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VI EuroLat Ordinary Plenary Session

23 January 2013

The EU-LAC Foundation followed the VI EuroLat Plenary Session that took place in Santiago de Chile from 23 to 25 January 2013. Among the participants were the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine...

I EU-LAC Academic Summit

22 January 2013

On 22 and 23 January 2013 the I EU-LAC Academic Summit took place in Santiago de Chile. Universidad Central de Chile, CELARE and the Institut des Amériques organized the event with the cooperation of the EU-LAC Foundation and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of France and Chile.

LAC-EU Economic Forum 2013

21 January 2013

ECLAC and the Paris School of Economics co-organized the LAC-EU Economic Forum 2013 with the support of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The event took place on 21 and 22 January 2013 in Santiago de Chile and was entitled “Globalization, International Trade and the Welfare State at...

MAPEO Database Now Available

21 December 2012

The EU-LAC Foundation's web database of actors and players relevant to EU-LAC relations, MAPEO, is now live and available on our website. It allows the user to search for organisations that are active in both regions and in fields that concern the bi-regional partnership.

EU-LAC Foundation signs new Grant Contract with the European Commission

19 December 2012

On 19 December 2012, the EU-LAC Foundation signed a new grant contract with the European Commission. The contract covers the Commission's contribution to the EU-LAC Foundation for the years 2013-14.

Study on the perception of Europe in Latin America and the Caribbean and vice versa

10 December 2012

The EU-LAC Foundation commissioned the International Prospective Institute to carry out a study entitled “Map of interests between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean – contrasts in the degree of interest between the two regions”.

I EU-LAC Congress of Media Editors

26 November 2012

From 26 to 29 November, the EU-LAC Foundation organized the I EU-LAC Congress of Media Editors entitled “Investing in Getting to know Each Other - Bi-Regional Perceptions through the Media” in Santiago de Chile. The event was co-organized with the Press Association and the Ministry of Foreign...

Publication of the proceedings of the seminar EU-LAC / GIGA

26 November 2012

In the follow-up of the seminar “New Grounds for the Relations between the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean – Towards a Relevant Partnership”, the EU-LAC Foundation published a bilingual document with the seminar’s proceedings.

Regional social policies. Latin American and European experiences and challenges

20 November 2012

The Polo MERCOSUR Foundation – Institut des Amériques, Centro Latinoamericano para las Relaciones con Europa (CELARE) and the regional delegation for cooperation with the Southern Cone and Brazil of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France co-organized a Conference on 20 and 21 November 2012 in...

EU-LAC Foundation joins Observers at the 2012 Iberoamerican Summit

17 November 2012

One year after it took up its operations, the EU-LAC Foundation has joined the observers at the 2012 Iberoamerican Summit in Cádiz, Spain.

EU-LAC Foundation signs Agreement with Inter-American Development Bank

16 November 2012

In the framework of the 2012 Iberoamerican Summit in Cádiz, Spain, the EU-LAC Foundation and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation over the next three years.

Meeting of the EU-LAC Foundation with Visegrád countries

28 October 2012

On 28 and 29 October 2012 the President of theEU-LAC Foundation, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and its Executive Director, Jorge Valdez, had a meeting with government officials from the Visegrád Group. The meeting, that took place in Prague, was organized in order to promote the EU-LAC Foundation’s...