The scientific and technological cooperation between LAC and the EU has been a priority, both at the bilateral, as well as at the bi-regional level, increasingly gaining importance and space in the bi-regional dialogue with an independent set of political STI collaboration agreements between the EU and Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, as well as an independent EU-CELAC STI Senior Officials Dialogue and a number of thematic or general support projects under the EU Framework Programmes.

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