On Tuesday, 7 July 2009, EWI’s Preventive Diplomacy Initiatives hosted representatives from Latin American and Caribbean embassies, the Council of the European Union, NGOs and academia for a seminar on conflict and security in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event, held at EWI’s Brussels Center, was the first step in a process  feeding into regional dialogues across the four continents, to identify key spaces for preventive action.

The goals of the roundtable were to explore and identify:

• The main challenges to peace and security in the region;
• Existing frameworks and initiatives to address these challenges, including lessons learned and success stories; and
• Opportunities for more effective preventive action.