OBREAL/EULARO
OBREAL/EULARO is a network set up by 23 academic institutes and research centres in Europe and Latin America with the financial support of the European Commission. As the Commission pointed out in its call, over the last few years the relationship between the EU and Latin America has become closer in every sphere: from bi-regional political dialogue to cooperation, from trade relations to the strengthening of civil society networks. Nonetheless, the fabric of the relations between institutions and organisations in Europe and Latin America has yet to gain momentum and it still seems scattered and lacking in coordination.
In this context OBREAL/EULARO has set as its main goal “to identify and develop all the opportunities offered by the partnership between the two regions to create a better understanding of the regional and sectoral problems which shape policymaking. To reach this goal, OBREAL/EULARO not only depends on the work of its members, it also aims to become a platform for the promotion of and meeting place for the dissemination and research activities carried out in both regions. Similarly, it aims to create synergies between policy formulators and decision makers, researchers and civil society actors, to reach a critical mass that can provide answers to the identified problems. OBREAL/EULARO’s focus is on public policy making and its actions are directed towards the research community and political, economic and social actors.