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Meeting: Nordic perspectives on Strengthening Higher Education

3 June 2016

On June 2-3 2016 a Meeting of Nordic Stakeholders took place in Stockholm in order to discuss the “Nordic Perspectives on Strengthening Higher Education, Research and Innovation Cooperation with Latin America & Caribbean”. It offered a platform to discuss cooperation opportunities and challenges...

Participation of the EU-LAC Foundation in the Latin American Week in France 2016

1 June 2016

As in the previous years, the EU-LAC Foundation participates in the activities of the Latin American Week in France 2016. In the first place, the Foundation co-organised the Conference “Capitalizing on managerial and cultural ties between Europe –Latin America and the Caribbean, to promote...

Urbanization in Germany: Cities’ solutions for urban development challenges

31 May 2016

On 30-31 May 2016 the conference “Urbanization in Germany: Cities’ solutions for urban development challenges” was held in Hamburg, Germany. This conference was dedicated to Latin American and German mayors, and to actors from the economic and scientific spheres involved in the creation of...

Long Evening of the Consulate at the EU-LAC Foundation in Hamburg

26 May 2016

On May 26, 2016, the EU-LAC Foundation participated for the forth-consecutive year in the Long Evening of the Consulates, an event organised by the City of Hamburg to learn more about the culture, history and politics of the participating consulates and institutions.

The programme of the evening...

V Meeting Strategic Triangle Latin America – Europe – Africa in Lisbon

23 May 2016

The Executive Director of the EU-LAC Foundation, Paola Amadei, participated in the V Meeting Strategic Triangle Latin America – Europe –Africa, which was celebrated between May 23 and 24 in Lisbon, Portugal. Organised by the Latin America Development Institute (IPDAL) with the support of SEGIC...

The EU-LAC Foundation partners with JN Foundation

17 May 2016

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The EU-LAC Foundation supports the UNICEF Campaign End Violence Against Children

12 May 2016

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Meeting with Fundación Altiplano and the Museum of Ethnology of Hamburg

9 May 2016

The EU-LAC Foundation facilitated a meeting on Monday between the Chilean non-governmental organisation Fundación Altiplano and the Museum of Ethnology of Hamburg.

Among the participants were Magdalena Pereira and Cristian Heinsen, founders of Fundación Altiplano, the General Consul of Chile...

Official Opening Photography Exhibition "Out of Many, One Jamaica"

25 April 2016

The EU-LAC Foundation and the Hamburg Senate celebrated yesterday the official opening of the photography exhibition “Out of Many, One Jamaica”, which is organised in the framework of Hamburg’s European Week (Europawoche) 2016. The pictures displayed are part of the Resolution Project...

Message from Dr. Leonel Fernández – Earthquake in Ecuador and tornado in Uruguay:

17 April 2016

On behalf of the EU-LAC Foundation and myself, we send our most sincere condolences to the Peoples of Ecuador following the violent earthquake that stroke the country. The EU-LAC family shares Ecuadorians’’ pain in these sad moments and is solidary with the families of the fatal victims of this...

EU-LAC Foundation joins female empowerment campaign #empowerwomen247

12 April 2016

As a demonstration of its commitment to gender issues, the EU-LAC Foundation has joined the new campaign #empowerwomen247 launched by the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment through publications in Facebook and Twitter.

The purpose is to encourage female...

V EU-CELAC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) for the Joint Initiative on Research and Innovation (JIRI)

15 March 2016

The V Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on Science and Technology, held in Brussels on 15th March and entitled "Moving Towards an EU-CELAC Common Research Area", was co-chaired by Ms. Cristina Russo, Director for International Cooperation Directorate General Research and Innovation of the European...