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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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TrilateralRelationsbetweenChina theEUandLatinAmerica:LittleExperience ButBigPotential 17 essentialforfosteringinnovation competitiveness and economic growth creatingjobsandincreasingtheefficiencyofthepublicsector.Moreover ICTs haveafundamentalroleinpromotingdigitalinclusionandimprovingsocial cohesion increasingthequalityoflifeandreducingpoverty.Itisessentialforall countriestoworkinclosecoordinationinallrelevantinternationalforumsin ordertofacilitatethefullimplementationofWSISoutcomes.Itwouldalsobe worthlaunchingpublictendersforthejointselectionandfundingofR projects assuggestedintheEUBrazilJAP. Besidespurelylanguagedriven cooperation programmes the EU can developtrilateralfutureactionswithintheframeworkofitswellestablishedand largescale academic exchange and 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 confidencebuilding safeguardingpeaceandassertingtheprimacyofcivilianover militarypowerintheregion as wellasreinforcingcooperation on defence policies.TheCDSwillnothaveanoperationalmandate butmayfacilitatejoint militarytrainingandcouldsendcombinedunitstoparticipateindealingwith regionalemergencies. TheEUandLAChaveincommonthatnobodycanseriouslyconsiderthema militarythreat.TogetherwithChina however bothshareawillingnessand capacitiesforpeacekeeping crisispreventionandpostcrisismanagement.It mightalsobeworthmentioningherethatthegenderperspectiveisparticularly importantforsuccessinthisarea.WecanbuildonexperienceasinHaitibefore theearthquake andengagetheinternationalcommunityinabroaderdialogueon