"Building a common path" is the motto of the twelfth edition of the Spain-Korea Tribune, which will bring together representatives of civil society, public administrations and the economic and university world of Spain and Korea from 24 to 25 January at the Casa Asia headquarters in Barcelona.
The Spain-Korea Tribune constitutes a platform for dialogue and cooperation whose main objective is to strengthen bilateral relations in the economic, academic and cultural spheres, in addition to exploring opportunities for collaboration and promoting relations between the respective civil societies.
This forum is organised by Casa Asia and the Korea Foundation, and in this twelfth edition it is co-organised by the Hankuk University of Foreing Studies, with the collaboration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation and the EFE Agency.
The Spanish delegation is headed by the Director General for North America, Eastern Europe, Asia and the Pacific of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Ana María Sálomon, and on the Korean side by the President of the Korean Foundation, Sihyung lee. Also attending will be the general director for Europe of the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ki-hong Jung, the ambassador of Spain in Korea, Juan Ignacio Morro Villacián, and of Korea in Spain, Chun hong-jo, and the general director of Casa Asia, David Navarro, among other authorities.
This year's Tribune is structured around 4 sessions that will deal with topics of interest to Spain and Korea:
Session 1: From Structured Dialogue to Strategic Partnership
Session 2: Economic-Business Cooperation: Renewable Energy and the Green Economy
Session 3: Inter-university cooperation and language teaching
Session 4: The city as a space for cooperation
Representatives of the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE), the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, the consultancy firm Haz Energía, the Catalan Energy Institute, the universities of Barcelona, Málaga and Complutense de Madrid, the Cervantes Institute, the Office of the Consell Interuniveristari de Catalunya, as well as the Spanish Centre for Korean Research (CEIC) will participate in the different sessions. And on the Korean side of the King Sejong Institute, Seoul National University, Ajou University, Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (Kotra), King Sejong Institute Foundation, and Chung-Ang University.
This dialogue forum, held this year in Barcelona, follows on from the eleven previous editions held in Seoul (2003), Barcelona (2005), Jeju (2006), Madrid (2007), Seoul (2008), Cordoba (2010), Seoul (2012), Malaga (2013), Seoul (2014), Malaga (2015), and Seoul (2016).
