Stability and Resilience

Joan Borrell is the UfM Deputy Secretary General for Stability and Resilience since March 2026.

Since joining Spain’s diplomatic service in 2010, Joan Borrell has primarily focused on Euro-Mediterranean and Euro-Latin American affairs. He was Deptuty Secretary general in charge of Higher Education from March 2024 to March 2026.

Prior to the UfM, he served as Deputy Assistant Director for the Maghreb at Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as Desk Officer for the Middle East Peace Process. His international assignments include Tunisia, the Spanish Mission to the UN in New York, and roles in Latin America as Consul General in Bolivia and Director of Spain’s Cultural Center in Panama.

Before joining the Spanish diplomatic service, he had a career in audiovisual production, working for nearly a decade in documentary filmmaking, having trained at the Madrid Film School, La Fémis in Paris and the Baden-Wurttemberg Film Akademie. As a filmmaker, he specialized in international coproduction dealing with EURIMAGES, MEDIA and IBERMEDIA schemes.