HEMISPHERES

Connecting Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean

Addressing key issues in digital policy, ensuring that collaboration and knowledge exchange
drive meaningful impact.

ERASMUS-JMO-2024-NETWORKS Program

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About HEMISPHERES

An Action-Oriented
Consortium

Supported by the European Commission, this three-year project brings together a vibrant group of higher education institutions, civil society, policymakers, and industry to tackle opportunities and challenges in the digital landscape.

HEMISPHERES fosters cooperation, knowledge exchange, and learning across six key thematic areas, including AI, Emerging Technologies & Metaverses, Internet, Platforms, Equity & Safety, Privacy & Security, as well as Youth & Media.
Through the Clinic and Working Groups, annual Forums, and a Digital Policy Repository, we aim to generate spaces for dialogue, actionable insights and innovative policy approaches for a safer, inclusive, and democratic digital future.

Our Members
FORMATS

HEMISPHERES is organized into three distinct yet interconnected modes of cooperation.

Clinic and Working Groups

Once a month, the Clinic and Working Groups hold internal meetings and engage with external partners to share research learnings, exchange course content, map stakeholders and policies, and explore both emerging and long-standing policy issues within the six thematic areas outlined in our focus section.

Forums

The annual Forum is dedicated to developing a unified understanding and coordinated research efforts to evaluate the impact of digital policy in Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean . The first Forum will be hosted in Germany (2025), then Colombia (2026), and lastly in Dominican Republic (2027).

Repository

The Repository serves as a hub for sharing the HEMISPHERES work and highlighting key insights and learnings for stakeholders. It also hosts various materials and interactive digital resources related to the six policy areas, enhancing stakeholders’ interdisciplinary general knowledge.

Thematic Focus

HEMISPHERES focuses on six thematic areas to guide digital policy debates and foster academic cooperation:

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & METAVERSES

INTERNET

PLATFORMS, EQUITY & SAFETY

PRIVACY & SECURITY

YOUTH & MEDIA

Repository

The Repository serves as a hub for sharing the HEMISPHERES work and highlighting key insights and learnings for stakeholders

Blueprint

HEMISPHERES Policy Innovation Blueprint

English (PDF)

Policy Brief

Inverting the Brussels Effect: What the EU Can Learn From Latin America in Digital Governance

English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF) | Portuguese (PDF)

Exploratory Policy Debate Agenda

Interim Reflections on EU-LAC Digital Regulatory Learning

English (PDF)

Exploratory Policy Paper

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

English (PDF)

Exploratory Policy Paper

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & METAVERSES

English (PDF)

Exploratory Policy Paper

INTERNET

English (PDF)

Exploratory Policy Paper

PLATFORMS, EQUITY & SAFETY

English (PDF)

Exploratory Policy Paper

PRIVACY & SECURITY

English (PDF)

Exploratory Policy Paper

YOUTH & MEDIA

English (PDF)

Publications

Over the next three years, we will produce a series of outputs
aimed at addressing digital policy discussions within and between
Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean, including:

Debate Agendas


The Debate Agendas will explore specific digital policy opportunities and issues, offering expert insights, analysis, and possible approaches. Developed by the Working Groups in cooperation with the Clinic, they will be published periodically to guide internal and external discussions and help shape the focus of the Forums.

Innovation Blueprints


Building on the insights of the Debate Agendas, the Innovation Blueprints will distill key learnings and highlight connections across the six policy areas.

Roadmap


The Roadmap will compile all Debate Agendas from each thematic area, the two Innovation Blueprints, and key insights from relevant consortium-defined publications, offering a forward-looking perspective. Drawing on lessons learned over three years, it will outline a strategic path for strengthening Europe–Latin America and the Caribbean partnerships across the six policy areas.

Consortium

HEMISPHERES is led by a consortium of higher education institutions from Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean that actively cooperate with decision makers in government and the private sector, ensuring real-world impact in shaping the digital policy agenda.

IN COLLABORATION WITH

Contact us

For more information about HEMISPHERES, please reach out to:

Pablo Gómez Ayerbe
Project Coordinator
pablo.ayerbe@tum.de

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