EU-LAC Foundation

The European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean Summit (EU-LAC Summit), a bi-annual meeting of Heads of State and Government of the European, Latin American and Caribbean countries, agreed at its VI Summit (Madrid 2010) to create the EU-LAC Foundation "as a useful tool for strengthening our bi-regional partnership and as a means of triggering debate on common strategies and actions.[1] The EU-LAC Foundation began its operations in November 2011 in the city of Hamburg.[2] The EU-LAC Foundation is presided by former Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commissioner of the European Union Benita Ferrero-Waldner.[3] Its Executive Director is the Peruvian diplomat Jorge Valdez.

Members

Latin American and Caribbean States

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

EU Member States

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

European Union

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Creation of the EU-LAC Foundation" EU RAPID Press Release, 18/05/2010 (Accessed 15/02/2012).
  2. ↑ "Hamburg is now even more international" HWF Hamburg Business Development Corporation (Accessed 15/02/2012)
  3. ↑ "Benita Ferrero-Waldner, presidenta de la Fundación UE-ALC" Euractiv.es (Accessed 15/02/2012)