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EU HR/VP Mogherini and Minister Castaneda of El Salvador present the EU-LAC Awards to celebrate bi-regional relations

10 July 2018

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini, and Carlos Castaneda, the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, the country that currently holds the CELAC Pro Tempore Presidency,...

The CCPE grants the institutional recognition Award to the EU-LAC Foundation

2 July 2018

In the framework of the XV Edition of the CCPE Awards of the Chamber of Commerce of Peru in Spain (CCPE, by its initials in Spanish), the EU-LAC Foundation was awarded with the prize in the category of Institutional Recognition, aimed at organisations that promote the commercial and cultural...

Panama Ratifies the Agreement that Establishes the EU-LAC Foundation as an International Organisation

28 June 2018

Panama ratified the agreement that will transform the EU-LAC Foundation into an international organisation, becoming the fifth CELAC Member to do so and the sixteenth overall.

Panama's ratification reflects its commitment to continue to support the strengthening of the relations between Latin...

Croatia Ratifies the Agreement that Transforms the EU-LAC Foundation into an International Organisation

26 June 2018

Last week, and ahead of the forthcoming EU-CELAC Ministerial Meeting, Croatia submitted to the depository the ratification instrument of the agreement that transforms the EU-LAC Foundation into an international organisation. With this, it became the eleventh EU Member State to do so and the...

Representatives of several organisations meet to celebrate the II EU-LAC Youth Days

21 June 2018

The II EU-LAC Youth Days that take place today and tomorrow in the city of Zaragoza, Spain, is organised by the EU-LAC Foundation with the support of the Government of Aragon, and aims at bringing together organisations that promote youth volunteering between the European Union (EU), Latin America...

Design contest for the 2018 “Lateinamerika Herbst” Festival

12 June 2018

The “Lateinamerika Karibik Herbst” (Latin American and Caribbean Fall) Festival takes place every year in Hamburg since 2014. It aims to enhance the knowledge and visibility of Latin America in Hamburg through a series of wide ranging events. The Festival is an initiatve of the City of Hamburg...

Cuba Ratified the Agreement that will Transform the EU-LAC Foundation into an International Organisation

25 May 2018

Cuba ratified the agreement that will transform the EU-LAC Foundation into an international organisation, becoming the fourth CELAC Member to do so and the fourteenth overall.

Cuba’s ratification confirms its decision to keep strengthening the relations between the Community of Latin American and...

Selection of Proposals of the Call for Case Studies on Vocational Education and Training

23 April 2018

The EU-LAC Foundation and the EUROsociAL+ Programme have notified the candidates selected for the call on "Best Practices and Lessons Learned on Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union".

96 proposals were received, among which there was a...

Luxembourg Ratifies the Agreement that Transforms the EU-LAC Foundation into an International Organisation

19 April 2018

Luxembourg is the thirteenth Member to ratify the agreement that transforms the EU-LAC Foundation into an international organisation and the tenth EU Member State to do so.

Luxembourg is committed to strengthening relations between the European Union, and Latin America and the Caribbean through the...

Poland Ratifies the Agreement that Transforms the EU-LAC Foundation into an International Organisation

6 April 2018

Poland is the twelfth Member to ratify the agreement that transforms the EU-LAC Foundation into an international organisation and the ninth EU Member State to do so.

Poland is eagerto strengthen itsrelations with Latin America and the Caribbean through the bi-regional Strategic Partnership. This...

Reflection Forum 2018 “Why should the EU be of relevance for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)? And why should LAC be of relevance for the EU?”

5 April 2018

The 2018 Reflection Forum Edition was held in the College of Europe, in Bruges from 20th to 21st of March under the theme “Why should the European Union (EU) be of relevance for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)? And why should LAC be of relevance for the EU?”. The event organised by the...

Cuba signs the Agreement Establishing the EU-LAC Foundation as an International Organisation

26 March 2018

Today Cuba signed in Brussels the agreement that transforms the EU-LAC Foundation into an international organisation. This makes Cuba the 55th signatory of this agreement. The Foundation’s constitutive agreement would be the very first international agreement negotiated and signed by the 62...