The Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies at the College of Europe held the first annual “External Perspectives on EU Diplomacy Lecture” in Bruges on Tuesday, 12 March 2024, followed by a short Q&A session.
Ambassador Gloria NAVARRETE, Mission of Chile to the European Union:
“A Latin American Perspective on EU Diplomacy: The View from Chile”
Ambassador Gloria NAVARRETE gave an introduction to Chile and its foreign policy, followed by an in-depth analysis of the relationship between Chile and the European Union. Chile was the first country in Latin America to have a local representation of the Union and the first country to sign a comprehensive Association Agreement with the EU in 2002. This agreement has recently been upgraded into a new generation Advanced Framework Agreement. It modernizes the bilateral institutional framework to better respond to new challenges and changes experienced in recent years and includes a focus on sustainable development, gender, renewable energy, research and science, and political dialogue. Additionally, it is expected that this agreement will contribute to strengthening the relationship between the LAC (Latin America and the Caribbean) countries and the European Union as a space for cooperation and dialogue between both regions. The lecture focused also on the new prospects for collaboration that emerge after the signing of the Advanced Chile-EU Framework Agreement.
About the Speaker
Ambassador Gloria NAVARRETE received the agrément as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Chile to the European Union, on 7 July 2022. She presented her Letters of Credentials to the President of the European Council on 12 December 2022 and to the President of the European Commission on 28 July 2023. On 21 June 2022, Ambassador Gloria Navarrete assumed duties as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Chile to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. She presented her Letters of Credentials to His Majesty King Philippe on 21 September 2022, and to H.R.H. the Grand Duke of Luxembourg on 23 November 2022.
Ambassador NAVARRETE had previously served at the Chilean Embassies to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, and Austria and in the Mission of Chile to the International Organizations based in Vienna (UNOV). In Chile, she was Director-General for Ceremonial and Protocol. She worked at the Department of the International Court of Justice of the Foreign Ministry and the Planning Department. She was also chief of staff for the Vice-Minister of Foreign Relations. On 1 March 2021, she was appointed Secretary-General for Foreign Policy, as the first female career diplomat to hold this position.
Ambassador NAVARRETE has been trained as a lawyer at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and graduated from the Andrés Bello Diplomatic Academy. She holds a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and is a graduate of the Foreign Service Programme, University of Oxford. In addition, she obtained a diploma in Administrative Law from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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