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EU-LAC Foundation participates in the Civil Society Forum LAC-EU 2025

8 November 2025

The EU-LAC Foundation took an active part in the EU–Latin America and Caribbean Civil Society Forum, held on 7 and 8 November in Santa Marta, within the framework of the 4th EU–CELAC Summit.

Local and Regional Governments EU-LAC Forum strengthens political dialogue and decentralized cooperation in Bogotá

7 November 2025

More than a hundred representatives from local and regional governments across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean gathered at the Bogotá City Hall to participate in the 4th EU–LAC Local and Regional Governments Forum.

Strategic Partners in Uncertain Times: Towards a Broader EU Engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean

17 October 2025

In an international context marked by geopolitical tensions and profound transformations, experts, diplomats, and representatives of European and Latin American institutions met this Thursday in Brussels to discuss the future of relations between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

6th EU–LAC Academic Summit: Education and Science at the Core of the Bi-regional Relationship

13 October 2025

On 9 and 10 October, the 6th Academic Summit between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union (EU–LAC) took place — a space for exchange where academics, diplomats, and representatives of international organisations reflected on the role of higher education in bi-regional relations.

Conference Italy – Latin America and the Caribbean Recognises the Work of the EU-LAC Foundation

8 October 2025

The Final Declaration of the XII Ministerial Conference Italy – Latin America and the Caribbean acknowledged “the important contribution of the EU-LAC Foundation to bi-regional dialogue and cooperation.”

Bridge Between Regions: Hamburg inaugurates the Latin American and Caribbean Fall Festival 2025

7 October 2025

The Festival’s opening ceremony underscored culture’s power to foster bi-regional understanding ahead of the IV EU–CELAC Summit.

EU and CELAC Foreign Ministers recognise the work of the EU-LAC Foundation during meeting in New York

25 September 2025

At the Ministerial Meeting between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), held in New York on 24 September, Foreign Ministers from both regions highlighted the valuable work of the EU-LAC Foundation in deepening bi-regional ties.

Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union reaffirm commitment against illicit drug trafficking

22 September 2025

Lima became a meeting point for authorities and specialists from Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union at the Multi-Actor Dialogue on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking, an initiative promoted by Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the EU-LAC Foundation.

The EU-CELAC Summit: a key opportunity to advance the defence of democracy

19 September 2025

Within the framework of the 2025 International Democracy Day in Brussels (IDD Brussels), the EU-LAC Foundation, in collaboration with International IDEA, organised a special session dedicated to reflecting on the role of the forthcoming IV CELAC-EU Summit as an opportunity to strengthen democracy in both regions.

Bridge Between Regions: Hamburg inaugurates the Latin American and Caribbean Fall Festival 2025

8 September 2025

The Festival’s opening ceremony underscored culture’s power to foster bi-regional understanding ahead of the IV EU–CELAC Summit

EU, Latin American and Caribbean Think Tanks met in Copenhagen to debate the bi-regional relationship ahead of the CELAC–EU Summit

3 September 2025

Just two months before the upcoming CELAC–EU Summit in Colombia, experts, leaders of research and policy institutes, and analysts from the EU, Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Copenhagen to assess the present and future of the bi-regional relationship in the midst of a shifting global dynamic.

The EU-LAC Foundation promotes the Bi-Regional Care Pact at the Regional Conference on Women

18 August 2025

The EU-LAC Foundation actively promoted the proposal to adopt a Bi-Regional Care Pact between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean during the 16th Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held from 11 to 14 August in Mexico City.