Ibero-American General Secretariat

Ibero-American General Secretariat
Secretaría General Iberoamericana
Secretaria-Geral Ibero-Americana
NicknameSEGIB
Formation2005
Secretary-General
Marcos Pinta Gama (a.i.)

The Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) is the permanent support body to the Pro-Tempore Secretariat in the preparation of Ibero-American Summits. Founded in 2005 in replacement of the Secretariat of Ibero-American Cooperation,[1] its main task is to assume the technical, institutional and administrative management and coordination of the Summits.

The creation of the SEGIB was approved in 2003, during the 13th Ibero-American Summit in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), with the first Secretary-General appointed later in 2005. The main headquarters are located in Madrid (Spain), while it also has three smaller offices in Mexico City (Mexico), Lima (Peru) and Montevideo (Uruguay).[2] Spain assumes the majority of the financing, contributing around 60% of the budget.[3]

Enrique V. Iglesias (2005–2014)[4] and Rebeca Grynspan (2014–2021)[5] are the two officials who have served as Secretary-General of the SEGIB.

  1. ^ Vega, Jorge M.; Comini, Nicolás (2017). "La Gobernanza de la Seguridad en Iberoamérica. The Governance of Security in Iberoamerica". Araucaria. Revista Iberoamericana de Filosofía, Política y Humanidades. 19 (37): 405–426. doi:10.12795/araucaria.2017.i37.19. ISSN 1575-6823.
  2. ^ "Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB)". Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación. Archived from the original on 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  3. ^ Europa Press (8 December 2014). "América Latina aumentará cuota a la Segib para compensar rebaja de España". Europa Press. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  4. ^ "El asturiano Enrique V. Iglesias se incorpora al patronato del Real Instituto Elcano". La Nueva España. 31 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Rebeca Grynspan defiende sociedades inclusivas, con igualdad entre hombres y mujeres". El Economista. 19 January 2018.