The Institutional Project Management Office (OGPI) of the University of Alicante contributes to CLOSER with over twenty years of experience in turning academic knowledge into social impact, leading the design of the project’s training materials.
The Institutional Project Management Office (OGPI) of the University of Alicante was created to strengthen the university’s capacity to design, coordinate, and implement institutional and international projects with high strategic value. Its role is closely linked to the University of Alicante’s broader commitment to openness, cooperation, and the transfer of knowledge beyond the campus, supporting projects that connect the university with public institutions, civil society, and international partners.
OGPI was created as a specialized office to professionalize project management and enhance the university’s capacity to participate effectively in collaborative initiatives with social, academic, and territorial impact. It brings over 20 years of experience in institutional project management.
One of the clearest examples of this mission is OGPI’s participation in the CLOSER project. CLOSER – Connecting LOcal proximity networks Sustaining participatory govERnance is funded under the Interreg NEXT MED programme and runs from 17 June 2025 until 16 December 2027. The project brings together partners from Italy, Spain, Greece, Palestine, Lebanon, and Jordan to promote participatory governance models that improve social services in rural, remote, and peripheral areas.
In this initiative, the University of Alicante, through OGPI, has the role of developing all the training materials that serve as the basis for the content that will enrich the project’s main platform. The UA team leads the coordination of the training plan among the other partners by providing the templates, structure, and expertise in this field of knowledge related to participatory local governance, as the UA’s responsible department has extensive experience in it.
The importance of OGPI in CLOSER lies in its ability to turn institutional expertise into social impact. By joining such projects, the University of Alicante reinforces its role as a bridge between academia and society, while also contributing to more inclusive and participatory governance models in the Mediterranean region.
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Last Update
06/08/2026
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