The European Union – Latin America and Caribbean Foundation (EU–LAC Foundation) is an international organisation created in 2010 by the Heads of State and Government of the European Union (EU), Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) with the mission of strengthening and promoting the strategic partnership between both regions, improving its visibility and encouraging the participation of the respective civil societies.

Its activities are aimed at nurturing intergovernmental dialogue, in particular in seven strategic thematic areas: Higher Education; Science, Technology and Innovation; Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Economy; Climate Change; Culture; Multilateralism and Bi-Regional Association; and Gender.

However, other themes such as youth and the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are transversal axes for all its lines of action, which allows the Foundation to be a key actor in the deepening and dynamization of the bi-regional strategic association.

The Foundation was created as a tool for strengthening the bi-regional partnership and as a means of stimulating debate on common strategies and actions.

Higher Education The EU–LAC Foundation contributes[7] to creating spaces for dialogue and knowledge management to build the Common Area of Higher Education between the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as to facilitate the participation and contributions of civil society, including the academic sector to bi-regional cooperation and dialogue.

Economic and Social Development Within this theme, the EU–LAC Foundation develops a set of activities that address current economic and social problems and long-term trends affecting LAC and EU societies with a view to ensuring a robust recovery and building more innovative, inclusive, and resilient economies and societies.

The EU–LAC Foundation promotes meeting spaces for dialogue and reflection with non-governmental actors of reference to enrich and strengthen the intergovernmental process that seeks solutions to the challenges societies face in both regions.

The EU–LAC Foundation's activities in this strategic area are designed to contribute to greater knowledge and mutual understanding between our societies and to strengthen bi-regional cooperation.

Gender In chapter 7 of the 2015 EU-CELAC Action Plan, EU and Latin American and Caribbean authorities expressed their full commitment to work in favour of women, the reduction of inequalities, especially in terms of their access to economic and political rights, and the elimination of violence.

The EU–LAC Foundation thus aims to share concrete experiences and knowledge among the members of the EU-LAC Women's International Network in order to advance the discussion on these issues.