Results:

 

• EU - Latin America and Caribbean Summit: Madrid Declaration  18/05/2010
• EU - Latin America and Caribbean Summit: Madrid Action Plan 2010-2012 18/05/2010

 

The VI EU-LAC Summit of Heads of State and Government took place in Madrid,Spain on 18 May 2010. In its margins, a series of bilateral mini-Summits were held with specific LAC countries and sub-regions:

• EU - Andean Community (CAN) 19/05/2010
• Central America Summit   19/05/2010
• CARIFORUM 17/05/2010
• EU-Chile Summit 17/05/2010
• EU-Mexico Summit  16/05/2010
• EU- Mercosur 17/05/2010

 

Preceding the Summit, EU-LAC Foreign Ministers met on 17 May.

Several preparatory events – some of them co-financed by the Commission – were organised prior to the Summit.

 

The central theme of the Summit was:

“Towards a new phase of the bi-regional association: innovation and technology for sustainable development and social inclusion”.

 

The European Commission’s contribution to the Summit was primarily based on the 2009 Commission Communication on Latin America, “The European Union and Latin America: Global Players in Partnership”.

 

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Documents :

• Outline for a Joint Caribbean-EU Partnership Strategy   17/05/2010

 

Audiovisual coverage :

• Photo coverage of the summit
• Council of the European Union
• Latin America, Central America and the Caribbean - 2010

 

Press releases:

• Knowledge will be the "cornerstone" of EU-LAC co-operation18/05/2010
• The Madrid Summit has been "a success" according to EU and Latin American leaders18/05/2010
• European, Latin American and Caribbean heads of state analyse global challenges18/05/2010
• The EU and Latin America are 'Global partners faced with global challenges' 18/05/2010
• Creation of the EU-LAC Foundation 18/05/2010
• The Latin America Investment Facility officially launched today at the EU-LAC Summit in Madrid 18/05/2010
• Foreign affairs ministers finalise the ‘Madrid documents’ to be approved at the EU-LAC summit 17/05/2010
• The EU, Latin America & the Caribbean Strategic Partnership on the eve of the Madrid Summit: Working Together in a Globalised World17/05/2010
• EU-Latin America, Caribbean and regional Summits to be held in Spain, 16-19 May 2010 11/05/2010 

 

Speeches:

• José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission18/05/2010
• Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, at the closing ceremony18/05/2010
• Remarks by Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, at EU-LAC Summit Madrid 18/05/2010