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The literal translation of the Spanish word "Sobremesa" into English refers to objects designed to be placed on a table, or to tablecloths and coverings that cover a table. However, it is the immaterial meaning that has a widespread use in Spanish: it is the moment when, after sharing a meal, people stay talking before packing up. We could say that the "sobremesa" ends when nothing and no one is left on the table. It is a temporary space defined by the absence of haste, the relationships created from the affection established in the act of sharing food, the calm conversation that accompanies the presence, gestures and voices of those who sit at that table.
"Sobremesa" is the end point of a nourishing and collective process that begins with the cultivation and harvesting and in which, finally, the senses of dialogue and community are reinforced. That is why it serves as a metaphor for the meaning that we understand that the 2030 Agenda wants to provide in its last objective: the common alliance. A union that seeks the achievement of some goals and that, nevertheless, closes with a series of practical points for the implementation of measures for the growth and development of trade and technology. In this way, the coherence between statements, policies and regulations is limited to the treatment of debt and the technological gap, as factors of the imbalance between the different nations in order to reach the idyllic panorama of the agenda itself.
Could there be other ways of approaching collaborations? Of thinking about common purposes?
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