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Call for expressions of interest: Executive Director of the EU-LAC Foundation

27 July 2015

The four year term of the current Executive Director of the EU-LAC Foundation will end on 31 October 2015. In accordance with the Foundation´s Statutes, the next Executive Director will be a citizen of an EU Member State.

If you are interested in this opportunity you can find out more information...

Workshops TransFormation: EL Salvador & The Bahamas Close the Workshop series on Skills for Work

20 July 2015

El Salvador and The Bahamas were the last hosts of the series of international workshops on skills for productivity in Latin-America and the Caribbean, supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), that kick-started last year in Brazil and went on to Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and...

Bi-regional Economic Perspectives: presentation of the report on Corporate Social Responsibility in Chile

15 July 2015

Santiago de Chile. -The EU-LAC Foundation presented the report “Corporate Social Responsibility in the Context of the Relations Between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin-American and Caribbean States (CELAC)”last June in the headquarters of the Regional Office of the UN Economic...

World Exhibition 2015: the EU-LAC Foundation & the IDB Secure the Presence of Latin American and Caribbean Clusters in Milan

15 June 2015

With the support of The EU-LAC Foundation and The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) a total of fourteen competitive clusters from Latin America and the Caribbean participated in the "EU-CELAC Cluster Matchmaking Event" held on the 12th June in the margins of the World Exhibition in Milan.

The...

EU-CELAC Summit: EU-CELAC Leaders support the work of the EU-LAC Foundation by initialling the international agreement

12 June 2015

Brussels.- The work done by the EU-LAC Foundation in favour of the bi-regional relations, its contribution to the dialogue among the civil society and its active participation in the forums that took place in the run-up to the summit where Heads of the State and Government from Europe, Latin-America...

Mogherini and Patiño Reinforced the Bi-regional Relationship by Handing out the EU-LAC Awards

10 June 2015

The High Representative for European Foreign Politics, Federica Mogherini, and Ricardo Patiño, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, the country that currently holds the CELAC Pro Tempore Presidency, handed out the EU-LAC Awards last June 9th to the non-governmental organisation TECHO and the...

II Academic Summit: EU-LAC Foundation upholds proposals for a common space of knowledge

10 June 2015

Brussels.- Deans, academic staff, and universities from the European Union, Latin-America and the Caribbean gathered on 8th and 9th July in Brussels in order to advance the formulation of measures to strengthen the bi-regional cooperation on the academic field, ultimately leading to the creation of...

Urban Development and public space workshop: Culture as a Hinge for the EU-CELAC Relations

4 June 2015

Brussels.- Representatives in the field of arts, cultural policy and urban planning from Europe, Latin-America and the Caribbean have called on the EU-CELAC's heads of the state to raise awareness on the role of culture and its importance for both region's relationship.

The appeal was the result of...

Symposium: “Europe-Latin America and the Caribbean: perspectives on the climate challenge, from the local to the global”

4 June 2015

The EU-LAC Foundation and the Institut des Amériques organised the symposium “Europe-Latin America and the Caribbean: perspectives on the climate challenge, from the local to the global” last Thursday, June 4. The event brought together government officials, researchers, and representatives of...

EU-LAC Foundation launches report on Corporate Social Responsibility

1 June 2015

We are pleased to announce the launching of the study "Corporate Social Responsability in the context of relations between the European Union and the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States". This study seeks to take stockon the progress of the countries of the European Union (EU) and the...

Hamburg’s Long Evening of the Consulates

22 May 2015

On the 21st of May 2015, the EU-LAC Foundation participated for third consecutive time in the “Long Night of the Consulates”. The City of Hamburg originally set out the Long Night to encourage consulates and international entities to open their doors after office hours to visitors and offer...

Launching of the study "The issue of Gender in relations between the EU and LAC: State of the art and Opportunities for bi-regional cooperation"

6 May 2015

We are pleased to announce the launching of the study "The issue of Gender in relations between the EU and LAC: State of the art and Opportunities for bi-regional cooperation". This study is the result of a specific call for research projects, launched in May 2014. The purpose of this study is to...