Students must complete 60 ECTS credits, 48 of which must be obtained by passing the different teaching modules (42 credits for mandatory subjects and 6 credits for elective subjects), to which 6 ECTS credits will be added corresponding to the mandatory professional internship. The 6 remaining credits will be obtained by completing the End of Master's Project which will be defended before a panel.

The modules and subjects have been designed for students to complete 30 credits per semester:

• The first semester will focus on 30 ECTS credits dispersed across 6 mandatory subjects about the International Cooperation System (16 ECTS credits) and about Development, Public Policy and Application of Public Policy (14 ECTS credits).

• The second semester of 30 ECTS credits combines mandatory subjects (12 ECTS credits) and electives (6 ECTS credits) with the completion of professional internships (6 ECTS credits) and the End of Master's Project (6 ECTS credits).

AF1.- Theoretical classes. These classes are essential to obtain a good conceptual base of the subject of development and cooperation, to master the keys to the help system functioning and to understand the specificities of different regions in which cooperation interventions are applied. Part of the subjects offered in this training program have a methodological character and are destined to offer students skills in the techniques and methods for designing and applying cooperation interventions to different degrees, from public policy and national programs to fight poverty to cooperation projects based on logical framework formulation // Onsite activity

AF2.- Practical classes. The professional orientation of the Master's makes it necessary for theoretical and especially methodological classes to always incorporate a practical component as, since they are aimed at training cooperation managers, each subject has the objective of teaching students to apply theoretical content to the concrete reality in which they are going to apply cooperation interventions // Mixed activity.

AF3.- Professional Internship. To complete training, students will complete professional internships in a specialized body dedicated to international cooperation and development. This internship will allow students to apply knowledge acquired during the course and develop abilities and skills as cooperation project managers // Onsite activity.

AF4.- Group work. Group work is a pressing need for technicians who are going to design and apply cooperation interventions in realities which are different from their own. Assuring potential to understand proposed alternatives and debating and reaching a consensus on the components of interventions are abilities that must be learned and thus part of training (especially in the methodological modules) is done through group workshops // Blended activity.

AF5.- Seminars. Each year two types of seminars are held. The first features students, in which discussion topics and public presentations are organized which favor presentation skills and consolidate students' analytical and argumentative abilities. The second type of seminar is organized by the program to provide additional training about those questions which reality brings up (results of central meetings on cooperation topics, follow-up of donor actions in humanitarian or cooperation interventions) // Onsite activity.

AF6.- Tutorials. Tutorials are mandatory and will be held both individually and in groups. Through these sessions, students will work to strengthen professional abilities and initiatives and will allow them to address any doubt or issue that may come up during the course // Blended activity

AF7.- Virtual area. The Master's features a virtual area which allows for the exchange of ideas, resources and information related to the course and the world of cooperation. It is a voluntary space, but is very highly regarded by students and very few choose to not take advantage of it. The virtual area for the Master's includes:

• A debate forum.

• A virtual library which includes all documents, texts, news, reports, reviews, etc. provided by professors or entities tied to development cooperation which may be of interest to complement the training our students receive.

• An announcement board which periodically informs students of news, conferences, seminars, gatherings and activities related to cooperation. These events are outside of the Master's program but take place in Madrid, which could be of interest to complement training.

AF8.- Individual work. In addition to allowing evaluation of students' evolution and abilities, this work is clearly aimed at stimulating critical and proposal activity since future professional work will require analytical ability and initiative for acting in complex contexts.

MD1.- Mandatory reading. The majority of these subjects will have a list of required reading that students must analyze and about which they will need to form an opinion before the class indicated by the professor.

MD2.- Discussion about reading. Interventions by students are an essential element to in-class participation where they will present their points of view, questions or interpretation proposals for the required reading.

MD3.- Cooperation intervention design and management workshops. In the subjects covering the design, forming, monitoring and evaluation of projects, programs and public policy for cooperation, it is fundamental to include practical cases which allow students to acquire solid technical abilities.

