Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation

1. Introduction to the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation
2. Purposes and organization of FEALAC
3. Economic Profile of the Member States of the Forum Latin America-East Asia
4. Economic and trade relations between Latin America and Asia
5. Manila Action Plan

Sample - Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC):

The educational aims of the Subject “Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC)” are:

1. To understand the goals and organization of FEALAC
2. To research economic relations between East Asia and Latin America (Iberian America)
3. To understand the concept of FEALAC as the “missing link” between East Asia and Latin America (Iberian America)

The Subject “Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC)” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: World Trade.

Languages: or Foro de Cooperación América Latina-Asia (FOCALAE) Forum de coopération Amérique latine-Asie (FEALAC) Fórum de Cooperação América Latina-Ásia do Leste (FOCALAL).

The thirty-three countries participating in the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) are:

1. East Asia: Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam
2. Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela

The objectives of the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation are to:

1. Increase mutual understanding between the members
2. Promote the political dialogue
3. Promote economic cooperation
4. Promote International Trade
5. Develop a new international partnerships between East Asia and Latin America (Iberian America)

The first Ministerial Meeting of the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) took place in Santiago de Chile in 2001. This meeting agreed a “Framework Document” to form the basis for FEALAC activities.

The Framework establishes that “Closer linkages and cooperation between East Asia and Latin America will be reciprocally profitable and contribute to both regional and international peace and stability.”

Driven by the rise of China and India, the old linkages are being revived and new ones forged between Latin America and Asia. International Trade between East Asia and Latin America has augmented.

From the religious point of view, the Forum consists of thirty-three countries:

1. Christians: Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela
2. Muslim: Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia
3. Buddhists: Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and South Korea
4. China. Multi-religious country (Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism)