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EU-LAC Foundation Global Governance Forum 2015
30 April 2015The EU-LAC Foundation is continuouslyseeking to explore convergence points between the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean to deepen their cooperation and develop joint strategies oriented towards guiding the multilateral process. Along these lines, the EU-LAC Foundation selects annually...
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Conference: Venture programme Competitive Districts’ and internationalisation project
30 April 2015Invited by the EU-LAC Foundation, entrepreneurs, political leaders and experts on local innovation and competitiveness from 10 Latin-American and Caribbean and 7 European countries held a meeting last April in Hamburg to share experiences concerning the development of competitive districts (clusters...
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Quito Declaration: Young People Request Education and Employment to EU-CELAC Heads of State and Government
13 April 2015Young people from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean held a meeting last April in Quito, at the initiative of the EU-LAC Foundation, to discuss the causes and consequences of youth unemployment, a situation that is affecting 29.1 million young Latin-American people and 4.8 million...
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The EU-LAC Foundation position regarding Horizon 2020
10 March 2015The EU-LAC Foundation wishes to state its position in regards to the European Commission’s Open Call “Horizon 2020: The cultural, scientific and social dimensions of EU-LAC relations – H2020-INT-SOCIETY-2015”.
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Launching of the study "The EU and CELAC: Reinvigorating a strategic partnership"
4 March 2015The study "The EU and CELAC: Reinvigorating a strategic partnership" is the result of an on-line consultation and five reflection fora coordinated by the EU-LAC Foundation geared towards kindling the debate on and integrating different voices to the interregional debate in the run-up of the EU-CELAC...
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Meeting with CARICOM ministers - The EU-LAC Foundation reiterates the importance of the Caribbean in the bi-regional strategic partnership
3 March 2015Hamburg.- The EU-LAC Foundation will uphold the increasing prominence of the Caribbean in its programme of activities in order to ensure that the Caribbean civil society fully participates in the bi-regional relationship.
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Open Call Second Semester 2014: Academic Council Decision
10 December 2014We are pleased to announce that the Academic Council of the EU-LAC Foundation made a decision on the winner of our Open Call Second Semester 2014 for research projects.
The selected project, entitled “Avances en el patrón de comercio intra-industrial entre la Unión Europea y América Latina: el...Read more about Open Call Second Semester 2014: Academic Council Decision -
Development Cooperation Instrument 2014-2020 Multiannual Indicative Programme for Latin America
26 November 2014On the 19 of November 2014, the EU announced its regional cooperation package for Latin America in the period 2014-2020, known as the Multiannual Indicative Programme (MIP), with an allocation of €925 million over seven years. The MIPs represent an important step in the programming of EU aid under...
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Preparatory Seminar for the Second EU-LAC Academic Summit, Guadalajara 25-26 November 2014
25 November 2014The academic institutions of Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union met in Guadalajara for the Second Preparatory Seminar of the II EU-LAC Academic Summit, and reiterate their will to participate actively in the consolidation of the Euro-Latin American and Caribbean Space for Higher...
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TransFormation Forums: One of the Main Hurdles for Growth in Latin America & The Caribbean is the Lack of Qualified Personnel
24 October 2014The Panamanian Minister of Labour, Luis Ernesto Carles, closed on the 22nd October in his country, the series of international forums on job training that was held during this year in different Latin-American countries at the initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank and with the support of...
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Spain Supports the Continuity of the MIALC Project
17 October 2014An Agreement which provides for a grant from the Spanish Government to the EU-LAC Foundation was signed yesterday in Madrid. These funds will go towards the continuity of the MIALC Project “Latin America’s and the Caribbean’s Industrial Map”. The Agreement was signed by the Secretary of...
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Workshop EU-LAC Foundation - GIGA: Social Protests & Democratic Responses: Assessing realities in the EU and Latin America
10 October 2014Latin-American and European experts gathered on the 10th of October at the initiative of the EU-LAC Foundation and the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg to analyse the nature of social protests registered in recent years in a number of cities of the European Union and...
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