We're pleased to report that Shakira will appear at this year’s Ibero-American Summit (November 30, Estoril, Portugal). This is an annual meeting, organized by the Ibero-American Community of Nations, constituting of the heads of Government and State of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking nations of Europe and the Americas.

Shakira will be representing ALAS, the non-profit organization created by the most prominent Latin American artists, business leaders and intellectuals to mobilize Latin-American society towards the implementation of integrated early childhood public policies, so that every child from zero to six years old has access to health plans, education and nutrition. She will present to the summit alongside Jeffrey Sachs, Economist and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

Shakira and Sachs will also have bilateral meetings with the dignitaries to promote the urgency of achieving universal coverage in health, nutrition and education for Latin American children between 0 and 6 years old.

During the Summit, ALAS will also sign a partnership with the Organization of the Ibero-American States (OEI) to promote the Early Childhood Component of the Program "Education Goals 2021: the Education we want for the Generation of the Bicentenaries", which seeks to provide universal education coverage in the region by 2021.