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SPIDER strengthens EU–LAC digital cooperation and promotes the strategic use of BELLA II

SPIDER strengthens EU–LAC digital cooperation and promotes the strategic use of BELLA II

Throughout 2025, the SPIDER project advanced steadily in its mission to support the implementation of the EU–LAC Digital Dialogues, promoting practical cooperation between regions and activating BELLA II's connectivity infrastructure for research, innovation, and digital development.

Over the year, SPIDER focused on strengthening policy coordination, advancing a people-centred and inclusive digital transformation, supporting early-stage innovation, and reinforcing collaboration between the digital ecosystems of Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. These actions helped position BELLA II as a strategic enabler of bi-regional digital cooperation.

Key advances included the organization of the Digital Dialogues Implementation Forum (DIF) in the framework of TICAL 2025, as well as meetings of the DIF Working Groups, which addressed topics such as artificial intelligence governance, digital sovereignty, citizen-centred public services, AgriTech, the use of satellite data, and inclusive approaches to the adoption of emerging technologies.

SPIDER also completed the mapping of EU–LAC digital dialogues and agreements, consolidating strategic information into a shared reference, and launched SPIDERHUB, an AI-assisted tool designed to facilitate access to and use of this knowledge. In parallel, a portfolio of services offered by innovation hubs was identified, and a Policy Brief was developed to support policymakers and institutional stakeholders.

A central pillar of SPIDER’s work in 2025 was the Call for Ideas, organized in partnership with RedCLARA and BELLA II to explore new uses of advanced connectivity for digital transformation. This process included open webinars and capacity-building activities for selected teams. It concluded with a Demo-Day organized by SPIDER, which provided visibility to early-stage digital solutions before key actors of the EU–LAC ecosystem.

In addition, SPIDER promoted specialized exchange spaces and participated in international forums and dialogues on innovation, digital health, open science, and AI governance, thereby strengthening BELLA II’s visibility within the digital cooperation agenda.

Overall, the progress achieved in 2025 reflects SPIDER’s role as an operational bridge between political dialogue, advanced connectivity, and practical implementation, helping ensure that EU–LAC digital cooperation translates into sustainable, inclusive, and impact-oriented outcomes.

Full article: SPIDER 2025: 25 Achievements Strengthening the EU–LAC Digital Partnership - SPIDER

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

BELLA II receives funding from the European Union through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), under agreement number 438-964 with DG-INTPA, signed in December 2022. The implementation period of BELLA II is 48 months.

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