MD4.- Workshops for incorporating ICTs in analysis, design and management processes for cooperation interventions. The different subjects include guidelines which allow students to take advantage of resources that new technologies offer to obtain information which guarantees quality of cooperation intervention design or which takes advantage of them for projects and programs to have the greatest impact and reach the most people.

SE1.- Evaluation exercise - Individual work

SE2.- Completing group work

SE3.- Active participation in specialized seminars.

SE4.- Active participation in tutorials

SE5.- Attendance and active participation in class

SE6.- Defense before a panel composed of three professors

The Master's Degree in International Cooperation, Public Policy Management and Development Programs and Projects has a clearly professional aim as the central objective is training expert international cooperation managers who are able to design public policy, programs and projects for development.

Specifically, the Master's allows graduates:

• To thoroughly know the principles, functioning and logic of the international help system, its agents, policies and instruments to promote efficient interventions with critical reflection, able to positively influence the eradication of structures creating and sustaining poverty.

• To be able to identify, form, apply, monitor and evaluate development actions completed with international cooperation resources. This ability is for both forming projects done by agencies and cooperation organisms, applying the Logical Framework Approach and the human rights based approach (HRBA) and for programs and public policies which governments receiving resources apply.

CG1.- Acquire a clear notion of development, not exclusively understood as economic growth, but rather as a multidimensional concept which implies governability, gender equality and human rights.

CG2.- Understand the responsibilities which affect countries which are further along in world development and teach the paths it can take

CG3.- Thoroughly know the principles, functioning and logic of the international help system to operate within it obtaining development results and optimizing available resources.

CG4.- Have a clear understanding of the structures which make poverty and inequality primarily affect women and acquire the conceptual and methodological tools which guarantee an appropriate focus on gender in all cooperation interventions.

CG5.- Understand the necessity of cooperatively working from a rights approach which appropriately identifies the Bearers of Duty, Rights and Responsibilities and allows acquiring the conceptual and methodological tools which guarantees Human Rights in all cooperation interventions (HRBA)

CG6.- Know and understand the cooperation of non-DAC donors, emerging states and traditional recipients of help increasingly active in cooperation and which develop practices which are new and different from normal help systems.

CG7.- Understand the structural causes which explain the inequality which characterizes Latin America, the most severe on the planet, and reflect on the strategies that make it possible to overcome, pointing out the thematic axes regarding construction of state and strengthening of citizenship.

CG8.- Know the specific structural causes which explain the problems of economic delay and the absence or weakness of Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa in order to be able to design cooperation interventions adapted to reality

CG9.- Master research methods which make it possible to complete in-depth analysis of the reality from which cooperation interventions are conceived, designed and put in practice.

CT1.- Ability to analyze and synthesize

CT2.- Ability to organize and plan

CT3.- Knowledge of oral and written communication techniques

CT4.- Ability to manage information

CT5.- Ability to solve problems

CT6.- Ability to analyze and synthesize

CT7.- Promote multidisciplinary group work

CT8.- Promote ethical commitment to public service

CT9.- Favor the use of information and communication technology

CE1.- Acquire the conceptual and technical bases needed to plan strategic cooperation interventions for development in the area of public policy

CE2.- Acquire the conceptual and technical bases needed to identify, formulate, apply and evaluate cooperation projects for development from the Logical Framework Approach (LFA), a universally recognized approach which is used by all cooperation bodies (state and supranational) and civil society organizations

CE3.- Identify and analyze the causes which create inequality between men and women and apply procedures which assure an appropriate gender focus in cooperation interventions in order for them to contribute to breaking the structures which maintain this inequality

CE4.- Identify and analyze the causes which inhibit the full validity of Human Rights and apply procedures which allow designing and applying cooperation interventions from a human rights based approach (HRBA)

CE5.- Understand and learn to apply the procedures and instruments which favor democratic consolidation in a cooperation intervention. Strengthening and citizen empowerment will be an objective of cooperation policies and programs in order to make citizens conscious active agents in their respective countries

