AL-INVEST Verde News
More than ¤20 million to boost green economy projects in Latin America
27 May 2024 - The AL-INVEST Verde programme, through the implementation of its Component 1, selected 42 projects out of more than 160 proposals received during the Second Call for Proposals for innovative projects. The selected projects will benefit SMEs in countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador and Honduras,
AL-INVEST Verde supports "Good business practices in gender equality" strategy in Uruguay
AL-INVEST Verde supported the organisation of two seminars held in the framework of the strategy "Good business practices in gender equity", implemented by the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay and UN Women. On 5 April, the 2nd seminar of this initiative was held under the title "Experiences of agro-exporting companies in Latin America and the Caribbean".
Dialogue on due diligence in the cocoa value chain
16 May 2024 - Component 2 of AL-INVEST Verde organised the workshop "Due diligence for deforestation-free cocoa in the framework of the EUDR", within the cycle "Dialogues on sustainable cocoa". This initiative is developed in collaboration with the SAFE programme - implemented by the German cooperation agency, GIZ - and with the technical support of the European Forest Institute (EFI). The workshop
First IP mentoring programme launched in Paraguay and Brazil
13 May 2024 - The official launch of the first phase of AL-INVmentor took place in Paraguay and Brazil, marking the start of an innovative mentoring programme driven by AL-INVEST Verde Component 3 for intellectual property rights. This first phase of the first edition of the programme consists of six mentorships in MERCOSUR countries.
AL-INVEST Verde DPI and DINAPI seek to strengthen Intellectual Property knowledge with local producers
Asunción, 6 May 2024 - The National Directorate of Intellectual Property (DINAPI) and the European Union (EU) cooperation project AL-INVEST Verde Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) today launched the AL-INVmentor initiative in Paraguay. The AL-INVmentor Paraguay mentoring programme seeks to promote knowledge on intellectual property instruments, through specialised mentoring with DINAPI technicians.
Uruguay makes second shipment of deforestation-free timber with support from AL-INVEST Verde
Montevideo, 16 April 2024 - Uruguay's Directorate General of Forestry (DGF) of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) has made a second shipment of deforestation-free timber, this time to the United States. The first shipment took place a few days ago, when the first shipment of deforestation-free wood chips was made to Portugal. For
Montevideo hosts several events on creative industries and intellectual property rights
Montevideo, 15 April 2024 - In early April, Montevideo hosted a series of events organised by AL-INVEST Verde IPR, focusing on the crossroads of creative industries and intellectual property rights (IPR). Aimed at professionals from the MERCOSUR countries and Chile, these events delved into the future of creativity, with an emphasis on innovation.
AL-INVEST Verde supports first shipment of deforestation-free wood chips to Europe
Montevideo, 11 April 2024 - The Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay (MGAP), through the Directorate General of Forestry, has sent the first shipment of deforestation-free wood chips to Portugal. This pilot experience has been carried out in the framework of the collaboration with AL-INVEST Verde and the support of the Uruguayan Agency for the Environment and Development (Agencia Uruguaya de
Component 1 of the AL-INVEST Verde programme held its annual event in Antigua, Guatemala.
Guatemala, 22 March 2024 - Component 1 of the AL-INVEST Verde programme is making progress in its objective of promoting job creation and sustainability in the Latin American region. Thus, it presented its progress and promoted the exchange of experiences between organisations representing the private sector during its annual event, entitled #CONEXIÓNVerde, which took place within the framework of AGRITRADE, a platform for the exchange of experiences.
