José Antonio Alonso, expert of the Development Cooperation Council and president of the capacity and resources working group of its monitoring commission, has held a meeting with representatives of companies and business organizations of the International Relations Commission (CEOE Internacional). The meeting, chaired by Marta Blanco, president of CEOE International, was a great opportunity to learn in detail the results of the report on a new development cooperation system to make the 2030 Agenda a reality, enriched by a subsequent exchange of views.
In March 2019, the monitoring commission of the Cooperation Council agreed to create a working group to study and debate the reforms that are required in the Spanish development cooperation system, with the aim of submitting a report to the Government and to the Congress of Deputies. This initiative was approved by the plenary session of the Cooperation Council, at its meeting on December 11, 2019. On July 8, said report was presented, as well as a Declaration in the plenary session of the Development Cooperation Council in which it is specified that "the content of the document is made known in those forums where it can be useful to feed debate and reflection on the reforms of the Spanish cooperation system."
The initiative is based on the need to adapt the Spanish system to changes in the international environment, with a more ambitious and comprehensive agenda -the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development-, the presence of new actors and financial instruments and a broader conception investment modalities required to promote sustainable development.
