17 June
Central event
Location: Hall 400, SQUARE
08:30 - 09:30 Registration of participants and coffee break
Master of Ceremonies: Malena Sousa, AL-INVEST Verde
09:30 - 09:50 Institutional opening
- Félix Fernández-Shaw, Director, DG INTPA, European Commission
- Gustavo Giménez, Vice-Minister for MSMEs, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Paraguay
- Jorge Luis Sáenz Rabanal, Viceministro de Políticas y Supervisión del Desarrollo Agrario, Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario y Riego (MIDAGRI), Peru
09:50 - 10:10 Opening speeches
- René Vossen, Managing Director, sequa
- Francisco Tierraseca, Director, FIAP
- Gianandrea Rossi, Executive Director, IILA
Language: English or Spanish, with interpretation available in Spanish, Portuguese and English.
10:10 - 10:15 | Video: AL-INVEST Verde's impact in Latin America
10:15 - 10:45 | Impact of the AL-INVEST Verde programme: results and outreach
- Frank Summa, AL-INVEST Verde's Director of Private Sector Support, dessa
- Emilio Calvo, Director of Public Sector Support, AL-INVEST Verde, FIAP
- Andrea Monaco, AL-INVEST Verde Team Leader, IILA
Language: Spanish, with interpretation available in Portuguese and English.
10:45 - 10:55 Intellectual property as a bridge for sustainable innovation between the European Union and Latin America
- Tiago Miguel da Trindade Guerreiro, Head of International Cooperation Service, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Language: Spanish, with interpretation available in Portuguese and English.
10:55 - 12:30 Strategic Dialogue: Capacity building for sustainable and innovative value chains
- Guillermo García, Director, CREA, Argentina
- Gabriel Layseca, Head of International Affairs Department, Odepa, Chile
- Javier Díaz Molia, President, ANALDEX, Colombia
- David Tello, Sanitary Certification Analyst, Agency for Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control (AGROCALIDAD), Ecuador
- Xavier Rosero, Executive Director, Federación Ecuatoriana de Exportadores (FEDEXPOR), Ecuador
- César Santiesteban, Director General of Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation of Policies, Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Peru.
Moderator: Irene Haddad, Team Leader for Private Sector Support, AL-INVEST Verde, sequa
Language: Spanish, with interpretation available in Portuguese and English.
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:15 Strategic Dialogue: Digital tools as a basis for supporting sustainable production
- Gustavo Idígoras, VISEC traceability platform representative, Argentina
- Raoni Rajão, Professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Selo Verde, Brazil
- Álvaro Romero, Executive President, La Guajira Chamber of Commerce, Colombia
- Haydee Trigueros, Executive Director, FUNDEMAS, El Salvador
- Andrés Ginés, Coordinator of the Executing Unit for Socio-environmental Traceability, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Paraguay.
- Joaquín Garrido, Director of the Forestry Division, Directorate General of Forestry, Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Uruguay.
Moderator: Davide Bonechi, Senior Manager Public Sector Support, AL-INVEST Verde, IILA
Language: Spanish, with interpretation available in Portuguese and English.
15:15 - 16:30 | Strategic Dialogue: Inspiring Success Stories
- Luciana Imbrogno, Indicación Geográfica Té Argentino, Argentina
- Renata da Silva, Sustainability Manager, SEBRAE Pará, Brazil
- Patricia Ruiz, Paraguayan Soybean Producers' Association, Paraguay
- Arturo Benítez, President, Beekeepers' Association of Ñeembucú, Paraguay
- Lycett Babilonia, Project Manager, PROGETTOMONDO, Peru
- Zuly Villanueva, Local Trainer, Peru
Moderators: Marcelo Aleman, sequa, AL-INVEST Verde Private Sector Support, and Rosa Oliva, FIAP, AL-INVEST Verde Public Sector Support
Language: Spanish, with interpretation available in Portuguese and English.
16:30 - 16:40 - What's next? Closing remarks and main conclusions
- Cristina Miranda Gozalvez, Head of Unit, DG INTPA, European Commission
- Ingrid Jenezova, Senior Administrator / Programme Manager, DG INTPA, European Commission
Language: English, with interpretation available in Spanish and Portuguese.
16:40 - 20:00 Free time
20:00 - 22:00 Cocktail (by invitation)
Queen Belgian Restaurant
Rue du Fossé aux Loups 32, 1000 Brussels, Belgium