The XXXVII Regular Meeting of the Latin American Council, carried out in the headquarters of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA from 19 to 21 October 2011, approved the Work Programme for the year 2012. Area III of said programme, “Extra-regional Relations”, foresees Activity III.1.2, “Analysis and preparation of policy proposals to promote economic relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and Canada.”

According to this mandate, SELA is convening the Regional Seminar on Economic Relations between Canada and Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held on 2 February 2012 in Caracas, Venezuela.