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AL-INVEST Verde (Componente 2)
AL-INVEST Verde (Component 2)
Website
AL-INVEST Verde (Component 2)

Other Organizers

European Forest Institute (EFI)
European Forest Institute (EFI)
Website
https://efi.int/
SAFE/GIZ
SAFE/GIZ
Website
https://zerodeforestationhub.eu/projects/safe/

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  • Timezone: America/New_York
  • Date: 16 May 2024
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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Virtual

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Date

16 May 2024
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Time

4:00 PM - 6:30 PM

1st Dialogue on sustainable cocoa

The online workshop "Due diligence for deforestation-free cocoa in the framework of the EUDR" will take place on 16 May.

Component 2 of AL-INVEST Verdeimplemented by FIIAPP and IILA, in collaboration with the programme SAFE -implemented by the German cooperation agency, GIZ, and with the technical support of the European Forest Institute (EFI)The first Dialogue on sustainable cocoa will be held under the title "Due diligence for deforestation-free cocoa under the EUDR".

This workshop is part of a cycle of three virtual dialogues on the cocoa chain to address different EUDR requirements: free deforestation, traceability and legality. In this first session, representatives of the European Commission and producer countries in Latin America and Africa will discuss public policy tools.

The event will be virtual and will take place at the following venue timetable:

  • 9:00 - 11:30 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • 11:00 - 13:30 Brazil
  • 14:00 - 16:30 Ivory Coast
  • 16:00 - 18:30 Brussels 

See concept note and programme

Hourly Schedule

Programme

WELCOME
Emilio Calvo. Director of Component 2 of the AL-INVEST Verde programme (FIIAPP) Charles-Michel Geurts. EU Ambassador to Ecuador (video)
COCOA IN TRADE BETWEEN LAC AND THE EU
John BazilL. International Policy Officer, Latin America Unit, European Commission (DG Trade)
COCOA DIALOGUES WITH AFRICAN COUNTRIES (in English)
Regis Meritan. Head of Sector for Agricultural Growth, Sustainable Agri-Food Systems and Fisheries of the European Commission (DG INTPA).
CONSIDERATIONS FOR EUDR'S DUE DILIGENCE ON THE 'DEFORESTATION-FREE' CRITERION
Carlos Riano. Expert in Forest Governance and Land Use of the European Forest Institute (EFI).
THE IVORY COAST NATIONAL LAND USE MAP 2020 (in French)
Fernand Ballé. Director of the National Centre for Geographic Information (CIGN), Côte d'Ivoire. 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Moderator: Claudio Marconi. Consultant of AL-INVEST Verde
ADVANCES IN PUBLIC POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA
Fernando Mendes - Brazil. Regional Research and Innovation Coordinator of the Executive Commission of the Cocoa Plan (CEPLAC) Edersson Cabrera Montenegro - Colombia. Coordinator of the Forest and Carbon Monitoring System of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) Ximena María Herrera Jirón - Ecuador. Specialist in forestry regulations of the Forestry Directorate of the Ministry of Environment Daniel Arturo Castillo Soto - Peru. Head of the Monitoring Area of the State of Conservation of Ecosystems in Forests of the Ministry of Environment (MINAM).
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Moderator: Claudio Marconi. Consultant of AL-INVEST Verde
CLOSING
Ute Sontag. Coordinator of the Sustainable Agriculture for Forest Ecosystems Project of the SAFE Programme of GIZ (Ecuador) Emilio Calvo. Director of Component 2 of the AL-INVEST Verde programme.

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