Political and international relations

  • Public space. The problem of youth employment

    Public space. The problem of youth employment

    Faced with the challenges and uncertainties of the future, society demands greater transparency in information and knowledge flow, supported by the rapid technological development of the Internet and virtual communities. Against this backdrop, Espacio Público was created in 2018 with the aim of offering both specialists and the general public

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  • Democratic capitalism: progress and paradox

    Democratic capitalism: progress and paradox

    Pedro Schwartz Girón, Rafael del Pino Professor at Camilo José Cela University, carried out his teaching and research activities at the aforementioned university in 2015. Professor Schwartz's main lines of research are as follows: ”Democratic Capitalism: Progress and Paradox”, a complete rewriting in English of his work “In Search of Montesquieu".

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  • The global governance of experts

    The global governance of experts

    The Rafael del Pino Foundation decided to support Professor Josep Mª. Colomer in carrying out his research project entitled “The global government of experts”. This research analyses the decision-making processes and implementation of innovative public policies on major issues, particularly macroeconomic ones, through interaction between certain international organisations and the governments of

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  • The European School of Governance for the training of public managers

    The European School of Governance for the training of public managers

    On 1 June 2009, the study entitled “The European School of Government for the training of public managers” was completed. It was carried out by Antonio Núñez following the signing of a research agreement with the Director of the Rafael del Pino Foundation. The research focuses on the methodology, objectives and content of the training.

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  • The role of intellectual capital in technological innovation

    The role of intellectual capital in technological innovation

    On 30 March 2009, the Director of the Rafael del Pino Foundation signed a research agreement with Professors Gregorio Martín, Pedro López and Miriam Delgado for the development of the last part of a study entitled "The role of intellectual capital in technological innovation", which pursues the following objectives:

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  • Improving regulation to make it less burdensome

    Improving regulation to make it less burdensome

    On 17 March 2009, professors Enrique Argullol and Andrés Betancor completed their research project entitled “Improving regulation to make it less burdensome”, which was carried out thanks to the research agreement signed at the time between the Rector of Pompeu Fabra University and the Director of the Rafael del Pino Foundation. The result of this

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  • The future of the European constitutional treaty

    The future of the European constitutional treaty

    The Rafael del Pino Foundation and the University Institute of European Studies at CEU-San Pablo University signed a research agreement on 22 December 2006 with the aim of furthering the study, analysis and understanding of the European Union's Magna Carta, as well as its future.

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  • Normative analysis of public policies

    Normative analysis of public policies

    On 21 December 2005, the Foundation signed a research agreement with Professor Francisco Beltrán Adell, from the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the Autonomous University of Madrid, with the aim of analysing Spanish and European social reality and policies in a global context, through the

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  • CYD Report

    CYD Report

    On 1 October 2003, the President of the Rafael del Pino Foundation, Rafael del Pino y Moreno, and the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Knowledge and Development Foundation (Fundación CYD), Ana Patricia Botín Sanz de Sautuola O’Shea, signed a collaboration agreement with the aim of publishing the annual “CYD Report”. Said

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  • The future of work

    The future of work

    The Rafael del Pino Foundation commissioned Analistas Socio-Políticos to convene and coordinate a meeting in which experts on this issue, either because of their academic or research occupation, or because of their closer knowledge, as employers or workers' representatives, could put their ideas together. The meeting was held on 29...

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  • The quality of public debate in Spain

    The quality of public debate in Spain

    Spain has lived decades with very high unemployment rates compared to our benchmark countries, which has probably had to do with both the substance of the policies applied (which tend to promote incremental institutional changes, or different allocations of resources) and the way in which the issue has been debated, typical of a culture of...

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  • The problem of youth employment

    The problem of youth employment

    Spain has lived decades with very high unemployment rates compared to our benchmark countries, which has probably had to do with both the substance of the policies applied (which tend to promote incremental institutional changes, or different allocations of resources) and the way in which the issue has been debated, typical of a culture of...

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