Podcast

How do we effectively implement SDGs in the territory?

8 November, 2021

Bringing public policies closer to the territories, their actors, needs and interests, is key to more efficiently address the economic, social and environmental challenges that we have before us. But, how do we effectively implement SDGs in the territory? To talk about it, in this podcast, journalist Laura Cárdenas speaks with Bárbara Gómez, head of the Territorial Development line of the Governance area of the EU EUROsociAL+ Programme, led by FIIAPP; Emanuel Porcelli, coordinator of International Cooperation of the National Council for the Coordination of Social Policies of Argentina and Agustí Fernández de Losada, director of the CIDOB Global Cities Programme.

Country: Argentina, Región América Latina
SDG: Reducción de las desigualdades, Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles, Alianzas para lograr los objetivos
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The impact of citizen participation on governance in Europe and Latin America

7 September, 2021

We are at a time in which Latin America and Europe are experiencing a severe crisis of legitimacy and the loss of prestige of both their political parties and democratic institutions. The polarisation of public opinion and social discontent has been exacerbated by the COVID crisis, which has exposed existing inequalities. For this reason, in this podcast the FIIAPP-promoted EUROsociAL+ Governance Area discusses citizen participation and governance, with the journalist Laura Cárdenas interviewing Sonia González, head of the programme's Governance Area and Oliver Escobar, professor of Political Science at the University of Edinburgh.

Country: Región América Latina, Región Unión Europea
SDG: Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas, Alianzas para lograr los objetivos
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Vaccines, transparency and access to information

11 May, 2021

The COVID-19 crisis has generated significant debate around transparency in state sector contracts and the management of vaccination processes. For this reason, the EUROsociAL+ Governance Area, promoted by FIIAPP, organised a webinar in which representatives of the Transparency and Access to Information Network (RTA) and experts discussed the main challenges faced in the region, the conclusions of which were given in this podcast by Borja Diaz, head of EUROsociAL+’s Good Governance section and the journalist Laura Cárdenas.

Country: Región América Latina
SDG: Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas, Alianzas para lograr los objetivos
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We talk about transversal skills with… Paloma Vivaldi and Paolo Raciti

1 February, 2021

EUROsociAL+ promotes transversal competences for social and labour inclusion, an action coordinated by the Social Policies Area at IILA. Journalist Luis Bruzón interviews specialists Paolo Raciti and Paloma Vivaldi (CISP), who are helping the EUROsociAL+ action with the Colombian Department of Social Prosperity to support the "Youth in Action" and "Families in Action" programmes.

Country: Colombia, Región América Latina
SDG: Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico
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Corruption and gender: fight against human trafficking in Argentina

12 February, 2020

EUROsociAL+ contributes, with anti-corruption prosecutors and institutional entities of justice and equality, to identifying, making visible and addressing the different impacts of corruption on women in Latin America. Efforts are supported to combat the corruption facilitating human trafficking for sexual exploitation, as in the case described in this podcast by Borja Díaz, senior technician of Democratic Governance, and Ana Linda Solano, an expert on this subject in the EUROsociAL+ Programme and in the “España Global” programme of Radio Nacional de España.

Country: Argentina
SDG: Igualdad de género, Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas
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