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Ecuador Joins LAC4

The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society (Ministerio de Telecomunicaciones y de la Sociedad de la Información) of Ecuador on behalf of the Government of Ecuador has become the 12th member of LAC4. The accession ceremony took place during the IV EU-Ecuador Security Roundtable in Quito, Ecuador on 4th December 2024.

“We are delighted to welcome the first Participant Nation from the Andean region to LAC4 family! EU CyberNet has been working on building cyber capacity in Ecuador since 2020 and now this good working cooperation has been formalised. We look forward to work not only with governmental sector but also with academia and private sector.” – Merili Soosalu, LAC Regional Lead of LAC4.

“It is an honor to be part of this important network and to advance collaboratively cybersecurity matters in Ecuador and the region. Ecuador’s membership is a key milestone in strengthening cooperation between Ecuador and the European Union.” – Carlos Saavedra, Undersecretary of Electronic Government and Civil Registry of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society.

LAC4 has 11 members in addition to Ecuador: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Guatemala, Honduras, the Netherlands, Panama, Uruguay, pan-regional RedCLARA, and Cyber 4.0: Cyber Competence Center of Italy.


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