IBEI and the Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB), two leading institutions in the study, research and education in the field of international relations, signed this week a collaboration agreement with the aim of harnessing and enhancing their methodological and technical resources, promoting mutual knowledge and develop joint projects.

IBEI's director Jacint Jordana, and the director of CIDOB, Pol Morillas, express the will of both institutions to explore synergies and ways of collaboration, which will be translated, among other initiatives, into:

• The joint organization of seminars and conferences in areas of common interest.
• Promotion of joint training activities.
• Exchange of experts and researchers.