VI Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) in Science and Technology

Brussels, Belgium. March 2017

The "Sixth Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Science and Technology" was held in Brussels with representatives of CELAC and UNION-EUROPEAN, during the week of 13-16 March.

These meetings were established as a regular biregional dialogue on Research and Innovation (R & I) to strengthen EU-CELAC cooperation and to implement the Joint Research and Innovation Initiative (JIRI) updating common priorities, encouraging the study of mutual policy and ensuring the appropriate implementation and effectiveness of instruments of cooperation through biannual Action Plans. Four Operational Groups in the following priority areas were established: Energy, Information and Communications Technology, Bioeconomics and Biological Diversity and Climate Change.