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Artículo de revisión
State of Play in the EU–CELAC Common Research Area

Estado de la cuestión del área de investigación común UE-ECLAC

Martina De Sole 1

Para citar este artículo: De Sole, M. (2019). State of Play in the EU–CELAC Common Research Area. Revista
ObIES, 3, 38-43.

Recibido: 5-septiembre-2018 / Aceptado: 8-noviembre-2019

[T]he creation of a Common Research Area does
not have to be limited to cooperation on thematic
priorities alone. It could also include cooperation
on funding researcher mobility, access to research
infrastructure and data, and of course sharing know-
how and best practices. Researchers in Europe and
in Latin America are already working together every
day on the most fundamental questions about life,
nature and the advancement of humanity. We have
the will, we can build on our past experience, and
we can count on the stamina of our researchers to
realise our shared vision for the future. We have all
we need to build a Common Research Area.

Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation,
8 June 2015, EU–CELAC Summit, Brussels.

The seed for the ambitious idea of the creation of established to consistently foster cooperation at all
a Common Research Area between the Europe levels. Then, in June 2015, a call to move towards
Union and the countries of the Community of a Common Research Area was made.
Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) The EU and CELAC have enjoyed privileged
countries was planted during the 2010 EU–CELAC relations since their first bi-regional summit, held in
Madrid Summit in 2010, when the EU and CELAC Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1999, which established
launched their Joint Initiative for Research and a strategic partnership. Natural partners, linked by
Innovation (JIRI) and agreed to create an indepen- strong historical, cultural and economic ties, they
dent chapter for science, research, innovation and co-operate closely at the international level and
technology in a broader EU–CELAC Action Plan, maintain a close political dialogue at all levels,

1 APRE (Italian Agency for the Promotion of European Research). Email: desole@apre.it

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