Committees

Role	Committee	Start	End
Substitute of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2024/07/19
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2024/07/23

Delegations

Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, including the EU-Morocco, EU-Tunisia and EU-Algeria Joint Parliamentary Committees	2024/09/19
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community	2024/09/19
Substitute of	Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly	2024/09/19
Substitute of	Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean	2024/09/19

Contact

Email

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Brussels

• Phone: 003222845785
• Fax:
• Office: Bât. ALTIERO SPINELLI 02G354
• Full Address
  • City: Bruxelles/Brussel
  • Zip: B-1047
  • Street: 60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

Strasbourg

• Phone: 0033388175785
• Fax:
• Office: Bât. SALVADOR DE MADARIAGA G02034
• Full Address
  • City: Strasbourg
  • Zip: CS 91024 - F-67070
  • Street: 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman

Rapporteur

Type	Dossier	Committee	Title
Responsible Committee Shadow	2024/0187(CNS)	LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	Security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members
Responsible Committee Shadow	2023/0371(COD)	LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	Revision of the Visa Suspension Mechanism
Responsible Committee Shadow	2018/0329(COD)	LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	Return Directive

Activities

Stats

By types

Amendments (37)
Oral questions (1)
Plenary speeches (17)
Written explanations (9)
Written questions (13)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
36	2024/2077(INI)
2	2024/0176(BUD)	2025 general budget: all sections
1	2024/0599(NLE)	Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

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Born

1971/04/24 - Madrid

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 2001-2006 : Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology (Complutense University of Madrid)
• 1990-1993 : Diploma in Social Work (Complutense University of Madrid)
• 2001-2001 : Master’s degree in Migration and Inter-Community Relations (Autonomous University of Madrid)
• 2001-2001 : Post-graduate university diploma in co-development (Autonomous University of Madrid)
• 1994-1994 : Post-graduate university certificate in Family Therapy, Psychiatry (Complutense University of Madrid)
• 2005-2005 : Post-graduate university certificate in Social Services Management (University of La Coruña)
• 2018-2018 : Senior Management Programme for Social Entities (La Caixa and KPMG)
• 2018-2018 : Identification and assessment of humanitarian needs (Institute of Studies on Conflicts and Humanitarian Action – IECAH)
• 2017-2017 : Women and Conflicts: sexual violence and international protection mechanisms (IECAH)
• 2015-2015 : Communication in the workplace (PANDORA)
• 2014-2014 : Effective management and motivation (Adelantta)
• 2013-2013 : Strategic planning for social entities (Adelantta)
• 2012-2012 : Process management (Adelantta)
• 2011-2011 : Political advocacy for development (Coordinator of Spanish Non-Governmental Development Organisations (CONGDE) and La Caixa Foundation)
• 2010-2011 : Intercultural mediation and community intervention (La Caixa, Autonomous University of Madrid and University Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity, and Social Development (IMEDES))
• 2009-2009 : Volunteering for development cooperation (CONGDE, La Caixa Foundation)
• 2008-2008 : Migration and Development (CONGDE)
• 2007-2007 : Integration strategies: immigration and employment (School of Coexistence, Madrid City Council)
• 2007-2007 : Immigration and social integration (School of Coexistence, Madrid City Council)
• 2007-2007 : Human Resources Management and Leadership (Luis Vives Foundation)
• 2007-2007 : Assessment of development cooperation projects (Obra Social Caja Madrid/Action, Development, Cooperation)
• 2006-2006 : Project cycle management and logical framework approach (Obra Social Caja Madrid)
• 2006-2006 : Migration and development (Francisco de Vitoria University)
• 2006-2006 : University and International Cooperation (Complutense University of Madrid)
• 2005-2005 : Social Services Centres Management (Fundación Española de Estudios Sociales y Sanitarios)
• 2005-2005 : Immigration: borders for integration (Complutense University of Madrid)
• 2005-2005 : Quality management in social action NGOs (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs)
• 2005-2005 : Violence in gender relations (Complutense University of Madrid)
• 2005-2005 : Morocco: a country on the move – Complutense University of Madrid
• 2004-2004 : Leadership, Management and Planning of Social Services (Autonomous University of Madrid)
• 2002-2002 : Violence against women (Madrid City Council)
• 2001-2001 : Social work and social services: citizenship (Comillas Pontifical University)
• 2001-2001 : Development of social projects (Tomillo Foundation)
• 2001-2001 : Immigration and family: family counselling and therapy (Comillas Pontifical University)
• 2000-2000 : Spain and international migration (Comillas Pontifical University)
• 2000-2000 : Certificate in Aliens Law, Asylum and Refugee (IMF Training/College of Political Sciences and Sociology)
• 1999-1999 : Intercultural mediation with immigrants (Community of Madrid/School of Social Mediators for Immigration – EMSI)
• 1997-1997 : Comprehensive intervention with disadvantaged young people (European Social Fund – INTEGRA)
• 1996-1997 : Social and labour market integration for young people facing social challenges (Madrid Institute for Minors and Families – IMMF-/Community of Madrid)
• 1996-1996 : Practical supervision family therapy (Zurbano Family Therapy Group)
• 1995-1995 : Learning to think (philosophy for children) (Ministry of Education and Science)
• 1995-1995 : Facilitation and engagement within the prison environment (Community of Madrid).
• 1995-1995 : Intervention in the prison environment (Regional Ministry of Culture Community of Madrid)
• 1994-1994 : Prevention of drug addiction (Community of Madrid)
• 1993-1993 : Education for peace and development (Community of Madrid)
• 1993-1993 : Solidarity and intergenerational cooperation (Ministry of Social Affairs)
• 1993-1993 : Intervention for the integration of the child into the family of origin (Centre for Child Studies)
• 1993-1993 : Social policy and marginalised young people (Spanish Committee for Social Welfare)
• 1993-1993 : Human Resources Planning for Social Work, Culture and Solidarity/Chamartín Social Services
• 1993-1993 : Social skills and social work, Culture and Solidarity/Chamartín Social Services
• 1993-1993 : Family therapy ‘Mediation and divorce’ (Zurbano Family Therapy Group)
• 1993-1993 : Intergenerational cooperation and solidarity, INJUVE (Community of Madrid)

