A few weeks ago, the general assembly agreed to renew the board of the Jean Monnet Association, a European organisation working for the dissemination and promotion of EU values. The new board, which will lead the association over the coming years, includes Alberto Lorente Saiz , from Alicante, as one of its members. Lorente had been working with the association for several months and was nominated to the board for his experience in applying for and managing EU funding and for his potential to help the association take a more active part in European cooperation projects linked to the European Union’s new challenges.
The association was founded in 1986 by former colleagues and relatives of the French politician Jean Monnet. Since its beginnings, its main aim has been to pass on the memory and legacy of the man now regarded as one of the founding fathers of Europe.
Deeply attached to European values and to passing on the founding fathers’ teachings, the association works every day to promote European values and active citizenship. It also has the privilege of holding its activities in the unique setting of the house where the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950 was drafted.
As mentioned above, Alberto Lorente has extensive experience in applying for and managing European projects as part of Crea360 SL. He is also president of the Valencian Region branch of the Spanish Association of Geographers (Colegio de Geógrafos) and an honorary collaborator of the Department of Human Geography at the University of Alicante.