OEI to hold activities to celebrate its 75th anniversary of founding

 HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 4 (ACN) The Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) will celebrate the 75th anniversary of its founding on October 26 with the launch of a new commemorative image and the preparations for a day that will take place throughout the region, under the digital campaign #OEI75Aniversario (#OEI75Aniversary).

With a broad and varied program that includes institutional celebrations and cultural events, the OEI welcomes the anniversary with the satisfaction of consolidating its position as the leading entity in cooperation between Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Ibero-American countries.

Since its inception in 1949, when it began as the Ibero-American Education Office, this organization has set out to create an instrument of multilateral cooperation in the region, and currently has a physical presence in 20 countries and more than 400 active cooperation agreements with public entities, multilateral banks, universities, civil society organizations, companies and other international bodies.

With more than 3,000 collaborators, it annually manages an average of 650 cooperation projects in key areas such as education, science, culture, languages or human rights, productivity or digitalization throughout Ibero-America and much more.

According to a press release, the OEI is the Ibero-American organization with the largest territorial presence with 23 member states and 19 national offices throughout the region, as well as a headquarters in Madrid, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Dominican Republic and Uruguay.

Under the slogan "We make cooperation happen", the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture is the first intergovernmental organization for South-South cooperation in Ibero-America.

It has also contributed to the significant reduction of illiteracy in Ibero-America, with an average of more than 12 million direct beneficiaries in the last five years.

Mariano Jabonero Blanco, secretary general of the organization, expressed to the press his great gratitude to the jury for this recognition of the OEI and his appreciation to those who, over the past 75 years, have trusted the OEI to help the citizens of the region solve their problems.