2 30 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation associationagreementswiththerestofLatinAmericaandtosupportregional integrationprocesses.Alsoonthetableis moreintensedialogueonthe environment , andamoreactiveroleoftheEuropeanInvestmentBankinsupport ofregionalinfrastructure.Itstatesthatsocialcohesionisa “ priorityarea ” of EULatinAmericanrelationsandcallsforthecreationofaEuroLatinAmerican Parliamentary Assembly — laterapprovedatthe Viennabiregionalsummitin 2006 , andanEULatinAmericahighereducationarea. TheCommunication adoptedin 2009 , 犜犺犲犈狌狉狅狆犲犪狀 犝狀犻狅狀 犪狀犱 犔犪狋犻狀 犃犿犲狉犻犮犪牶犌犾狅犫犪犾犘犾犪狔犲狉狊犻狀犘犪狉狋狀犲狉狊犺犻狆 , whichcallsforamorefocusedpolitical dialogue , concerningnotonlybiregionalissues , butglobalones , andforthe firsttimetheECstatesthataspecificdialoguecouldbeestablishedwiththe UnionofSouthAmericanNations ( UNASUR ) .Italsosuggestscomplementing EUsupportandcooperation withregionalgroupings , aswellasastronger bilateralrelationshipwithcountriesintheregion.Newcooperationinstruments areenvisaged , suchastheLatin AmericaInvestmentFacility ( LAIF ) .This initiative , inspiredbytheNeighbourhoodInvestmentFacility ( NIF ), willpool grantresourcesfromtheCommunityandpossibleadditionalgrantsfromthe MemberStatesinordertofinanceinvestmentprojectsinthethreeareasof infrastructure , socialcohesion and adaptation to climate change.A new instrumenthasalsobeenproposed , namelyanEULatinAmericanFoundationto fostertheparticipationofcivilsociety , academicactorsandmutualknowledge. 5.犚犲犵犻狅狀犪犾犆狅狅狆犲狉犪狋犻狅狀犪狀犱犛狌狆狆狅狉狋犳狅狉犐狀狋犲犵狉犪狋犻狅狀 , 犚犲犵犻狅狀犪犾犻狊犿犪狀犱犛狅犮犻犪犾 犆狅犺犲狊犻狅狀 TheEuropeanCommunityisoneofthefewsupportersofregionalcooperationin LatinAmericaandtheonlyoneinvolvedinbiregionalcooperation.Thebudget frameworkexclusivelyforregionalcooperationwithLatinAmericaduringthe period20022006amountedtoEUR264 millionforregionalprogrammes ( see Table1 ) .TheCommunityhasalsoestablishedtheEuropeanInvestmentBank ( EIB ) fundinglinesofEUR40millionfortheAndeanDevelopmentCorporation ( CAF ), and EUR 35 million withtheCentralAmerican BankforEconomic Integration ( BCIE ) .Regionalcooperation has beenlopsided because ofthe seriousandongoingproblemofdefiningacounterpart , sincethereisnoLatin Americawideintegrationorganisation.ThustheEU hasoptedforregional programmesbasedonthematic “ networks ” andconsortialargely madeupof decentralisedstakeholdersthatpromote “ bottomup ” regionalisationratherthan formalisedandinstitutionalised “ topdown ” regionalism.
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