The Fundación Santillana and the SEGIB sign an agreement for educational and cultural cooperation

Enrique Iglesias, secretary general of the SEGIB, and Ignacio Polanco, President of the Fundación Santillana, have signed a collaboration agreement for the joint organization and participation in forums and conferences in Spain and Latin America as well as the development of educational, social and cultural Initiatives. The signing of the agreement took place at the headquarters of the Secretaría General Iberoamericana (Iberoamerican General Secretariat).

Among the various projects and initiatives planned is the SEGIB's sponsorship of the forthcoming annual Monographic Education Week. to be held in the month of November at Santillana's head office and in which Telefonica will also participate. Likewise, the Fundación Santillana will actively participate in the Iberoamerican Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held in Paraguay on October 28 and 29. The agreement reflects the mutual interest of both organizations in the educational, cultural, social and economic development of Latin America. All initiatives and areas of common interest are to be developed by means of specific action plans.

The Iberoamerican General Secretariat (SEGIB) is an inter-governmental organisation and the permanent organ for the provision of institutional and technical support to the Iberoamerican Conference. It contributes to the strengthening of the presence of the Iberoamerican community on the world stage and the development of closer historical, cultural, social and economic ties among member states. Since the appointment of Enrique Iglesias as Secretary General in 2005, the SEGIB has greatly benefited from his his broad experience as President of the Inter-American Development Bank, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (1985-1988) and executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). 

Santillana, meanwhile, has been lending its prestige and experience to the development of education and training in Spain and Latin America for 50 years.