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Democracy and Human Rights in the Barcelona process: conclusions of a workshop at FRIDE

01/07/2005 By Ana Echagüe

In January 2005, the Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo
Exterior (FRIDE) sponsored a workshop in Madrid designed to explore ideas that
could feed into preparations for the summit that would celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Barcelona Process in November 2005.

The workshop was attended by representatives from the European Union (EU), national governments and civil society, and by representatives from a number of Arab states.

The focus was on issues of democracy and human rights, with the aim of brainstorming ideas on how to bring together two parallel debates: one on political reform in the Arab world, the other on the future of the Barcelona Process.

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Barcelona Process Democratisation EU European Union Human rights Middle East and North Africa Political Reform

Bio author: Ana Echagüe

Ana Echagüe graduated in International Relations and Art History from Tufts University and obtained her Masters in International Relations from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Prior to joining FRIDE, she was Deputy Director at the University of the Middle East Project in Madrid. She has also worked as a financial analyst at Lehman Brothers in London.