
The AL-INVEST Verde programme held its annual event in the city of Belém do Pará in Brazil. The event was co-organised by the Confederation of Trade and Business Associations of Brazil - CACB, and was attended by public and private institutions from Latin America and Europe, who discussed the challenges and opportunities of the transition to a more sustainable economy. The #CONEXIÓNVerde+ is organised in the framework of the European Union's Global Gateway strategy and served as a key space to present the achievements and progress of the Programme.

Component 3 of the AL-INVEST Verde programme related to intellectual property rights, implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), welcomes the publication of the new Trademark Guidelines developed by the National Directorate of Industrial Property (DNPI) of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay.

Nearly one hundred representatives from the public sector, private sector, academia and the field of cooperation in Ecuador have concluded the course on "Training of trainers in traceability and good agricultural and commercial practices for the cocoa value chain", whose objective has been to cooperate with the country to adapt to the requirements of the European Regulation on products free of deforestation and forest degradation (EUDR).

Promoting GIs and local development at international event in Brazil
Component 3 for intellectual property rights played a prominent role in the sixth edition of Origens Brasileiras, Brazil's most relevant event on Geographical Indications (GIs).

Training of Trainers on Sources of Finance
Component 1 organised together with Interactuar, the co-implementing organisation of the project "Business School in partnership with Fundación del Valle in Colombia the educational module: Training of Trainers on Sources of Financeaimed at institutions working with SMEs in the agricultural and agro-industrial sectors. For more information about our trainings, please visit our website.
January 2025
Knowledge exchange on Guidelines for the Examination of Marks in Mercosur countries and Chile
This meeting aims to showcase the main results achieved in Uruguay as part of the Component 3 action.
January 2025

January 2025
Strategies, challenges and opportunities for moving towards sustainable development and international engagement, in the context of the EU regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR)
