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José Manuel Albares
. Career diplomat, he
is currently the Deputy Director for Sub-Saharan
Africa at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Cooperation. He has also served as Spanish
Consul in Colombia and member of the
Permanent Delegation of Spain to the OECD in
Paris, during which time he filled the position of
Vice-Chairman of the organisation’s Development
Assistance Committee (DAC). José Manuel
Albares has also held the positions of Acting
Director General for Africa and Director of the
Department for Cooperation with Sub-Saharan
Africa in the AECID. He is the author of various
studies on foreign policy and external action, as
well as numerous press articles on these topics.
He has been visiting professor at several universi-
ties, as well as the l’Institut d’Études Politiques in
Paris (Sciences-Po) has led and participated in sev-
eral summer courses at the Complutense and
Menéndez Pelayo Universities. He holds a Bachelor
of Laws and a Diploma in Business Studies from
the University of Deusto. He holds as well a di-
ploma of National Defence Course (CESEDEN).
FranciscoAldecoa.
Professor of International
Relations at the Complutense University of
Madrid (2000) and formerly professor at the
University of the Basque Country (1990). He has
held the Jean Monnet chair, conferred by the
European Commission, since 1994 and was
awarded an honorary doctorate by the University
of Bucharest in 2009. Aldecoa is a disciple of
Antonio Truyol y Serra, a distinguished professor
and theorist on the process of European con-
struction. From May 2002 to May 2010, hes-
erved as Dean of the Political Science and
Sociology Faculty of the Complutense University
of Madrid. He was president of the Spanish
Association of Professors of International Law
and International Relations from 2005 to 2009.
He is the current Director of the Centre for
Studies in Management, Analysis and Evaluation
at the Complutense University of Madrid.
José Enrique de Ayala.
Brigadier General of
the Army, retired. Ayala holds a degree in Staff
and Joint Staffs as well as in International Relations
from the Centre for International Studies. He has
served as military attaché to the Spanish Embassy
in Germany, and as Chief of Staff of the Eurocorps.
An international policy analyst specialized in the
European Union, he collaborates with numerous
media both written and audiovisual. He is a mem-
ber of the European Affairs Advisory Committee
of Fundación Alternativas.
José Candela Castillo.
Doctor in Law,
Complutense University of Madrid. He has been
working for the European Commission since the
accession of Spain to the EC. He was Member of
the Cabinet of Vice-President of the European
Commission. Head of the Units Governance and
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