๐‚๐Ž๐๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐†๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐’๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ โ€“ ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ย  ๐‘๐„๐๐Ž๐‘๐“

๐„๐”๐‘๐Ž๐’๐”๐ƒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐š ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐๐จ ๐‘๐ฎ๐›๐ข๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ž ๐‰๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐’๐š๐ง๐

Anne and I watched four documentary films related to an indigenous call for climate action. We had the great pleasure of listening to voices from Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Myanmar.

At the end of the documentary films we also witnessed the testimonies of two representatives from the Wampi Nation in Peru and I even had the opportunity to discuss and take a picture with one of them.

We enjoyed very much the event and learnt a bit more of the different realities of the indigenous communities in Latin America and Asia. As a Peruvian I felt proud of assisting to this screening. It was undoubtedly a great satisfaction that the whole auditorium could see the indigenous situation in the Peruvian Amazon due to illegal mining and logging, as well as understand how important it is to protect the area and its people.

COP26 Glasgow Scotland

 

Story by Erika Carina Delgado Rubio


๐‚๐Ž๐๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ - ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฅ๐›๐ฒ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ: I volunteered at the march on Saturday 6 November. The protest was split into blocks, and it was led by indigenous groups and groups based in Glasgow that support indigenous voices. The COP coalition felt it was paramount for the protest to be led by those who are the most affected by climate change and who are often the least amplified voices in mainstream media. As a march steward, I felt very honoured to be assisting with this block throughout the march and met some very inspirational people. It was about 3 miles long in some quite heavy rain at points so we definitely all helped each other to keep the morale up! But my main role was to support safety and facilitate the march. We created a human block around the protestors as we all marched, so that photographers and other members of the public wouldn't disrupt the flow of the march or become a threat to anyone's safety. These pictures were taken before the march began- the artwork was created by some of the indigenous protestors and people were invited to create a circle of solidarity around the brilliant artwork laid out in Kelvingrove Park.

 


European Migration Management - Seminar

On 10 November 2021, EUROSUD hosted a Seminar on โ€˜European Migration Managementโ€™, held in Glasgow city centre, with participation of distinguished guest speakers, over zoom.

Lefteris Papagianakis is the Director of the Greek Council for Refugees, with extensive policy, advocacy and research experience on migrant and refugee affairs. Among others, he served as Vice Mayor of Athens (2016-19), responsible for Migrants, Refugees and Municipal Decentralization. Short Bio.

Steffen Lรผdke is a journalist at Der SPIEGEL and prominent researcher on the failures of Frontex in securing human rights for migrants. Here are some of his articles, translated to English: 23 October 2020; 5 February 2021; 29 April 2021, and an article summarising recent investigations: "Our Orders Are Clear. Nobody Gets Through."

Contributing to the fascinating discussion, along with our students, was Dr Gerasimos Tsourapas, a leading academic expert on refugee politics and migration diplomacy and our newest EUROSUD (and Glasgow University) staff member.

Participants explored the challenges and contradictions of European migration policy and its implications for crisis management, international human rights and European integration.

 

 


Meet our Programme Director - EUROSUD Autonomous University Madrid (UAM)

Assistant Professor in Politics

My name is Anne-Marie Reynaers. I am a Professor of Public Administration at theย Department of Political Science and International Relationsย at the Autonomous University Madrid. I joined the Erasmus Mundus International Master in South European Studies (EUROSUD) as Programme Director, (Madrid), in September of this year, a role I am very much looking forward to.

Previously, I worked at the Universityย of Amsterdam and the VU University Amsterdam. Iย hold a PhDย in Public Administrationย (VU University Amsterdam)ย and a Research Masterโ€™sย degree in Public Administration and Organizational Scienceย (Utrecht University School of Governance).

My research interests include Public-private partnerships, Public management, Public service delivery, Public sector reform, Good governance, and Public values.ย  I am a member of theย Innovation, Technology and Public Managementย research group and I coordinate theย Master in Democracy and Governmentย and the Master EUROSUD South European Studies.

More information:ย Research Gate,ย ORCID,ย CV.

We wish to welcome Dr Reynaers to the programme.