Takeaways of the EU LAC Digital Policy Dialogues
EU-LAC Digital Alliance Policy Dialogues
| EU-LAC Dialogue | Date | Country | Objectives | Co-leading countries |
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Cybersecurity
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February 2024 | Dominican Republic | The dialogue focus on key aspects of cybersecurity, including cyberdiplomacy, resilient ecosystems, capacity building and the protection of critical infrastructure. | Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, France (through Expertise France) and the European Commission |
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AI back-to-back with the eLAC preparatory meeting
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March 2024 | Uruguay | The discussions focused on AI governance, regulatory convergence and standards; training and capacity building to enhance AI competences for public administrations; and the uses of AI for sustainable development. This dialogue took place in the context of the preparatory meeting for the 9th Ministerial Conference on the Information Society (eLAC 2024), coordinated by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). | Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Slovenia, and Spain, together with ECLAC and the European Commission |
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e-governance
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May 2024 | Costa Rica | The e-governance policy dialogue focused on increasing interoperability among digital public services of LAC countries and with the EU. The dialogue also contributed to enhance trust for cross-border use of citizen’s electronic IDs and electronic signatures. | Costa Rica, Guatemala, Estonia (through e-Governance Academy) and the European Commission |
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Data governance
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September-October 2024 | Uruguay | The data dialogue focused on four areas: data governance (including personal and non-personal data protection), the role of independent data protection authorities, international data transfers, and the nexus between AI and personal data. | Uruguay, Spain (through FIIAPP) and the European Union |
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Connectivity back-to-back with the eLAC Conference
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November 2024 | Chile | The discussions on connectivity delved into areas such as secure and meaningful connectivity, and infrastructure investment. The dialogue resulted on the launch of the ‘EU-LAC Female Digital Policy-Makers Network’ and aimed at producing a connectivity toolbox for LAC in the near future. | Mexico, Ecuador, Germany (through GIZ) and the European Union |
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AI back-to-back with the eLAC Conference
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November 2024 | Chile | The AI dialogue covered AI governance and efforts in the region, as well as more technical conversations on High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructures, Large Language Models (LLMs) and regulatory sandboxes for AI. | Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Slovenia, and Spain, together with ECLAC and the European Commission |
| Stocktaking dialogue back-to-back with the eLAC Conference | November 2024 | Chile |
The stocktaking session served to assess the progress of the EU-LAC Digital Alliance in the last year of implementation and set the political priorities to take the work forward ahead of the CELAC-EU Summit in 2025. The session also include an informative overview on DMA and DSA. The EU-LAC Digital Alliance took place back-to-back with the 9th Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, that resulted in the adoption of the new eLAC 2026 agenda. |
All of the above. |
