1 October 2024 - 1 October 2024 - 1 October 2024 - 1 October 2024 - 1 October 2024 - 1 October 2024 Quito, Ecuador (institutional event)
- 08:30 - 13:00 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- 10:30 - 15:00 Brazil
- 13:30 - 18:00 Côte d'Ivoire
- 15:30 - 20:00 Brussels
2 and 3 October 2024 - Tena, Ecuador (field visits and workshops)
Agenda
08:30 - 09:00 WELCOME
- Sonsoles García. Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries
- Jekaterina Dorodnova. Ambassador of the European Union in Ecuador
- Jens Peter Lütkenherm. German Ambassador to Ecuador
- Marco Oviedo. Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) of Ecuador
- Gabriela Sommerfeld. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility
09:00 - 09:30 AUTHORITIES COMPETENT: THE ROLE OF MEMBER STATES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EUDR
ModeratorEmilio Calvo, Director of AL-INVEST Verde / Component 2
- José Brotons. Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) of Spain.
- Leonie Ottenschläger. German Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food
- Giancarlo Papitto. Forestry, Environment and Agri-Food Unit of the Carabinieri degli Carabinieri d'Italia
- Stefano Vaccari. Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry (Ministero dell'Agricoltura, Sovranità Alimentare e Foreste) of Italy
09:30 - 10:00 CHALLENGES FOR THE COCOA CHAIN TO COMPLY WITH EUDR
- Frédéric Baron. Expert on deforestation-free value chains at the European Forest Institute (EFI).
10:00 - 10:40 PUBLIC SECTOR: EUDR ADAPTATION PROCESSES
- Brazil - Enio Bergoli (online). Secretaria de Estado de Agricultura, Abastecimento, Aquicultura e Pesca of the Secretary of the State of Espírito Santo
- Colombia - Carlos Alberto Muñoz. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Ecuador - Nelson Yépez. Under-Secretary for Marketing, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
- Peru - Óscar Gutiérrez. Director of the Directorate for Agricultural Statistics and Information (DEIA) and National Coordinator of the PPA, of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI)
10:40 - 11:00 PAUSE
11:00- 11:30 SMALL PRODUCERS: CHALLENGES FOR EUDR COMPLIANCE (Conversation)
- Fredy Cabello. General Manager of UNOCACE
- Ute Sontag. Coordinator of the Sustainable Agriculture Project for Forest Ecosystems of the SAFE Programme of the German Cooperation GIZ (Ecuador).
11:30 - 12:40 PRIVATE SECTOR: REQUIREMENTS FOR SUPPLIERS
ModeratorClaudio Marconi. AL-INVEST Verde Consultant
- Brazil - Anna Paula Losi. National Association of Producers of the cocoa processing industries.
- Colombia - Luis Eduardo López Romero. Technical Manager of the National Federation of Cocoa Growers (Federación Nacional de Cacaoteros).
- Ecuador - Cristian Noboa. Cocoa Coalition Ecuador 2030
- Peru - Antonio Arbe. General Manager of the Peruvian Chamber of Coffee and Cocoa.
- Francisco Miranda. LATAM Cocoa Sourcing Director of MARS
12:40 - 13:00 CLOSING
- Emilio Calvo. Director of Component 2 AL-INVEST Verde
08:00 - 08:30 REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
08:30 - 09:00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
GIZ and AL-INVEST Verde.
09:00 - 10:30 EUDR AND EXPERIENCES
- Introduction to the EUDR
- Experiences: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Conclusions
10:30 - 11:30 WORKING GROUPS
- Traceability
- Deforestation and soil free
- Organisational strengthening
11:30 - 12:30 PRESENTATION OF THE WORKING TABLES
12:30 - 13:15 LUNCH
13:20 - 17:00 FIELD TRIP
- Group 1. Visit to the collection centre of the small producers' association Kallari. Presentation of its traceability model and its management to prepare for compliance with the Due Diligence process.
- Group 2 - Understanding the definition of forests and ancestral production systems in the EUDR. A tour of an Amazonian Chakra will be carried out to identify the cocoa plantation in an agroforestry system and the characteristics of the Chakra. A drone will fly over the farm so that from an aerial view it will be possible to see the constitution of the Chakra next to a forest.
- Reflection on the field work and exchange of experiences on the topics from their own realities.
19:30 NETWORKING
07:00 - 08:30 BREAKFAST
08:30 - 12:00 FIELD TRIP
Each group will make the visit they did not make the previous day.
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:00 WORKING TABLES
- Traceability
- Deforestation and soil free
- Organisational strengthening
15:00 - 16:30 PRESENTATION OF THE WORKING TABLES
16:30 - 17:00 BREAK
17:00 - 17:30 DYNAMIC OF REFLECTION
17:40 OFFICIAL CLOSING OF THE EVENT
- GIZ, AL INVEST Green/EU, Board of Directors.