Alejandro RIBÓ LABASTIDA

Alejandro Ribó (ES) is a trainer and a visiting professor at different institutions. Since 2004, he has developed and facilitated EU negotiation simulations on Community issues (ordinary legislative procedure) and on the European Union’s response to international security crises (CFSP/CSDP). Additionally, he has also developed simulations modelled on other international organisations such as the WTO or the UN Security Council. He has worked for academic institutions like the Graduate Institute in Geneva and MGIMO in Moscow and he is a visiting professor at the Hertie School (Berlin). A significant part of his courses is aimed at public administrations for capacity development. His contributions include preparation for Council presidencies, notably for Belgium and Poland. He has provided ad-hoc training for member states and European regions, including tailored programmes for entities such as the UK’s HMT and Bank of England before Brexit, and for countries and regions like Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia, and Catalonia. His work also involves preparation of EU candidate countries or those on the accession path, engaging with countries like Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, and most recently Ukraine in November 2023 and April 2024. Additionally, he has conducted training courses for diplomats in Latin American countries such as Colombia, Chile, Peru, Argentina, and Uruguay as well as courses for non-European countries and organisations, including Azerbaijan, Algeria, the Arab Union, and the Gulf Cooperation Council. From 2006 to 2014, he facilitated training for Russian Federation officials under the now-defunct Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between Russia and the EU. 

He is a graduate of the Autonomous University of Barcelona and Sciences Po-Paris (IEP) and holds Master’s degrees from the College of Europe (European Politics, 2000-01) and SOAS, University of London (Middle East Politics, 2004-05). He has published on the functioning of the EU’s institutional framework (Documentation française, 2004 and 2008) and on the EU’s foreign policy with Latin America (with D. Mahncke, 2004).