Under Component 1, we developed a session that brought together specialists from different regions to analyse the role of women in the green transition and the actions needed to promote more equitable participation.

In 2025, AL-INVEST Verde organised its annual CONEXIÓNVerde+ event in Medellín, Colombia. Women from Colombia, Ecuador and Paraguay, among others, participated in the panel “Sustainable Roots: the voice of the protagonists” and highlighted the role of women in the coffee, cocoa and silk value chains to achieve sustainable production.

The AL-INVEST Verde programme, through Component 3 for Intellectual Property Rights, organised the first edition of the Ingenias LATAM 2025 Award for women inventors in Santiago de Chile on 4 September 2025.

The AL-INVEST Verde programme, through Component 3 for Intellectual Property Rights, organised the Closing event: ‘Trajectory and Future: Innovation, Sustainability and IP - IP and the Productive Sector’ Part 2 of Day 1, on 6 October 2025 in São Paulo, Brazil.

The AL-INVEST Verde programme, through Component 3 for Intellectual Property Rights, organised the Closing event: ‘Trajectory and Future: Innovation, Sustainability and IP - IP and the Productive Sector’ Part 1 of Day 1, on 6 October 2025 in São Paulo, Brazil.

The AL-INVEST Verde programme, through Component 3 for intellectual property rights, organised the first edition of the Ingenias LATAM 2025 Award for women inventors in Santiago de Chile on 4 September 2025. Meet Dr Gladys Antonieta Rojas de Arias, biologist and inventor of compounds (synthetic molecules) derived from 2,5-dihydroxybenzyl, Paraguayan winner for her invention for the treatment of Chagas disease and leishmaniasis.