Eduardo González
The State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs will grant a maximum amount of 800,000 euros to subsidize private non-profit entities that participate in the study, analysis and execution of Spanish foreign policy priorities.
The resolution, signed on March 19 by the State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs, Diego Martínez Belío, and published this past Wednesday by the Official State Gazette (BOE), establishes that the maximum amount of these subsidies is 800,000 euros “distributed among all applicants who are beneficiaries.” Therefore, the same amount as in 2023 is maintained and the amount of 625,000 that appeared in the 2022 call is even increased by 28%.
The objective of these subsidies is to promote the study, development of thought and analysis of the foreign policy of Spain, Europe and other States and international organizations, as well as the carrying out of activities of civil society in execution of the priority lines. of Spanish foreign policy.
Private non-profit entities that have Spanish nationality or have been established in accordance with Spanish law or that, having been established in accordance with the law of a third State, have established headquarters in Spain and have recognized legal capacity in accordance with Spanish law, may be beneficiaries. Likewise, these entities must have among their statutory purposes the development of activities related to Spanish foreign policy.
In response to the priorities of Spanish foreign policy, preference will be given to projects that affect areas such as security and defense (challenges and perspectives for Spain, European security, NATO and international security), the Mediterranean and the Arab world, China and the Indo-Pacific, the European Union (especially the next Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU) and Africa (its challenges and perspectives in the Maghreb, Sahel and sub-Saharan Africa).
Activities on human rights, rule of law and democracy promotion, gender equality and feminist foreign policy will also be valued; the challenges of multilateralism in the current international context, the reputation and image of Spain, Spanish foreign policy in the Ibero-American and Caribbean region, the world economic panorama (energy challenges, raw materials markets, global supply flows, the economy digital and economic war as a new instrument of international pressure) and cybersecurity, hybrid threats and the fight against disinformation.
In the 2023 call, the highest individual subsidy (more than 62,411 euros) corresponded to the Center d’Informacio i Documentacio Internacionals a Barcelona (CIDOB), for the project ‘Foreign Policy Dialogues: security, European construction, Latin America, Mediterranean and misinformation’. In addition, this think tank was also the most beneficiary in the amount of subsidies, with almost 150,000 euros for five projects, including 41,277 euros (third highest individual subsidy of the total call) to finance CIDOB Publications (CIDOB Magazine d’Afers Internacionals, Opinion CIDOB, Notes Internacionals CIDOB).
The second highest individual subsidy corresponded to the Foreign Policy Analysis Foundation for the edition of the magazine ‘Política Exterior’ (almost 44,000 euros). This institution obtained 78,000 euros for a total of four projects.
The second most benefited think tank in 2023 by the amount of subsidies was the Elcano Royal Institute, with almost 145,000 euros for five projects, among which the 34,750 euros stood out to finance Publications on various dimensions and priority axes of Spanish foreign policy , the 33,720 for the Cycle of debates, meetings, seminars, working groups and discussion groups on priority areas of foreign policy, the 30,420 euros for the Barometer of the Elcano Royal Institute (BRIE), the 24,000 for the Image Barometer of Spain (BIE) in Latin America and 21,980 euros for the Elcano Global Presence Index. For its part, the Alternativas Foundation received just over 98,000 euros for five projects.