CE6.- Distinguish the utility of different existing cooperation instruments (Technical Assistance, Projects, Budget and Sectorial Support, Debt Swap, Microcredits, Targeted Programs, Application of ICTs) to always select the most appropriate one in each intervention context

CE7.- Understand the dynamics and idiosyncrasies of different active agents in cooperation: international bodies, state and decentralized cooperation agencies, public entities from governments receiving cooperation recourses, non-governmental development organizations, consultants, etc. being able to adapt knowledge to the needs, interests and objectives of each of them

CE8.- Form indicators and apply monitoring and evaluation methodology for public policy, programs and projects. The monitoring and evaluation methodology will not be limited to evaluating the results of an intervention, but rather will incorporate procedures which will allow individuals to take advantage of knowledge gained from these evolution analyses in future cooperation interventions

CE9.- Identify the niches from which individuals can obtain funding for cooperation interventions and know the mechanisms and resources that make it possible to access them

The Master's Degree in International Cooperation, Public Policy Management and Development Programs and Projects is especially aimed towards graduates in Political Science, Sociology, International Relations, Economic and Business Sciences, Law and Communication.

Development cooperation is an area which awakes interest in a wide variety of graduates and which continues mobilizing important economic resources which requires expert managers to be applied correctly. The solid training received in this program produces qualified professionals in development cooperation.

The demand for professionals in the field of cooperation has a double supply circuit:

• On one hand, there is a demand for specialized managers in development cooperation who can respond to the demands on the subject of quality of Official Development Assistance (ODA) assumed in recent years through international commitments from members of the OECD and the countries that receive these funds.

• On the other, there is a very high demand for technicians in Latin America, since the region began adopting policies for development cooperation (South-South Cooperation) a decade ago and is currently reproducing the help system for developed countries.

There are a wide variety of professional options for graduates of the Master's in designing and managing public policy for development with international cooperation recourses as professionals for international cooperation bodies or development agencies, in cooperation program and project management for NGOs, in design and development of Corporate Social Responsibility programs in the area of cooperation, and as a technician for monitoring and evaluating cooperation interventions, among others.

Access with an official university degree from Spain or the European Higher Education Area (EHEA): Admission to the Master's Degree in International Cooperation, Public Policy Management, and Development Programs and Projects requires an official university degree from Spain or another higher education institution belonging to another Member State of the EHEA which grants access to study a Master's Degree in the country of origin. Special preference will be given to degrees in Political Science, Sociology, International Relations, Economic and Business Sciences, Law and Communication.

In any case, if applicants have a degree from a different field of studies, the Director and Coordinator for the program will consider the possibility of accepting them provided they have a career path which shows interest and commitment to international development cooperation (for professional activity or volunteer work in this area).

Access with a university degree from outside the EHEA: Students with degrees from education systems outside the EHEA can be accepted without requiring official recognition of their degrees by accrediting that the level of studies is the equivalent to that of official university degrees in Spain and that the degree allows access to postgraduate studies in the country of origin. Access for these students depends on a favorable decision from the Rector. The decision by the Rector will never imply official recognition of the degree the student possesses nor its recognition for purposes other than to study the Master's Degree.

Pre-enrolment should be carried out at Fundación José Ortega y Gasset y Gregorio Marañón, via email: infocursos@fogm.es

You can find more information on this link.

Special educational needs

Universal accessibility will be guaranteed and the necessary resources and support will be monitored for those students with disabilities in order to assure the correct completion of the Master's. We ask that these students indicate their specific needs when enrolling.

In this link you can consult the UIMP Protocol for the attention of students with specific educational needs.

The following will be considered in the admission process:

• Applicant's academic transcript for degree granting access to the Master's (40%).

• Professional or volunteer experience in the area of cooperation (20%).

• Candidate's relationship with bodies or institutions where they can apply the practical knowledge acquired in the Master's (20%).

• Additional training (5%).

• Letters of motivation about the reasons for working in the field of cooperation and development (5%).

• Other languages (5%).

• Other merits (5%).

