AL-INVEST Verde News

Great success at Green Rio 2023
Rio de Janeiro, 04 September 2023 - For the second consecutive year, in partnership with INPI Brazil, AL-INVEST Verde Component 3 (AL-INVEST Verde DPI) participated in the annual sustainable development event Green Rio 2023. The event was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 31 August to 2 September. Over the course of three days,

Component 1 successfully closed its second call for proposals for innovative projects.
Lima, 06 August 2023 - Component 1 of the AL-INVEST Verde programme successfully closed its second call for proposals for innovative projects. More than 150 proposals were received, which will be evaluated in order to announce the projects that will receive funding from the programme in the near future. AL-INVEST Verde is a programme financed by the European Union (EU) that

Strengthening Argentinean testing and certification laboratories
Buenos Aires, 27 July 2023 - The Ministry of Economy, through the Secretariat of Industry and Productive Development, and AL-INVEST Verde/Component 2 will work together with the National Quality Plan to strengthen Argentina's national laboratories in charge of the public and private quality system. To this end, AL-INVEST Verde will provide support through

Progress to strengthen sustainable livestock farming in Santa Fe, Argentina
Rosario, 26 July 2023 - The Government of Santa Fe in Argentina and Component 2 of AL-INVEST Verde presented the second phase of the joint action for the sustainability of the beef and leather value chain. Through this action, the provincial strategy for a public traceability and certification system for the beef and leather value chain will be developed.

AL-INVEST Verde promotes the development of Argentina's biofertiliser sector
Buenos Aires, 26 July 2023 - AL-INVEST Verde, through the Italian Council for Research and Analysis of Agricultural Economics (CREA), will provide technical assistance to the National Bioeconomy Directorate of Argentina to strengthen the production of natural fertilisers and nutrients for agricultural use in the country. Specifically, this action will support the Directorate's capacity to

Dialogue on corporate due diligence in the coffee sector
25 July 2023 - On 20 July, AL-INVEST Verde organised the round table "Coffee and the European Corporate Due Diligence Directive", with the participation of representatives from the European Commission, coffee producing countries such as Brazil and Colombia, and international organisations working in the field. Organised by Component 2

Specialists from Paraguay and Uruguay analyse policies for the development of the forestry sector
Asunción, 20 July 2023.- The headquarters of the Paraguayan Investment and Export Network (REDIEX), under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC), hosted a session for the exchange of experiences between Paraguay and Uruguay on policies for the development of the forestry sector. At the meeting, Carlos Faroppa, Director General of Forestry at the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Director General of Forestry at the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Carlos Faroppa, attended.

Trade and sustainability exchange with Paraguay's forestry value chain
Asunción, 19 July 2023 - In the framework of the technical assistance that AL-INVEST Verde provides to the Investment and Export Network (REDIEX) of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Paraguay to support the transition towards sustainability in the forestry value chain, three exchange sessions on trade and sustainability were held with different actors from

AL-INVEST Verde at the EU-Latin America and the Caribbean Forum
Brussels, 17 July - AL-INVEST Verde participated in the EU-Latin America and the Caribbean Forum, which took place in Brussels on 13-14 July. More than 250 young people, civil society and local authorities attended this event, prior to the EU-CELAC summit on 17-18 July, which was attended by the highest representatives of the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean.