F O C I R

Federació d'Organitzacions Catalanes Internacionalment Reconegudes

Via Laietana, 54, 2n D, 213
08003 Barcelona
Tel 93 269 05 40
secretaria@focir.cat

Public diplomacy is not propaganda. And it is not government diplomacy. We do not need to use a new concept to designate traditional diplomatic practices. Public diplomacy is the diplomacy of public opinion, that is to say, the international projection of our public’s values and ideas.

Manuel Castells, 2008

FOCIR, the Federation of Internationally Recognised Catalan Organisations, is the only platform created for Catalan civil society actors who partake in public diplomacy. It was founded in 1995 following an agreement among various Catalan organisations that were interested in promoting their presence and that of Catalonia internationally.

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Oct
17
2019
FOCIR has signed the manifesto “For rights and freedoms”
Posted by FOCIR 17 Oct 2019 / 0 Comment


The Federation of Internationally Recognized Catalan Organizations has signed the manifesto “For rights and freedoms” on rejection of the Supreme Court verdict in the case of the Catalan leaders’ trial. More than 450 organizations of Catalan civil society have supported the statement published on Monday October 14th.  Among the signatories to the manifesto there are […]

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Aug
14
2019
Summer Break! We will be back on September 12th
Posted by FOCIR 14 Aug 2019 / 0 Comment


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Jun
19
2019
FOCIR Clips will be released this fall.
Posted by FOCIR 19 Jun 2019 / 0 Comment

This week have taken place the first recording days of the FOCIR Clips project This initiative consists in the realization of short clips subtitled in English where each organization will share who they are and what their international projects are about. The clips intend to give visibility to the public diplomacy done by members of […]

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May
27
2019
FOCIR meets with the Foreign Minister Alfred Bosch
Posted by FOCIR 27 May 2019 / 0 Comment

FOCIR, represented by its president, Mònica Sabata, as well as by Montserrat Cadevall and Jordi Puiggròs, members of the board, met on May 23rd with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Alfred Bosch to discuss the internationalization of Catalan organizations. After the meeting, Mònica Sabata thanked the secretary for Foreign Affairs and European Union, Mireia Borell, […]

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