Professional career

• 2011-2024 : Director-General/Secretariat-General of the Spanish Refugee Aid Commission (CEAR)
• 2002-2011 : Territorial Coordinator CEAR Madrid
• 2001-2002 : Head of the Social Affairs Department at CEAR
• 1999-2001 : CEAR social worker
• 2022-2024 : Member of the Advisory Board of the Refugees and Migrants Chair (Comillas Pontifical University )
• 2018-2024 : Member of the Board of Trustees, Alternativas Foundation
• 2011-2024 : Member of the Steering Committee for the Master's in Solidarity Action and Social Inclusion (Carlos III University)
• 2011-2024 : Member of the Migrant Integration Forum (Ministry of Inclusion, Social Services and Migration)
• 2008-2012 : Member of the Board – CONGDE.
• 2007-2012 : Member of the Board of Trustees, Habitáfrica Foundation
• 2005-2011 : Member of Madrid City Council Coexistence Forum. Member of the standing committee
• 2002-2010 : Member of the Regional Immigration Forum (Community of Madrid)
• 2005-2011 : Co-development Programme Officer (Habitáfrica Foundation)
• 1992-1999 : Trainer and coordinator – integration workshop (Semilla Association for Social Integration)
• 1991-1992 : Social worker (internship) at the Central District Social Services Centre (Madrid City Council)

Political career

• 2011-2024 : Observer, European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN)
• 2011-2024 : Observer, European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
• 2011-2024 : Observer, EuroMed Rights
• 2011-2024 : Observer, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT)
• 2011-2024 : Observer, Migroeurop, bi-regional Europe-Africa Network
• 2011-2024 : Observer, Network Woman

Other activities

• 2006-2022 : Lecturer on the ‘Master’s in Solidarity Action’ programme (Carlos III University of Madrid) (2006)
• 2021-2021 : Lecturer at summer courses at the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU): The challenge of human mobility: poverty, climate change, conflict and violence as a cause of forced migration
• 2021-2021 : Lecturer on the ‘Conflict Analysis and Peace Building’ course (Complutense University of Madrid)
• 2018-2018 : Lecturer in the ‘Master’s in International Cooperation for Development and Human Mobility’ programme (University of Extremadura)
• 2016-2017 : Lecturer in ‘Cooperation’, Faculty of Medicine, (Complutense University of Madrid)
• 2017-2017 : Lecturer in asylum and refugee policy. Complutense Summer Courses at El Escorial (Complutense University of Madrid)
• 2011-2011 : Lecturer in International Cooperation for Public Safety (IE University)
• 2010-2010 : Lecturer: The Identity of Volunteerism, Complutense Summer Courses at El Escorial (Complutense University of Madrid).
• 2010-2010 : Lecturer in Human Rights and Refugees, Ongoing Training for the Madrid Municipal Police (ESADE).
• 2006-2008 : Lecturer in Anthropology, specialising in Immigration and Asylum (University School of Nursing of the Community of Madrid)
• 2007-2007 : Lecturer in the post-graduate university diploma course (experto universitario) in co-development (Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM))
• 2007-2007 : Lecturer in ‘Refugees and Asylum from a social and humanitarian perspective’, Master’s in Immigration and Refugees (UAM)
• 2007-2007 : Lecturer in migration processes: a look at immigration and asylum, School of Nursing (UAM)
• 2007-2007 : Lecturer in co-development, Master’s in development cooperation and humanitarian aid (Comillas Pontifical University)
• 2007-2007 : Lecturer in Co-development project management, Master’s in Management for Social Change (UAM)
• 2007-2007 : Lecturer on ‘Women from Countries in Conflict’ (UAM)
• 2006-2006 : Lecturer in Migration and development – training (FOREM, Madrid)
• 2006-2006 : Lecturer in practical co-development experience (School of Labour and Mediation of the Community of Madrid)
• 2000-2000 : Lecturer in the ‘Master’s in Social Economy and Management of Entities’ programme (University of Barcelona).
• 1998-1999 : Associate Lecturer in the certificate programme in Psychoeducational Intervention for Vulnerable Minors (Complutense University of Madrid).

Honours

• MENINA NWW Prize 2022

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