The agreement was signed by Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Director of UNITAR and Mr. Pedro González-Trevijano, Rector of URJC. In representation of URJC, a delegation composed by Prof. Pilar Trinidad Núňez and Prof. Cástor Díaz Barrado, who is also the director of the Centre of Latin American Studies (CEIB), visited UNITAR.
The Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid was created in 1996 and it is the youngest public university of the Madrid Community. Its motto is "non nova, sed nove" (No new things, but in a new way). URJC has several research centres in areas of great interest for UNITAR, such as the CEIB, which was created in 2003 with the aim of understanding and researching the iberoamerican reality.
This agreement will allow UNITAR to have the support of a new academic institution with proven experience in training and research for the joint development and implementation of activities in Latin America, a region of great interest for the Institute. In this regard, UNITAR will open a new office in Brazil and gradually introduce Spanish as a working language.