The Conference was organized by CONICYT - Department of International Relations, together with COLCIENCIAS, Colombia. Its main objective was to provide an Andean view of S&T cooperation in the EU-LAC partnership towards the Summit to be held in May in Madrid.
After two days on intense dialogue, the participants agreed to continue developing joint actions to find common positions towards the summit; strenghten the cooperation between the different actors and create a catalogue of best practices in the field of S&T cooperation in the region.
The next Sub-regional Conference will be held in November in Bolivia.