Catalonia earmarks 15.7 million euros for cooperation grants

Catalonia is known internationally for its cooperation and its activity in different networks in the area of cooperation. From this perspective, according to the Minister of Institutional Affairs and Relations and the Exterior and Transparency, Raül Romeva, “the Government’s aim is to increase this international presence and empower the sector itself,” he said at the presentation in Barcelona of the provisional figures for 2017 for cooperation projects and programs earlier this week.

The Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation (ACCD) has earmarked 15.7 million euros for subsidies to 77 international cooperation projects and programs run by NGOs in 2017. The funds will go in particular to refugees and the Middle East, which account for 3.3 million euros for seven projects and programs, with another 3.5 million euros going to 11 programs and projects in Central America.