A delegation from the Mauritanian Ministry of Health visited the main university hospitals in Gran Canaria this week to explore new avenues of cooperation in hospital management and professional training. The group toured key facilities at the Maternity and Children's Hospitals of...
Government of the Canary Islands
The Government of the Canary Islands has launched the ‘Tierra Firme’ project in Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, with the aim of offering vocational training to young people in vulnerable situations. This initiative aims to provide alternative employment opportunities at source and reduce migration...
The Minister of Finance and Relations with the European Union, Matilde Asián, has signed an agreement with the European Commission in Brussels that will allow the Canary Islands to administer 10 million euros destined for projects in West Africa. The document was...
The Consul General of Equatorial Guinea in the Canary Islands, Santiago Juvenal Esono Bioko, recently met with Luis Guillermo Padilla Macabeo, Director General of Relations with Africa of the Government of the Canary Islands. The meeting, in the framework of the preparations for the next...
On 3 September, the Canary Islands Government will hold a conference to analyse the situation in the Sahel and its repercussions on migratory flows. The instability in the African region, fuelled by the advance of jihadists, the weakness of the...
Collaboration between the Canary Islands and Mauritania in health matters took a decisive step forward during the recent High Level Meeting between the two governments, held in Nouakchott. Coinciding with this institutional meeting, a delegation from the health sector of the archipelago developed...
The Canary Islands and Morocco have taken a decisive step towards international cooperation with the signing of their first joint call for proposals in science and innovation. The initiative, promoted by the Africa Canarias Challenge programme of the Government of the Canary Islands and implemented by...
On 28 May, the Théâtre National Daniel Sorano in Dakar was the venue for the closing ceremony of the second edition of the Tierra Firme programme. The ceremony brought together institutional authorities, youth employment specialists and the protagonists of the programme....
The teaching project Enseñar África is a joint response of Casa África, the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), the Government of the Canary Islands and other collaborating institutions, with the aim of improving knowledge about the continent...
The University of La Laguna has initiated the development of a Cooperation Plan with West Africa, at a meeting held on 25 March with some thirty actors in the community. This initiative is framed within the framework of the...