The Academic Committee for the Master's will be in charge of examining and evaluating admission applications and approving the accepted candidates according to the previously mentioned criteria. The Academic Committee will publish an acceptance list each academic course on the UIMP web site.

At the start of classes, a special welcome session will be held to present the program to students at which time the members of the program's directive team, the Institute and the UIMP will be present. This session will review the academic aspects of the program (calendar, evaluation tests), the rights and duties of students, the guidelines for the UIMP and the Fundación José Ortega y Gasset y Gregorio Marañón (where the Master's will be studied), resources available (library and documentation center) as well as the academic mechanisms and support which will be available to students during their studies.

Tutorials are mandatory and will be held both individually and in groups. Through these sessions, students will work to strengthen professional abilities and initiatives and sessions will allow them to address any doubt or issue that may come up during the course.

Considering that permanent contact with students is vitally important, the program includes an Academic Secretary which offers personalized guidance services based on the academic or administrative needs of students. Attention will be given in the office, by phone and via the Internet.

This service quickly solves what is within its ability in close coordination with the UIMP Student Secretary and channels student concerns and needs, according to each case, to the coordination for the programs.

Personalized and very direct monitoring of the student will be provided throughout the training process through a series of elements:

• The program includes a Coordinator who is exclusively dedicated to the Master's whose work schedule coincides with the different training activities for the program. Students will thus always have a reference for any worry or interest they may have. This coordination allows the administration to establish a close relationship with students and generate trust which is very helpful to resolve adverse situations which may arise. It is also a mechanism which has functioned very well as a complement to the surveys on teaching work, to adjust the content or didactic methods for different subjects in the curriculum and to add new subjects.

• Tutorials. While Coordination focuses on logistic, operational and personal issues affecting students, tutorials allow administration to work with students on knowledge, methodology and concepts individually or in small groups. Tutorials are not only mandatory, but also viewed by administration for the Master’s as vitally important and thus a high degree of participation and commitment is requested of students.

• Virtual area. Finally, the Virtual Area in which professors and students can participate to communicate, post documentation and information of interest, share doubts and make suggestions is an additional way to monitor students and a mechanism which stimulates their participation, group integration and communication with faculty.

The experience with people with disabilities has been personal attention and considering the aspects and characteristics of each individual, not only in relation to physical barriers but also to the education mechanisms adapting the demands of academic performance to the limitations and possibilities of the student. These students have received continuous monitoring, support and academic advising from the Academic Coordinator for the Master's.

Daniel Gayo Lafee, Professor of Applied Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Manuel Gómez Galán, Director General of the CIDEAL Foundation for Cooperation and Research

Contact email: infocursos@fogm.es

The program includes a significant group of professors from two different work areas:

• On one hand, the program includes contributions from prestigious university professors who have been analyzing and reflecting on the functioning of the help system for years and are experts in the reality of countries to which these resources are allocated.

• On the other, the Master's includes the participation of teachers who work in cooperation bodies and institutions for help for development and who have specific knowledge about the work procedures used in them and the needs for territorial intervention.

Faculty

José Omar de León Naveiro, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Ignacio Suárez Fernández-Coronado, Coordinador de Estrategias e Innovación de la fundación CIDEAL

Ruth Acosta, Coordinadora de Formulación de Proyectos de la Fundación CIDEAL

Jorge García Burgos, Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

José María Larrú Ramos, Universidad San Pablo CEU

Javier Gavilanes Hernández, Jefe de Asistencia Técnica Internacional del Programa UE "Adelante"

Ainhoa Marín Egoscozábal, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Jesús Antonio Núñez Villaverde, Director del Instituto de Estudios sobre Conflictos y Acción Humanitaria (IECAH)

Tahina Ojeda Medina, Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Guillermo Santander Campos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Jorge Cordero Valdivieso, Coordinador del Máster de Cooperación Internacional y Gestión de Políticas Públicas.

María Velasco González, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Manuel Gómez Galán, Director General de la Fundación CIDEAL de cooperación e investigación