The EU–LAC International Foundation will hold the XIII Ordinary Meeting of its Board of Governors on 5 December, which will take place in person in Berlin, Germany. This session will be the second of the two ordinary meetings scheduled for the year and is of particular importance as it is the first to be held following the recent CELAC–EU Summit, which took place in November in Santa Marta, Colombia—an event marking a new phase in biregional cooperation.
The opening of the meeting will be led by Pablo Sader, Ambassador of Uruguay to the European Union, representing the upcoming Latin American and Caribbean Co-Presidency, and by Pelayo Castro, Deputy Managing Director for the Americas at the European External Action Service, on behalf of the European Co-Presidency. Their participation underscores the renewed political commitment of both regions to the strategic objectives of the EU–LAC Foundation, the only international organisation jointly created by Latin America, the Caribbean, and the European Union.
Throughout the day, members of the Board of Governors will review progress made in the support provided by the Foundation to the recent CELAC–EU Summit, as well as the main actions carried out during this period. In addition, the presentation and discussion of the programme planning for 2026 is foreseen, in line with the agreed biregional priorities.
The meeting will also mark a significant moment for the institution, as it will be the first occasion on which the newly appointed President of the Foundation appears before the Board of Governors.
Another key item on the agenda will be the review of the status of ratification of the Foundation’s Constitutive Agreement. To date, the document has been ratified by 50 countries, representing substantial progress towards institutional strengthening and the legal consolidation of the Foundation.
The XIII Ordinary Meeting of the Board of Governors reaffirms the central role of the EU–LAC Foundation as a strategic bridge between the two regions and as a platform dedicated to promoting dialogue, cooperation, and the joint development of a more dynamic, results-oriented biregional agenda.