The aim of this conference, the first of its kind since the conclusion in December 1983 of a cooperation agreement between the Community and the Andean Pact, a grouping comprising five latin American countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela), is to promote industrial cooperation between private undertakings in the Community and the Andean countries.
Cette conference, la premiere dans son genre depuis la conclusion en decembre 1983 d'un accord de cooperation entre la Communaute et le Pacte Andin, qui groupe cinq pays latinoamericains --la Bolivie, la Colombie, l'Equateur, le Perou et le Venezuela--, a pour but le developpement de la cooperation industrielle entre des societes privees communautaires et andines.