TrilateralRelationsbetweenChina , theEUandLatinAmerica:LittleExperience , ButBigPotential 4 17 essentialforfosteringinnovation , competitiveness and economic growth , creatingjobsandincreasingtheefficiencyofthepublicsector.Moreover , ICTs haveafundamentalroleinpromotingdigitalinclusionandimprovingsocial cohesion , increasingthequalityoflifeandreducingpoverty.Itisessentialforall countriestoworkinclosecoordinationinallrelevantinternationalforumsin ordertofacilitatethefullimplementationofWSISoutcomes.Itwouldalsobe worthlaunchingpublictendersforthejointselectionandfundingofR & D projects , assuggestedintheEUBrazilJAP. Besidespurelylanguagedriven cooperation programmes , the EU can developtrilateralfutureactionswithintheframeworkofitswellestablishedand largescale academic exchange and R & D framework programmes. The “ Euraxess ” link , meanttoprovideanetworkingtoolforEuropeanresearchers livingabroad , hasrecentlybeenextendedtoChina ( afterUSAandJapan ) and canhelptofostermorethanbilateralcontactsandcooperation. 3.5 犆狅狅狆犲狉犪狋犻狅狀犅犪狊犲犱狅狀犪犅狉狅犪犱犲狉犆狅狀犮犲狆狋狅犳犛犲犮狌狉犻狋狔 Securityclearlyconcernsmorethanmilitaryandborderissues.LiketheEU andLatinAmerica , Chinahasadoptedanenlargedconceptofsecurity , involving threatssuch as drugs and transnational organised crime , terrorism and pandemics.Itshould bepossibletocooperateonthesenew threatsand challenges , evenifitisdifficultwithregardtoclassicmilitaryissues. ApromisingtrendinLatinAmericaisitswillingnessandcapacitytoaddress itsownsecurityissues , withoutreferring necessarilytothe Organization of AmericanStates ( OAS ) .Thisnewapproachhasalreadyshowngoodresultsin crisispreventionandmanagement.TherecentlycreatedSouthAmericanDefence Council ( CDS ) isnotaclassicoperationalmilitaryalliancealongthelinesofthe North American Treaty Organisation ( NATO ), butrathera “ method ” of confidencebuilding , safeguardingpeaceandassertingtheprimacyofcivilianover militarypowerintheregion , as wellasreinforcingcooperation on defence policies.TheCDSwillnothaveanoperationalmandate , butmayfacilitatejoint militarytrainingandcouldsendcombinedunitstoparticipateindealingwith regionalemergencies. TheEUandLAChaveincommonthatnobodycanseriouslyconsiderthema militarythreat.TogetherwithChina , however , bothshareawillingnessand capacitiesforpeacekeeping , crisispreventionandpostcrisismanagement.It mightalsobeworthmentioningherethatthegenderperspectiveisparticularly importantforsuccessinthisarea.WecanbuildonexperienceasinHaitibefore theearthquake , andengagetheinternationalcommunityinabroaderdialogueon
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