The Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, presented today at his Ministry’s headquarters the new identity of the former International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP), now called FIAP (Foundation for the Internationalisation of Public Administrations), to its various institutional partners.
At the event, attended by the Foundation's trustees and around one hundred representatives from the Spanish public administrations involved in cooperation projects with the FIAP, the main lines of its 2025-2028 strategic plan were also presented.
In his speech, Minister Albares, President of the FIAP Board of Trustees, highlighted that “today we are launching a new, simpler and more direct name, which reflects the purpose of the FIIAPP and conveys to society the value of international cooperation between institutions. A brand that integrates the Foundation into the external action and the Spanish Cooperation system”.
With this simplified, modernised image that is more in line with the Spanish Cooperation system, FIAP takes an important step forward in the transformation process that began just over a year ago, when it renewed its system of governance with changes in the composition of its Board of Trustees, split its mandate into development cooperation and external action, obtained formal recognition of its specific role in Law 1/2023 of 20 February on Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Global Solidarity, and began the process of renewing its statute, which will be published shortly.
The Foundation for the Internationalisation of Public Administrations (FIAP)
FIAP supports the development of public systems in more than 120 countries. It does so by promoting public talent and the exchange of knowledge between peer institutions in different countries. As a public foundation, its work is part of Spanish and European external action, emphasising the value of the public sector to improve the lives of people and the Planet.
FIAP currently implements 118 institutional cooperation projects in 114 countries, with an average implementation budget of 70 million euros per year. It works in areas such as European Union enlargement, social cohesion, the climate and digitalisation agenda, sustainable mobility, police and judicial cooperation, and the security and development nexus. Within this framework, the Foundation, whose Board of Trustees is made up of ministers, State secretariats and senior public administration officials, mobilises more than 670 professionals from 180 public sector institutions every year.
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