Agencia Española de Cooperación

Internacional al Desarrollo

Spanish Cooperation Agency for International Development

• The AECID fights against poverty in more than 40 countries all around the world

• The AECID has fought against poverty for 25 years

• The AECID has 35 technical cooperation offices, 12 cultural centers, and 4

educational centers in Latin America, Asia, and Africa respectively

• They work with international organizations and with other Spanish entities -

focusing on cooperation, so the help arrives efficiently and we become one step

closer to a better world

• Facilitates cooperation in connection with emergency aid when natural and man-

made disasters leave thousands of people without basic necessities

• With a portion of the Spanish finances, the AECID makes sure that vulnerable

countries and populations have, the right to go to school, access to healthcare and

nourishment

• Objective: for people to obtain and enjoy their rights and live in peace and liberty

in a more sustainable world

Important information from the video

General knowledge about the AECID

• EYD2015 The European Year of Development

• The 4th Master Plan

• The Millennium Development Goals

• 3 cross-cutting perspectives

gender, environmental quality, and respect for

cultural diversity

• Priority lines:

- the advancement of human development and

equality in international relations

- the prevention of, and attention to emergency

situations

- the promotion of democracy

- the promotion of relations with partner

countries

• Financing: In 2014 the Official Spanish

Development Assistance donated 1034 million

euros for AECID

Where we cooperateThe AECID is present in 38 countries

Priority regionsLatin America

North and Eastern Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

Aid sectors

- Water and sanitation

- Economic growth

- Culture and science

- Rural development, food security and

nutrition

- Education

- Gender

- Democratic Governments

- Environment and climate change

- Health

Humanitarian assistance and projects

Water and sanitation

• Freshwater is a key factor for sustainable

development

• AECID works to guarantee access to

freshwater and sanitation for everyone

• The 4th Master Plan (2013-2016)

Emphasizes the fact that the access to clean

water and sanitation is a human right

• FCAS (2007): The fund of cooperation for

water and sanitation

The most important project in the scope of

water and sanitation

The Cooperation Fond of

Water and Sanitation

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Rural development, food security and nutrition

• Self-sufficient agriculture is one of the most

important activities in many of the poorest

countries

• The 3th Master Plan (2009-2012)

Emphasizes the human right to food and improves

conditions and food security of rural and urban

population

• World Food Summit (1996)

The goal, focusing on physical, social and

economic elements promotes the accessibility of

sufficient nutrition for all.

Education

• In the fight against poverty, education is a very

important factor.

• It is a human right to have access to education, and it’s

a fundamental element of well-being

• The AECID fights for every person, for the right to an

education, focusing on the most vulnerable groups with

the lowest levels of education

• Education for all: a Human Right and Basic Need

Gender

• Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

• The sustainable development and the extermination of poverty requires gender equality

• To fight discrimination against women the AECID implemented a strategy to promote the equality

between men and women

• Guidelines to gender equality

- Social and political participation

- Fight against gender violence

- Sexual and reproductive rights

- Economic and workers rights for women

Democratic Governance

• The AECID works to give every individual the right to choose its own political, economical, social and cultural system

• The AECID informs the population of its rights, and by doing so motivates the citizens to keep their dignity and keeps the legitimacy of the state.

• Spanish Cooperation of Democratic Governance MaterialsThis strategy recognizes the citizen’s right to sustainable developmentEmphasizes that the government should guarantee access to public services

Health• Access to health is a human right, and the AECID encourages solidarity, equality, and justice in the

pursuit of this right

• Health in all policies

Health, and knowledge about health are criteria for achieving sustainable development and crucial in

the fight against poverty

Thank you for your attention

Anne Dorte Dyreby – MartaVelasco Rodríguez

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