LAC-EU Business Forum

The IV CELAC–EU Summit was held in Santa Marta, Colombia, on 8-9-10 November 2025, bringing together Heads of State or Government from all 33 CELAC countries and all 27 EU Member States, as well as the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission. The Summit reviewed progress and explored new opportunities in the bi-regional strategic partnership.

In the margins of the Summit, the LAC-EU Business Forum provided a space to take stock of and enhance economic cooperation and investment between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean, using the EU-LAC Global Gateway Investment Agenda as a framework and building on the EU-LAC Business Roundtable of 2023. It also sought to foster public–private partnerships that met the priorities of both regions. 

The LAC-EU Business Forum was organised by the Government of Colombia, in its capacity as CELAC’s Pro Tempore Presidency, in cooperation with the European Union, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF).