The Diplomat
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, chaired this Tuesday the constitution of the High Board of Trustees of Casa Mediterráneo, the new governing body of this institution of Spanish public diplomacy.
The event took place in Alicante, the headquarters of the institution, and was attended, among others, by the mayor of the city, Luis Barcala, as well as by all the members of the Governing Council. During the meeting, which was inaugurated by the general director of Casa Mediterráneo, Juan Andrés Perelló, Albares underlined the importance of the institution as a platform for public diplomacy and cooperation in the region.
The High Board of Trustees, whose creation was already planned since the foundation of Casa Mediterráneo, will function as an advisory body that will strengthen the governance of the entity and will bring together representatives of local public administrations, companies and chambers of commerce, foundations and innovation centres and media and cultural institutions.
Casa Mediterráneo is a public consortium made up of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Generalitat Valenciana, the city councils of Alicante, Benidorm and Xàbia and the Alicante Provincial Council.
Founded in 2009, Casa Mediterráneo works as a platform and tool for Spanish public diplomacy, integrating its actions into the Casas Network together with Casa de América, Casa Asia, Casa África, Casa Árabe and Centro Sefarad-Israel. Its fundamental objective is to bring Spain closer to the rest of the countries in the Mediterranean basin, in areas as diverse as culture, economy, climate change, gender equality and scientific and technological innovation.
