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Aula Universitaria Gibraltar/Campo de Gibraltar is a university dedicated to research, analysis, monitoring and enhancement of Gibraltar cross-border cooperation – Campo de Gibraltar. It works like a observatory for Anglo-Spanish dispute, of their relations and cross-border cooperation in the Campo de Gibraltar.
It arises as a result of developments in the field of cross-border cooperation, particularly since 2004, with the creation of the Forum of Dialogue on Gibraltar, and the increasing cross-border cooperation of the Campo de Gibraltar with Gibraltar, which provoked the Department Jean Monnet “Migration and borders” to boost an academic interest to this problem.
Aula Universitaria Gibraltar / Campo de Gibraltar was promoted by the Fundación Campus Tecnológico de Algeciras and it operates under the academic direction of the Cátedra Jean Monnet «Inmigración y fronteras» de la Universidad de Cádiz.
Objectives
- To activate international academic interest in Gibraltar and the Campo de Gibraltar, to increase cross-border cooperation, especially in the educational field.
- To create a university support in cooperation to cover research and training aspects, the university subject -Gibraltar / Campo de Gibraltar, developing international renown.
- To give to the region of Campo de Gibraltar and Spanish society an academic instrument that covers the different aspects of cooperation developed in the framework of the dispute.
- To contribute to the attainment of the objectives in area of education achieved in the meeting of the Dialogue Forum held in Gibraltar on July 21, 2009: enhancing educational cooperation, promotion of bilingualism and the teaching of Spanish and English in Gibraltar and the Campo de Gibraltar, increasing opportunities in the field of higher education, training and professional development, promotion of mutual understanding of the respective educational systems, and establishment of specific training programs, for Gibrlaltarians in the Fundación Campus Tecnológico de Algeciras and Spanish, in the College of Further Education of Gibraltar.
Functions
The main function of Aula Universitaria Gibraltar/Campo de Gibraltar is development of activities in the area of education and management of investigation and information.
Formation. It is expected to organize of the following courses:
- A course about Spanish-British disputes over Gibraltar, with a special interest in the Forum of Dialogue on Gibraltar and its agreements and practical developments.
- Courses of cross-border cooperation, including the problems of environment, transport, movement of persons and police and judicial Co-operation.
- Courses of history, archeology, cultural and artistic heritage of Gibraltar and the Campo de Gibraltar.
- Courses of Common law, lease agreements, international litigation, etc.), destines for students of Law and Legal operators, mainly for lawyers who are interested in Gibraltar and English-speaking countries.
- Courses of Spanish law for British legal operators who are interested in Spain. Since the number of Gibraltar legal aid agencies in Spain increases, especially in the field of real estate, courses of civil, fiscal and trade law can be very interesting.
- Courses of judicial English for the Spanish.
- Courses of judicial Spanish for Gibraltarians.
- Courses about financial and commercial systems of Gibraltar, the United Kingdom and Spain.
Management of Research and Information. It is expected to organize of the following activities:
- Endowment of the library specialized in problems of Gibraltar, in particular in cooperation between Gibraltar and Campo de Gibraltar.
- Monitoring and evaluation of academic and research activities, agreements and collaborations that develop in the framework of the Forum of Dialogue on Gibraltar.
- romotion of support line for publications (in books and magazines) about cross-border cooperation between Gibraltar and Campo de Gibraltar.
Coordination with another organizations and institutions that aim at development and promotion of culture and education in Gibraltar and the Campo de Gibraltar. The University offers materials that can be location and optimal vector of cooperation with such institutions as Instituto de Estudios Campogibraltareños de la Mancomunidad de Municipios del Campo de Gibraltar, or College of Further Education de Gibraltar, as well as professional associations and other associations with educational programs and cultural and educational activities connected with Gibraltar.
Activities
Gibraltar y el Foro tripartito de Diálogo
Gibraltar y el Foro Tripartito de Diálogo is a collective work, published by Aula Universitaria Gibraltar/Campo de Gibraltar and Publishing House “Dykinson” in Madrid.
The book presentation took place on April 20, 2010. It took place in the Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar, and was attended by Edwin Reyes (former Minister of Culture of Gibraltar), Francisco Espinosa Trujillo (ex-Vice Chancellor of Algeciras Campus of UCA) and the book directors, Professors Alejandro del Valle Galvez and Inmaculada Gonzalez Garcia.
More information about the book you can find here
Curso de Otoño (Algeciras, 2010)
18, 19 and 20 of November took place the course «La Cooperación Transfronteriza en el Estrecho: Campo de Gibraltar/Gibraltar, Marruecos/Unión Europea», in the framework of the XV Cursos Internacionales de Otoño de la Universidad de Cádiz.
The course of 20 hours, was held in the Polytechnic School of Algeciras, where participated D. Alejandro del Valle Galvez and D. Jesus Verdu Baeza, professors of International Law and International Relations at the University of Cadiz.
More information about the course you can find on the web CELAMA.
Curso de Verano (Algeciras, 2012)
26, 27 and 28 of July 2012 Seminar Gibraltar y Marruecos: las Fronteras del Estrecho entre la cooperación y la soberanía was held,as part of XXXII Curso de Verano de la Universidad de Cádiz en San Roque.
The seminar was held in the Municipal department of culture “Luis Ortega Bru” of San Roque, and has been led by D. Alejandro del Valle Galvez and Inmaculada Gonzalez Garcia. The sessions were taught by specialists in the field of Gibraltar and Morocco relations of the UCA, together with politics of Gibraltar of Junta de Andalucía and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain.
More information about the course you can find here
Also you can find it on CELAMA web.
Lecture «Sistema judicial gibraltareño: claves y organización» (Algeciras, 2012)
The 13 of November, 2012 the lecture Sistema judicial gibraltareño: claves y organización, took place in Aula Magna de la Sede en Algeciras de la Facultad de Derecho de la UCA, with participation of Anthony Dudley, Chief Justice of Gibraltar.
More information about the lecture you can find here
Days of Debate «Controversias Jurídico-Institucionales en el Estrecho de Gibraltar ¿Existen soluciones viables?» (Algeciras, 2013)
The days of debate Controversias Jurídico-Institucionales el Estrecho de Gibraltar ¿Existen soluciones viables? were held on the 7th and 8th of March, 2013.
It took place in the Algeciras of Faculty of Law, University of Cadiz in Algeciras. The members of the R & D project «Cooperación, Soberanía y Fronteras en el Área del Estrecho», whose principal investigaro is Pofessor Alejandro del Valle Gálvez, participated in the debates. Many specialists in the field of Gibraltar and the Spanish-Moroccan relations from other universities as well as the diplomats and the press, also participated there.
For more information about this conference can be found here
Participation of the Jean Monnet Chair «Inmigración y Fronteras» en la Semana Cultural de la Unión Europea organized by the Instituto Cervantes de Gibraltar
Prof. Alejandro del Valle will open, on the 6th of May, 2013, the European Union Cultural Week, organized by the Instituto Cervantes in Gibraltar, with the lecture Los valores de Europa, reflexiones sobre varias crisis.
The lecture will be heald from 19:00 pm, in the Instituto Cervantes in Gibraltar.
Upcoming activities
In the future we will offer more information about upcoming activities organized by the Aula Universitaria Gibraltar/Campo de Gibraltar.
If you want to know about these activities, please visit our website.
