent.
The programme was completed by the Afrodiaspora (s) Vis a Vis festival, where the rich contribution of the African diaspora and Afrodescendants to the music scene in Spain was highlighted.
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