At the beginning of December, Dr Miguel Ángel Schiavone, Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and Dr Xavier Corbella, Vice Dean of the UIC Barcelona Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences signed an academic cooperation agreement. The purpose of the agreement is to foster rotation and work placements for final year medical degree students, joint research work into the areas of neuroscience and sleep, the double UCA-UIC degree course on Healthcare Management Services and training in medical education and other postgraduate courses. All of these activities will be carried out under specific work agreements.