FEALAC 25years fealac

At the 1^st Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Santiago, Chile (2001), member countries who have agreed to change the name of the Forum from EALAF to FEALAC approved the “Framework Document” which states the Forum’s objectives, direction, and range of cooperation.

At the 2^nd Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Manila, Philippines (2004), member countries adopted the “Manila Plan of Action” which includes detailed direction on how to increase bi-regional understanding and cooperation.

At the 3^rd Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Brasilia, Brazil (2007), member countries adopted the 「Brasilia Ministerial Declaration and Programme of Action」 which states the need for cooperation on global issues such as climate change and the “Doha Development Agenda”, as well as strengthening cooperation within FEALAC in the areas of trade and investment and regional financial institutions.

At the 4^th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Tokyo, Japan (2010), member countries adopted the 「Tokyo Declaration」 which emphasizes the need for bi-regional cooperation in the face of global crisis, and agreed to Korea’s establishment of the FEALAC Cyber Secretariat among other issues.

At the 5^th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2011), member countries adopted the 「Buenos Aires Declaration」 which includes reform of the global governance mechanism, plans to strengthen cooperation between FEALAC and regional economic and financial institutions such as ECLAC, IDB, ADB, ESCAP among others, and establishment of the Vision Group whose function is to provide FEALAC’s mid to long-term goals and strategies for implementation.

At the 6^th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Bali, Indonesia (2013), member countries adopted the 「Uluwatu Declaration」 which assented to the Vision Group recommendation which aims at evaluating FEALAC cooperation, and agreed to the necessity to enhance communication between FEALAC members through the utilization of the FEALAC Cyber Secretariat.

At the 7^th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in San Jose, Costa Rica (2015), member countries adopted the 「Declaration of San Jose」 which emphasized the need of a strategic alliance among FEALAC member countries, international organizations and financial institutions of both regions, and adopted the ‘Guideline for FEALAC Working Process’ to improve FEALAC work process and strengthen the utilization of the Cyber Secretariat.

At the 8^th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Busan, Korea (2017), member countries adopted the 「Busan Declaration」 which endorsed “New FEALAC Action Plan”, “FEALAC Troika Modalities”, and “FEALAC Fund” among others to strengthen FEALAC process, and underscored the importance of FEALAC-wide projects to promote inter-regional dialogue and understanding.

At the 9^th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (2019), member countries adopted the 「Santo Domingo Declaration」. In celebration of the FEALAC's 20th anniversary, member states expressed commitment to further strengthen FEALAC's working mechanisms and increase its visibility, by discussing and reaching agreement on various important points raised in previous meetings, such as the possibility of a FEALAC Special Commemorative Summit, adoption of the Regional Coordinators' Rotation system when deemed necessary, and the incorporation of 'Climate Change' into the 'Socio-Political Cooperation, Sustainable Development Working Group,' renaming it 'Socio-Political Cooperation, Sustainable Development, Climate Change Working Group'.