In the 8th meeting of the Chile-EU Association Committee, established by the Association Agreement, which took place on 25 November 2010 in Santiago, Chile, the Directorate General for Regional Policy and the Office for Regional and Administrative Development of Chile (SUBDERE) exchanged letters of intent establishing a dialogue on Regional Policy.
The dialogue addresses, inter alia, exchanges of information and practices on policies aiming at economic, social and territorial cohesion including cross-border cooperation; on setting up and implementing regional policy and organizing territorial development strategies; on multi-level governance and partnership issues; on planning and evaluation procedures and methods.
Chile is an important partner for the EU in the actions carried out to further this cooperation, namely: