On October 16 and 17, 2014, the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, hosted the Meeting of the Executive Technical Group on Cross - Border Integration and Facilitation. 

The objetives of the meeting were the following:  i)Exchange experiences and share the progress made and the initiatives undertaken by the UNASUR countries in terms of the integration of common border territories. ii) Identify joint lines of work within the scope of COSIPLAN to address border integration issues by using the methodologies developed or to be developed to meet pending challenges. iii)  Make headway in the development of border centers viewed as projects within the border integration process and immersed in such context. iv) Identify programs, within the South American context, designed to make progress in coordinated border management. v) Move towards the design of baselines and indicators meant to indicate the progress attained in border management.