The Bridge Watch Project is an extension and deepening of efforts previously established by the “Building RIGHTS and Developing KnowledGE between European Union and Latin-America – BRIDGE Project,” a notable Jean Monnet Network initiative (2020-2023). It is a collaborative endeavor involving a network of 14 prestigious universities across Europe and Latin America. Participating institutions include the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil, Universidade de Lisboa in Portugal, Universidad del Salvador in Argentina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad del Rosario in Colombia, Universidad de Sevilla in Spain, Università degli Studi di Milano in Italy, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in Bolivia, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo in Peru, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Nacional de Asunción in Paraguay, Universidad de la República in Uruguay, and Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca in Spain.
The Latin American Journal of European Studies (ISSN 2763-8685) is a publication of the Latin American Center of European Studies, currently supported by the Jean Monnet Network Policy Debate “BRIDGE Watch” project with funding from the Erasmus + Programme of the European Commission. With a focus on the editorial lines on European Union Law and Policies and International Relations of the European Union with third countries and Latin America, the eighth edition of the Journal also has a thematic dossier on “Paths to Democracy: Lessons from the European Union and Latin America” organized by Roberto Ruiz Labrano of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción, (Paraguay). The eighth edition of the Journal is open for submissions until November 1st, 2024.