CIDOB, acronym of Center of International Relations and International Cooperation (in Catalan language, Centre d’Informació i Documentació Internacionals a Barcelona), is a Barcelona, Spain -based foundation. It works as research, training and documentation centre on international relations and development studies. Catalan (Català) or Valencian (Valencià) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra and co-official in several regions of Spain. ... Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 100. ... International relations (IR), a branch of political science, is the study of foreign affairs of and relations among states within the international system, including the roles of inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs). ... Human development is the physical and mental process of growing from a one-celled zygote to an adult human being. ...

It was registered in 1973 as a non-profit association and In 1979 it became a private foundation with a Board consisting of several public institutions and individuals. CIDOB Foundation became in 1997 a University Institute on International Studies (IUEI). 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The users of CIDOB are national and international public institutions, non governmental organisations (NGOs), companies in the areas of export, financial and publishing, media, experts and professionals, university students and individuals interested in international issues. A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an organization that is not part of a government and was not founded by states. ...

The main geographical areas are: Latin America, Mediterranean, Arab World, Sub-Saharian Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, the former USSR and Asia. The main topics are: international politics, strategic studies, development and cooperation, intercultural relations, migrations and population and development. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... The Arab world The Arab world consists of twenty-three countries stretching from Western Sahara and Mauritania in the west to Oman in the east. ... // Etymology World map showing Africa (geographically) The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — land of the Afri (plural, or Afer singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to... Europe forms the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... World map showing Asia (geographically) Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia and worlds largest continent. ... International relations (IR) is an academic and public policy field, a branch of political science, dealing with the foreign policy of states within the international system, including the roles of international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs). ... Co-operation refers to the practice of people or greater entities working in common with commonly agreed-upon goals and possibly methods, instead of working separately in competition. ... Migration occurs when living things move from one biome to another. ...

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• CIDOB Foundation