The Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly -

EuroLat was created in 2006. Its Constituent Session took place on 8 and 9 October in Brussels. EuroLat is the parliamentary institution of the Bi-regional Strategic Association established in June 1999 in the context of the EU-CELAC Summit (between European

Union-Latin American and Caribbean). EuroLat adopts and submits resolutions and recommendations to the various organizations, institutions and ministerial groups responsible for development of the Bi-regional Strategic Association.

EuroLat is a multilateral Parliamentary Assembly composed of 150 members, 75 from the European Parliament and 75 from the Latin American component, including Parlatino (Latin American

Parliament), Parlandino (Andean Parliament), Parlacen (Central American Parliament) and Parlasur

(Mercosur Parliament). The Mexican and Chilean Congresses are also represented in view of the Joint Parliamentary Committees EU/Mexico and EU/Chile. EuroLat members are designated according to each

Parliament's internal rules in order to reflect the multiplicity of political groups and countries represented in each of those Parliaments and Congresses.

EuroLat is organised according to the following

structure:

• Plenary Session

• Executive Bureau

• Standing Committees

• Working Groups

• Secretariat

Two Co-Presidents chair the Assembly, one European and one Latin American. The Co-Presidents alongside 14 Co-Vice Presidents (7 from each side) compose the Executive Bureau. This body coordinates the work of the

Assembly, monitors its activities and maintains relations with the EU-CELAC Summit, the EU-LAC Foundation, the ministerial conferences and Groups of High-Level Officials and Ambassadors. Each EuroLat body comprises an equal number of

members per component. Decision making is mainly based on the work of four Standing Committees:

• Political Affairs, Security and Human Rights

• Economic, Financial and Commercial Affairs

• Social Affairs, Youth and Children, Human Exchanges, Education and Culture

• Sustainable Development, the Environment, Energy Policy, Research, Innovation and

Technology

The motions for resolution and recommendations adopted by a Committee are then considered and voted by the Assembly - generally on the basis of simple majority. The Committees and Executive

Bureau meet at least twice a year, one session running in parallel with the annual Plenary Session. Further, a Working Group (WG) concentrates on a temporary basis on EU-LAC Migration Issues.

Official EuroLat languages are the official languages of the EU. EuroLat working languages are English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish.

Representatives from the EU-CELAC Summit, the Council of Ministers, the European Commission, the

EEAS, the EU-ALC Foundation and various regional groups and ministerial conferences devoted to the development and consolidation of the Bi-regional Strategic Association, may actively participate in EuroLat meetings.

What is EuroLat?

Composition of the Assembly

How does EuroLat work? Official and Working Languages

EuroLat Inter-Institutional Relations

• March 2014: 7th Ordinary Plenary Session, Athens, Greece

• January 2013: Participation in the I EU-CELAC

Summit, in Santiago de Chile

• January 2013: 6th Ordinary Plenary Session, Santiago de Chile

• May 2011: 5th Ordinary Plenary Session,

Montevideo, Uruguay

• May 2010: Participation at the VIth EU-LAC Summit, Madrid, Spain

• May 2010: 4th Ordinary Plenary Session, Seville,

Spain

• April 2009: 3rd Ordinary Plenary Session, Madrid, Spain

• May 2008: Participation at the Vth EU-LAC Summit, Lima, Peru

• May 2008: 2nd Ordinary Plenary Session, Lima, Peru

• December 2007: 1st Ordinary Plenary Session, Brussels, Belgium

• November 2006: Constituent Plenary Session,

Brussels, Belgium

Until the 7th Plenary Session, March 2014, in

Athens, the Assembly adopted the following documents, among others:

• Resolution on transparency and corruption in the EU and LAC

• Resolution on citizen participation and

democracy in LAC and the EU

• Resolution on formal and informal education and continuous education in Europe and Latin America

• Resolution on trade in raw materials between

EU and LAC

• Resolution on food security from the EU-LAC perspective

• Resolution on femicide in the EU and ALC

• Message to the I EU-CELAC Summit,

Santiago de Chile, 25 January 2013

• Resolution on combating drug trafficking and organised crime, January 2013

• Resolution on globalization and financial

crises, January 2013

• Prevention of natural disasters in Europe and Latin America, January 2013

• Resolution on prospects for trade relations

between the European Union and Latin American, may 2011

• Resolution on Euro-Latin American Charter for Peace and Security, April 2009

• All EuroLat Resolutions are available under:

www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/eurolat/

key_documents/default_en.htm

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