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Development Cooperation Instrument 2014-2020 Multiannual Indicative Programme for Latin America

26 November 2014

On 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...

Preparatory Seminar for the Second EU-LAC Academic Summit, Guadalajara 25-26 November 2014

25 November 2014

The 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...

TransFormation Forums: One of the Main Hurdles for Growth in Latin America & The Caribbean is the Lack of Qualified Personnel

24 October 2014

The 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...

Spain Supports the Continuity of the MIALC Project

17 October 2014

An 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...

Workshop EU-LAC Foundation - GIGA: Social Protests & Democratic Responses: Assessing realities in the EU and Latin America

10 October 2014

Latin-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...

Roundtable at the EU-LAC Foundation - Minister Oquist explains the position of Nicaragua in the negotiations on Climate Change

8 October 2014

The Minister Private Secretary of National Policies in Nicaragua, Paul Oquist, took the opportunity of his working visit to Germany to visit the EU-LAC Foundation and participate in a roundtable on Climate Change negotiations co-organised with Nicaragua's Embassy in Berlin.

Mr. Oquist, which...

A Latin American Autumn in Hamburg

21 September 2014

EU-LAC Foundation Promotes Latin America and the Caribbean in Hamburg

The EU-LAC Foundation has joined efforts to make Latin America and the Caribbean protagonists of Hamburg’ Autumn cultural programme, through a three-month festival that includes dozens of musical performances, jazz, dance,...

PISM & Visegrad Insight Publish Papers on Visegrad 4, Latin America & Caribbean

6 August 2014

Following the joint EU-LAC Foundation- PISM Seminar of 13 of May in Warsaw, the Polish Institute of International Affairs publishes paper "V4–Latin America and the Caribbean States: New Partners?" by Kinga Brudzińska in the latest issue of PISM Strategic Files.

Check paper here.

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2nd Meeting of the Working Group for International Cooperation of CELAC

30 July 2014

Global Forum to Explore a Triangular Cooperation LAC-EU

The Working-group of International Cooperation of the countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) discussed last July 30 in special meeting the "Potential triangular cooperation between Latin America, the...

FLACSO-ISA Conference: The EU, Latin America and the Caribbean - Partners in global governance?

23 July 2014

The EU-LAC Foundation participated in the International Conference held from 23 to 25 July in Buenos Aires under the banner of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) and the International Studies Association (ISA) opening spaces for debate on the role played by the European Union,...

Symposium “Breaking the Myth of Paradise: the future of SIDS”

10 July 2014

The EU-LAC Foundation advocates for the integration of the Caribbean into the bi-regional process

The EU-LAC Foundation reaffirmed the importance of the full integration of the Caribbean into the bi-regional process, on the occasion of the symposium held on July 10 in Brussels at the initiative of...

Second Semester 2014 Open call for Research Projects Now Open

9 July 2014

We are pleased to announce the opening of the call for proposals for the Second Semester 2014 Edition of the Open Call for Research Projects.

The EU- LAC Foundation organises this Open Call in order to promote research projects on topics relevant to the relationship between the European Union and...