AL-INVEST Verde News

Launch of the ECD Mentoring Programme
26 January 2024 - Component 3 of AL-INVEST Verde launches the ALINVmentor I IPR Mentoring Programme. This initiative is the first in a series of mentoring programmes aimed at promoting the use and development of IPR (intellectual property rights), with a particular focus on geographical indications (GIs) and trademarks.

Support to the Andean Community countries for the export of agricultural products to the EU
Lima, 26 January 2024 - On 25 and 26 January at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (SGCAN) in Lima (Peru), the SGCAN and AL-INVEST Verde will jointly present the action to promote exports of agricultural products to the European Union. To this end,

More than ¤15 million to boost green economy projects in Latin America
Bonn, 23 January 2024 - More than 15 million euros will be earmarked to boost green economy projects in Latin America through the AL-INVEST Verde programme, a European Union (EU) initiative that promotes sustainable growth and job creation in the region with an emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The programme

Colombia hosts the closing event of the "Dialogues on sustainable coffee".
Pitalito, Colombia, 14 December 2023.- AL-INVEST Verde, in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia and ProColombia, organised in Pitalito, Huila (Colombia), the closing event of the cycle "Dialogue and exchange of experiences on sustainability in the coffee value chain", developed throughout the year with the holding of three

Talk on the importance of laboratory accreditation in international trade
Buenos Aires, 14 December 2023 - AL-INVEST Verde expert Anahí Monier gave a talk entitled "The importance of laboratory accreditation in international trade", at the invitation of the Secretariat of Science and Technology of the Faculty of Forestry Sciences of the National University of Misiones (FCF UNaM). In her lecture, she referred to the conditions for

The "Virtual Workshop on Plant Variety Licensing" is now available online.
December 13, 2023 - Component 3, AL-INVEST Verde DPI, announces that the "Virtual Workshop on Plant Variety Licensing" is now available for full viewing on its Youtube channel. This event brought together internationally renowned leaders and experts in an effort to address the importance of PVP licensing in agricultural fields.

Dialogue with Colombian agro-industrial sectors for sustainable exports to the EU
Bogotá, 07 December 2023 - From 21 November to 6 December, AL-INVEST Verde, in collaboration with ProColombia and the Colombian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism (MINCIT), has organised a total of seven roundtables with the country's agro-industrial sectors. The roundtables involved the participation of public institutions and the private sector, which

INAPI and AL-INVEST Verde DPI announce alliance to boost innovation and industrial property in Chile
Santiago de Chile and Chimbarongo (Chile), 29 November 2023 - The National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI) of Chile and the European Union's AL-INVEST Verde Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) project have established a partnership to strengthen the use of intellectual property in the country's economic and technological development. The initiatives were announced in

Training for the access of Argentinean bioinputs to the European market
Buenos Aires, 21 November 2023 - Representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises, Argentine chambers of bioinputs, producers and technicians from the National Bioeconomy Directorate (DNB) of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (SAGyP) of Argentina attended a training session given by specialists from the Council for Research and Analysis of Agricultural Economics (CREA) of Italy,