STRAIGHTENING AND INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITARIAN COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE LOCAL AREA

Since several years the Universitarian Cooperation for the Development is acquiring an important role with the promotion of a large number of activities related to the cooperation for the development and international solidarity in different areas. One of the tasks of the university is the generation and transmission of the knowledge from a wide point of view, as a production factor and a main actor in the economical development strategies ready to facilitate the interchange of experiences and the generation of positive synergies of work between multiple and different human groups, especially in the field of local development.

In this context, during the 2005 and 2006 years, the University Jaume I of Castellon and the Technologic University of Chile developed a project of Universitarian Cooperation for Development for the training in a Diploma of Local Development and Employment Agents. The impact that had this action promoted the starting of the Official Post grade Program of Territory and Local Development, which most important proposal is the Master in Management and Promotion of Local Development. The outputs of this project include: exchange of teachers, Master and PhD students and the starting of the online edition of the Master.