EU-LAC Madrid Summit, 18 May 2010

 The next EU-LAC Summit will take place on 18 May 2010 in Madrid, preceded by a Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs on 17 May. The theme of the Summit will be: “Towards a new stage in the bi-regional partnership: Innovation and Technology for sustainable development and social inclusion”. The Madrid Summit aims to bring together not only Heads of State and Governments from Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe, but also important non-state actors.

Preparatory events:

• Seminario: '10 años de la Asociación Estratégica América Latina y el Caribe - Unión Europea. Evaluación y análisis prospectivo' 5-6 Octubre 2009, Sede de la CEPAL, Santiago de Chile
• EU-LAC Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility  28-29 October 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina