The European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) should engage in a dialogue on territorial cohesion and equity and on regional development policies, with a particular focus on cross-border cooperation and on territorial development strategies, to strengthen the capacity of the regional and urban authorities to promote economic development and innovation and social inclusion and cohesion.
EU-CELAC Action Plan adopted at the II EU-CELAC Summit held in Brussels on 10-11 June 2015
DG REGIO have established regional and urban policy dialogues with Brazil (2007), Chile (2010), Argentina (2012), Peru (2013), Mexico (2014) and Colombia (2015).
The different dialogues address, inter alia, exchanges of information and practices on policies aiming at economic, social and territorial cohesion; on setting up and implementing regional policy; on multi-level governance and partnership issues.The different dialogues address, inter alia, exchanges of information and practices on policies aiming at economic, social and territorial cohesion; on setting up and implementing regional policy; on multi-level governance and partnership issues.
Principal among the fields of activity of EU regional policy that are of interest to Latin American countries, are cross-border cooperation and inter-regional cooperation, regional innovation and competitiveness and sustainable urban development.
Latin American countries are important partners for the EU in the actions carried out to further this cooperation, namely:
