To welcome our participants, we have prepared a very special gift: a unique coffee for this event, produced by the SMEs that are part of our beneficiaries. Each cup of this coffee represents the effort and passion of these SMEs, who grow high quality beans with dedication in different regions of Latin America. More than a detail,
III EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogue Timetable 05:30 - 08:00 Mexico City / San José 06:30 - 09:00 Bogota / Panama 07:30 - 10:00 Santo Domingo 08:30 - 11:00 Santiago de Chile / Buenos Aires / Brasilia 13:30 - 16:00 Brussels 08:00 - 08:30 REGISTRATION AND CONNECTION OF PARTICIPANTS 08:30 - 08:35 WELCOME Davide Bonechi. Senior Programme Manager of AL-INVEST Verde
Martha Bolaños Researcher, AGROSAVIA Martha is a biologist from the University of Cauca, with a Masters and PhD in Agricultural Sciences - Soil Management and Conservation from the National University of Colombia. She is a Senior Ph.D. Researcher and Head of the Department of Sustainable Intensive Production at Agrosavia - Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation. She has chaired the Intergovernmental Technical Group on Soils of
Diana Espinosa Deputy Representative, UN Women Sociologist from the National University of Colombia, Master in Political Science from the University of the Andes, Specialist in Senior State Management from the School of Public Administration. She has been working in the United Nations System in Colombia for more than a decade. Currently, as National Programme Officer of UN Women.
Technical visits organised by Component 2. 6 October 7 October 8 October 6 October 09:00 - 09:30 Welcome 09:30 - 11:30: Technical visit to plantation and palm oil extraction plant 11:30 - 12:30: On-farm technical dialogue: practical challenges of EUDR implementation 12:30 - 13:30 Break 13:30 - 14:30 Discussion with
10 October 08:55 - 09:00 Welcome 09:00 - 10:00 Institutional opening Luis Felipe Quintero. Vice Minister of Foreign Trade of Colombia Marcela Ruiz, Delegate of the Secretary of Environment of Medellín Alexandre Mateus. Head of the Economic and Commercial Section of the Delegation of the European Union in Colombia Cielo Elainne Rusinque Urrego. Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio, Ministry of Industry and Commerce
9 October 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fnzzHjfPHk&list=PLb8IUTKTakXOcL2VHW2pFAECQMWy790U3 08:30 - 08:45 Welcome Alexandre Mateus. Head of the Economic and Trade Section of the Delegation of the European Union in Colombia Horst Pilger. Team Leader - Global Gateway, Investment and Private Sector of the European Commission 08:45 - 9:00 The Green Deal and the EUDR as the European Union's commitment to
07 October - Welcome Drink 18.15 - 18.35 Opening remarks Cristina Zambrano Restrepo, Executive Director of Cooperation and Investments of Medellín and the Metropolitan Area - ACI Medellín 18.35 - 18.45 Official welcome Frank Summa, Director of Component 1 of the AL-INVEST Verde programme 18.45 - onwards Cocktail development 08, 09
