After Europe, Latin America is the continent that has seen the most vigorous trend in creating and reproducing regional integration under different labels and schemes. Interpretation of the meaning of regional integration/regionalism varies widely depending on the stand point of the different actors. This executive training seminar soughtto analyse and discuss divergent/convergent interpretations on the meaning of regional integration/regionalism in Latin America in its different forms (i.e. economic, political, security driven, etc.).
A distinguished group of highly qualified speakers who have had a protagonist role in some of the decisions shaping regional organisations/regionalism in the area have presented the multiple perspectives on the issue. Additionally, the executive training has offered several training exercises which, based on modern methods and approaches, have brought to light the functioning of the different regional organisations and some of their institutions. That entailed that every thematic session was basically divided into two parts, of which one classically academic and one practice-oriented that made participants themselves engage into the processes of regional integration.