AL-INVEST Verde News
AL-INVEST Verde programme presented partnership initiatives in Argentina
The European Union presented the winning partnership projects following the Second Call of Component 1 of the AL-INVEST Verde programme. This presentation took place during the Expo Rural 2024, an event organised by the Sociedad Rural Argentina that promotes livestock and agriculture in the city of Buenos Aires. The AL-INVEST Verde programme, funded by the European Commission,
Andean Community countries meet in Peru to analyse first results of AL-INVEST Verde-supported action
From 24 to 26 July, representatives from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru met at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (SGCAN) in Lima (Peru) to learn about and analyse the first results of the action supported by AL-INVEST Verde for the export of agricultural products to the European Union, run by IICA (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture and Rural Development).
First shipment of deforestation-free coffee from Brazil to Europe
On 27 July, the first shipment of coffee from Minas Gerais, Brazil, which complies with the requirements of the EU's EU Deforestation and Forest Degradation Free Regulation (EUDR), was made. The shipment left the port of Santos and is scheduled to arrive on 21 August in Dublin, Ireland. Composed of 320 bags from ten coffee farmers from
Paraguay joins DESIGNclass
The National Directorate of Intellectual Property of Paraguay (DINAPI) has become part of DESIGNclass, a tool of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), by adopting and accepting the list of terms of the Harmonised Database of Product Indications (HDBPI). With DINAPI's decision to use the HDBPI, there are now 44
European Union and AGEXPORT support the Sustainable Tourism sector through the AL-INVEST Verde Programme
As part of the action of the AL-INVEST Verde Programme, the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (AGEXPORT), member of the Executing Consortium of Component 1, carried out the "Diploma in Sustainable Tourism with Specialisation in Green Investments". This course was organised by the Sustainable Tourism Commission of AGEXPORT and developed by the Department of Sustainable Tourism of the Universidad del Valle.
Promoting the internationalisation of MSMEs in the agroforestry sector in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, with a view to the European Union market.
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, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Uruguay.
Intellectual property rights mentoring in Argentina
Buenos Aires. June 27, 2024 - The month of June marked the launch in Argentina of the AL-INVEST Verde Component 3 mentoring programme for intellectual property rights, called "AL-INVmentor Argentina", in collaboration with the Secretariat of Bioeconomy of the country's Ministry of Economy. This event officially kicked off the call for local agri-food producers to
The cycle of online workshops on sustainable cocoa concludes with the analysis of legality in the framework of the EUDR.
Component 2 of AL-INVEST Verde organised the workshop "Due diligence for legal cocoa in the framework of the EUDR", which closed the cycle of webinars "Dialogues on sustainable cocoa". Representatives from the European Commission and producing countries in Latin America - Brazil, Ecuador and Peru - and Africa - Ghana - discussed issues related to the legality criterion in the framework of the EUDR.
Training course "Solutions for exercising due diligence as set out in the EUDR".
On 17, 18 and 19 June, the cycle "Solutions for exercising the due diligence established in the EUDR" was held, with three technical webinars aimed at the sectors regulated in the European Union's Deforestation Free Regulation (EUDR). The cycle was organised by the Spanish Business and Biodiversity Initiative (IEEB), together with the Sub-Directorate General for Forestry Policy and Combating Deforestation (Subdirección General de Política Forestal y Lucha