The Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies participated in the “Euro-Mediterranean Relations in 2025” Conferences, which were held at Casa Árabe, Córdoba, on Wednesday, November 26 and Thursday, November 27, 2025. The event, organized by the AECPA Permanent Group Diplomacy(ies) Plural(es), commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Barcelona Declaration (November 30, 1995).
The conferences analyse the relations between the European Union, its institutions and Member States, and the Southern shore of the Mediterranean from the perspective of plural diplomacy, which includes actors beyond governments (civil society, academia, socioeconomic agents). The Euro-Arab Foundation, a collaborator of the event, was represented by its researcher, Daniel F. Pérez García, who participated in the panel on “Geopolitics and Geo-economics in the Mediterranean,” focusing on the prevention of radicalization and EU-Mediterranean cooperation, a crucial issue for stability and security in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
The celebration of the Conferences on Euro-Mediterranean Relations is possible thanks to an extensive and diverse inter-institutional collaboration network that brings together academic entities, specialized research centers, and cultural and diplomatic cooperation bodies. This synergy includes prestigious Spanish universities such as the University of Zaragoza (through ARAID), the University of Alicante (along with its Lucentino Observatory Research Group), the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville, and the Complutense University of Madrid. These are joined by key organizations for promoting dialogue, such as Casa Mediterráneo in Alicante and the Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies in Granada. The international dimension is reinforced by the participation of the academic publication The Hague Journal of Diplomacy and the School of Advanced Defence Studies in Rome, which guarantees a global and high-level perspective on politics, security, and diplomacy in the complex Euro-Mediterranean space.
30 Years of the Barcelona Process
Today, November 28, marks thirty years since the Barcelona Process and the consolidation of the Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies.
The foundational link between the Euro-Arab Foundation and the Barcelona Process is not accidental but intrinsic. Created in 1995, the Foundation was established at a crucial moment, coinciding with the birth of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in Barcelona. The Euro-Arab Foundation emerged precisely as a response from civil society and academia to the need to build the social and cultural pillars that the Barcelona Process sought in its Declaration.
Since then, the Euro-Arab Foundation has acted as a think tank and a bridge of knowledge in Granada, a strategic hub, putting into practice the human and academic dimension of the Euro-Mediterranean dialogue. It has done this tangibly through the organization of congresses and the production of knowledge, as well as through collaboration agreements, establishing and maintaining a dense network of agreements with entities, research centers, and universities in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, and thanks to its collaboration and leadership in projects financed by the European Commission.
