SPANISH MINISTER FOR YOUTH AND CHILDHOOD

Her political activity began in the student movement at the Madrid Autónoma University (UAM), where she studied Human Nutrition. At the start of the recession, she founded the Popular Solidarity Network which set in motion various community action groups. She is very committed to the Palestinian cause (she spent part of her childhood in the area occupied by Israel since her family lives near East Jerusalem).

As a European parliamentarian since 2019, she promoted the FRONTEX Research Group, and followed up on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum as well as the Renewable Energy Directive.

Since November 2023, she has been the Spanish Minister for Youth and Childhood.

Director of International Cooperation and Humanitarian Action at Save the Children.

As the person responsible for executing international cooperation and humanitarian action strategies for this NGO, he oversees the coordination of human, technical and financial resources which support strategic objectives related to the defence of children’s rights in developing countries. Vicente Raimundo lived and worked in developing countries between 1994 and 2018, when he returned to Spain and began working with Save the Children.

Intercultural mediator and founder of ASOCIACIÓN EXMENAS 

Ismail El Majdoubi is an intercultural mediator, an activist who defends the Rights of Children and Migrant Youth. He is the founder of the EXmenas association, a collective which seeks to raise awareness regarding unaccompanied minors who arrive in Spain, by demanding attention to their needs and a the projection of a positive image of these migrants.

Ismail El Majdoubi was born in Castillejos, a Moroccan town on the border with Ceuta. At the age of 16 he crossed the border under a truck, without being aware of the dangers he faced nor what awaited him on the other side of the Strait: institutional racism, neglect, and lack of protection. Until he turned 18, he passed through seven social shelters, both in Andalusia and Madrid. Ismail is one of the main characters of the documentary “M” directed by expert migration journalist Nicolás Castellano, to be screened at ACAMPA2024.

From EXmenas, Ismail El Majdoubi advocates humane treatment and fights to save minors the worry regarding how their immigration procedures are going, as well as to guarantee them better care when they are in shelters. EXmenas demands the regularization of documentation and minimum basic resources for the time when these youths come of age and are then expelled from the social shelters. 

Producer at SINTAGMA FILMS

Holding a PhD in History of Modern and Contemporary Art from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Marina García also holds a degree in History of Art from the same university. Since 2014, she has led the Sintagma Films production company.

She has produced “Aunque es de Noche” (“Although it is Night”, 2023), in coproduction with Salon Indien Films (Spain) and Les Valseurs (France). This short film, directed by Guillermo García López, which will be screened at the Acampa2024 International Meeting, delves into the lives of two children who have lived in Cañada Real (Madrid) without electricity, for already four years. It had its world premiere in the official competition category and was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Festival, as well as winning the 2023 Forqué Award and the 2024 Goya Award for Best Fiction Short Film.

Among her other works, the feature film Frágil Equilibrio (2016), also by Guillermo García López. After obtaining an interview with the then President of Uruguay, José Mujica, the film is articulated through his words, which serve as a guide to bring the viewer closer via three stories on three different continents: two Japanese business executives in Tokyo, whose lives are based solely on their jobs; a sub-Saharan community on Mount Gurugú, on the border between Africa and Europe, that risks its life trying to cross to the First World; and several families in Madrid, destroyed by the financial crisis and the loss of their homes.

Journalist specialized in human rights, community communication, cooperation and solidarity.

He coordinates the Contraparte podcast (Onda Cero). Founder of Agareso and BIG Radio. He participated in community radio projects and documentaries on different social realities (Latin America and Africa).

Awarded in 2009 for the A Radio project of the A Lama prison (Pontevedra). Participate in initiatives aimed at groups with disabilities and exclusion.