EU_CELAC ROADMAP 2023 to 2025

Indicative list of bi-regional events.

Brussels, 17th of July 2023

2023
Second half

  • EU-LAC Forum with Civil Society, Local Authorities and Youth (Brussels, 13-14 July).
  • EU-LAC Business Round Table (Brussels, 17 July).
  • III EU - CELAC Summit of Heads of State and Government (Brussels, 17-18 July).
  • 15th Plenary Meeting of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly EUROLAT (Madrid, Spain, 25-27 July).
  • High-level meeting of the CELAC-EU Coordination and Cooperation Mechanism on Drugs (MCCMD): Bolivia and Spain to co-chair (Barcelona, Spain, 28-30 August).
  • Meeting of Ministers of Economy and Finance of the EU and CELAC – co-organized by the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) (Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 15 September).
  • EU-LAC public development banks meeting, back-to-back with FICS (Financing in Common Summit) (Cartagena, Colombia, 5 September).
  • Ministerial bi-regional meeting on security and internal affairs, with the participation of CLASI (Latin American Internal Security Committee) and JHA (Justice and Home Affairs Council of the EU) Ministers (Brussels-Belgium, 28 September).
  • First Bi-regional Connectivity Policy Dialogue (first of 4 regional high-level dialogues).
  • Multi-Actor Dialogue Forum on Higher Education , Gender Equality, Green and Digital Transitions and Social Cohesion organized by EU-LAC Foundation (4 October 2023, San
    José, Costa Rica)
  • Meeting of the Board of Governors of the EU-LAC Foundation (Oct/Nov)
  • CELAC-EU University Council meeting, in coordination with the European University Association (EUA), (Brussels, Belgium, 26/27 October)
  • Bi-regional events on Space policies, co-organised by European Commission, European Space Agency and Spain (Sevilla, Spain, November 2023).
  • High level event onHealth regulatory frameworks, gathering the main regulatory agencies from EU and LAC (November 2023)
  • High-level meeting of the EU-CELAC Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation – JIRI (Brussels, Belgium, 28-29 November)

2024 - 2025

  • EU-LAC Foundation bi-regional events
  • Meetings of the Board of Governors of the EU-LAC Foundation
  • EU - LAC Business Summit, including a circular economy event
  • June 2024 in Chile, EU-LAC High-Level Regional Digital Policy Dialogue back-to-back with eLAC Ministerial, in collaboration with ECLAC.
  • EU - Latin American Convention on Raw Materials
  • European and Latin American and Caribbean Youth Film Week with a focus on gender and diversity issues.
  • High-level bi-regional meeting on Environment and Climate Change
  • EU-LAC Dialogues on Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Risk Management
  • Meetings on Health Self-Sufficiency involving regulatory authorities from the EU and from CELAC countries
  • IV Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs EU-CELAC
  • 16th Plenary Meeting of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EUROLAT)
    High-level meeting of the CELAC-EU Coordination and Cooperation Mechanism on Drugs (MCCMD): June 2024 in Bolivia (tbc).
  • Meeting of the EU-CELAC research and innovation Ministers
  • EU - LAC Youth Days
  • EU- LAC Local authorities and Civil Society Dialogue day
  • IV CELAC-EU Summit of Heads of State and Government (in the CELAC region)

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