Grynspan highlighted the importance of scholarships in exchange for extremadura – W Radio

Badajoz (Spain), 12 dec (EFE).- The secretary general iberoamericana, Rebeca Grynspan, highlighted today the importance of the scholarship of academic exchange program for students, called Campus program Latin america, which aims to provide up to 200,000 mobilities in the year 2020.

In a press conference prior to be invested doctor honoris causa by the University of Extremadura (west), the costa rican made reference to the key policies of your work in front of the Secretariat.

In that sense, he assured that this program will serve to “enrich our society” and to strengthen “an intrinsic value and instrumental for young people who may have greater opportunities”.

Grynspan recalled that “most” of the countries of the region “continue to invest too little in science and technology, an element, in his view, the “key” in the cooperation between the ibero-american countries, who have “a great affinity” in the arrays and productive.

Accompanied by the rector of the University of Extremadura, Segundo Píriz, Grynspan recognized that although not yet reached those of 200,000 scholarships, the last ibero-american Summit in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) filled them with “optimism” to achieve the goal that came out of the Summit 2014 in Mexico.

“At the Cartagena Summit, we signed several agreements for the funding,” scholarships “with business associations in Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Costa Rica,” said the secretary, to which are added “the important contributions of several Spanish companies” that had already joined this alliance.

on the other hand, the costa rican expected that in 2017, after a year full of “surprises” such as the “no” to the peace agreements in Colombia or the victory of Donald Trump in the united States, “has not a tendency to fragmentation”, and that the countries are committed to multilateralism as the hub for their relationships.

“bet Is the ibero-american and I think that is correct, our region is free of any movement xenophobic or racist that we see in other sides of the globe,” held the secretary before you want to follow “the path of democracy, dialogue, cooperation and fraternization”.

The Secretary and the Rector took advantage of the visit to Badajoz to sign a framework agreement between both institutions, through which it will promote the exchange program as well as the participation of students from extremadura in the Ibero-american General Secretariat and the dissemination of knowledge. EFE