Latin America and the Caribbean

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The EESC has engaged with Latin American and Caribbean counterpart organisations since the 1990s. Over the years, several EESC opinions have addressed relations with this region at regional, sub-regional and national levels. Its priorities include strengthening civil society organisations, promoting economic and social development, fostering regional integration and advancing cooperation in the multilateral sphere.

At the bi-regional level, the EESC organizes and contributes to meetings between civil society representatives from Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean, including dialogue forums ahead of EU-CELAC Summits.

At sub-regional and national levels, the EESC has established several permanent structures. In 2009, it created a Civil Society Round Table with the Brazilian Economic and Social Development Council to provide a platform for dialogue and ongoing cooperation between Brazilian and European civil society. The EU-Brazil Civil Society Round Table was relaunched in 2025 with a new counterpart, Brazil's Sustainable Economic and Social Development Council (CDESS). Under the EU-Chile Association Agreement, the EESC was mandated to set up a Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) with Chilean civil society to monitor the agreement. The JCC was established in 2016, and its mandate expired in 2025 following the Advanced Framework Agreement and the provisional application of the Interim Trade Agreement, which introduced Domestic Consultative Groups (DCGs). The EU DCG was formed in early 2026.

For Central America and the Andean Community countries, the EESC participates in two Domestic Advisory Groups monitoring the implementation of the EU-Central America Association Agreement and the EU-Colombia/Peru/Ecuador Trade Agreement. It also takes part in the EU-CARIFORUM Consultative Committee overseeing the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement. In addition, the EESC maintains regular dialogue with its institutional counterparts in Mercosur, the Economic and Social Consultative Forum.

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  • 8th joint meeting of the EU DAG and representatives from the domestic mechanisms of Colombia, Peru and Ecuador and Civil Society Open Session

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    Location

    Brussels Virtual
    Belgium

    8th joint meeting of the EU DAG and representatives from the domestic mechanisms of Colombia, Peru and Ecuador and Civil Society Open Session

    28 October 2022 - Virtual

  • High level exploratory mission - Argentina

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    Location

    Buenos Aires
    Argentina

    High level exploratory mission - Argentina

  • 21st meeting of the EU Advisory Group for the EU-Central America Association Agreement

    Location

    Belgium
    Belgium

    The 21st meeting of the EU Advisory Group for the EU-Central America Association Agreement took place virtually on 4 April 2022. 

  • CARIFORUM-EU Consultative Committee - 6th meeting

    Cariforum-EU Consultative Committee - 6th meeting

    Event type
    Joint meeting

    Location

    Bridgetown
    Barbados

    The Cariforum-EU Consultative Committee (CC) was established with the task and responsibility of promoting dialogue and cooperation between representatives of organisations of civil society, including the academic community, and social and economic partners.

  • ACP

    29th OACPs-EU Economic & Social Stakeholder Consultations

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    Location

    Brussels
    Belgium

    Under the auspices of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)-European Union relations, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organises regular consultation meetings with ACP and EU economic and social stakeholders, including representatives of civil society originating from the 79 ACP countries.

  • 19th meeting of the EU Advisory Group for the EU-Central America Association Agreement

    Location

    INTERACTIO Virtual
    Belgium

    The 19th meeting of the EU Advisory Group for the EU-Central America Association Agreement took place virtually on 18 March 2021.

  • 6th Preparatory meeting of the EU-Chile Joint Consultative Committee

    JCC meeting / Virtual

    Location

    Brussels
    Belgium

    The EU-Chile Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) held its sixth preparatory meeting in the new mandate on 7 December 2020, one week after the successful visit of Foreign Affairs Minister Andrés Allamand Zavalala in Brussels.

  • 14th meeting of the Domestic Advisory Group for the EU-Colombia, Peru and Ecuador FTA

    Interactio Hybrid
    Event type
    Joint meeting

    Location

    Brussels

    14th meeting of the EU Advisory Group for the EU-Colombia, Peru and Ecuador Free Trade Agreement

  • 6th EU-Central America joint meeting of civil society Advisory Groups and Civil Society Dialogue Forum

    Video-conference
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    Location

    Brussels
    Belgium

    The 6th meeting of the EU-Central America joint meeting of civil society Advisory Groups and Civil Society Dialogue Forum took place on 12 and 13 November 2020 virtually.

    On Friday 13 November 2020,the Advisory Groups of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, together with the European Union Advisory Group, met to debate and  address the concerns of all sectors represented in them, also taking into account the challenges ahead in the awake of the COVID-19 crisis on the two regions, and make recommendations to the Trade and Sustainable Development Board.

  • 18th meeting of the EU Advisory Group for the EU-Central America Association Agreement

    Video-conference
    Event type
    Meeting

    Location

    Brussels
    Belgium

    The 18th meeting of the EU Advisory Group for the EU-Central America Association Agreement will take place virtually on 10 November 2020.

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