20 Mar 2018

EU-LAC Reflection Forum

From 20/03 till 21/03

Verversdijk, Bruges campus
Verversdijk 16
8000 Brugge
Belgium

Verversdijk, Bruges campus

The College of Europe Development Office organised, in cooperation with the EU-LAC Foundation, a Reflection Forum on 20-21 March 2018 in Bruges.

The EU-LAC Reflection Forum is a platform for fluid and informal discussion between the officials working on European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) relations, whereby the latter also have the chance to exchange with experts from civil society on the topics at hand. These discussions are held under the Chatham House rule and are not intended to collect formal national positions on the given topics.

Following the one and half days "retreat", the Foundation prepared a report of the discussions’ conclusions, which was shared with all participants and can be used as an input to the political process.

The previous Reflection Forum was held in Madrid in July 2017 and focused on the issue of productivity following the mandate from the Santo Domingo Ministerial Meeting to the Senior Officials. Other previous sessions have been held in Berlin, Brussels, Hamburg, Paris and San José.

The objectives of this year’s forum were to:

  • Provide concrete input to the bi-regional partnership process;
  • Provide an informal platform for discussion between officials and experts from civil society on the EU-LAC relations;
  • Contribute to further mutual trust and understanding between the officials working on the bi-regional relations.

This was a closed conference, but students of the College of Europe who are writing their thesis on Latin American issues and who were interested in attending this conference, could attend.

Additionally a Memorandum of Understanding between the EU-LAC Foundation and the College of Europe was signed on 20 March 2018.

EU-LAC Reflection Forum.DO.20 & 21 March 2018

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