Latin America and Europe celebrate their first Academic Summit

The event took place in Santiago (Chile) between 21-23 January
The First Academic Summit CELAC-EU (Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños y la Unión Europea) was celebrated at the Universidad Central de Santiago (Chile) and counted on the participation of around 220 institutions from both regions, as well as 650 scholars and expositors from France, Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Peru, Panama, United Kingdom, Mexico, Romania, Slovakia, Belgium, Italy, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Brazil and the Dominican Republic. The participants discussed themes such as the reality and perspectives on the strategic association of both regions; the development of the Euro-Latin American Higher Education Space; the cooperation perspectives in Science, Technology, Innovation and Research and the Horizonte 2020 program; and the relationship between Universities and private companies for professional formation, innovation and technology transfer.
To Access the documents of the Summit, follow this link. To read the statement of the Summit, follow this link. For more information, follow this link.
See also on the blog: ALFA PUENTES project: Research and higher education cooperation promoted at EU-CELAC summit, Premier forum académique UE-CELAC.