Integrated solutions for sustainable cocoa for the European market

Closing conference of the cycle "Dialogues on sustainable cocoadeveloped throughout 2024 in cooperation with the German Cooperation GIZ (Ecuador), with the technical support of the European Forest Institute (EFI). The series consisted of three thematic virtual workshops to address different requirements of the EU Regulation on EU supply chains free of deforestation and forest degradation (EUDR): deforestation-free, traceability and legality.

• Date1 October 2024
• Time: 08.30 a.m. (Ecuador)
• Modality: hybrid

PROGRAMME

08:30 - 09:00 WELCOME    

• Sonsoles García. Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries  
• Jekaterina Dorodnova. Ambassador of the European Union in Ecuador
• Jens Peter Lütkenherm. German Ambassador to Ecuador
• Marco Oviedo. Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) of Ecuador.
• Gabriela Sommerfeld. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility

09:00 -09:30     COMPETENT AUTHORITIES - THE ROLE OF MEMBER STATES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EUDR

ModeratorEmilio Calvo. AL-INVEST Verde Director / Component 2

• José Brotons. Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) of Spain.
• Leonie Ottenschläger. German Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food
• Giancarlo Papitto. Forestry, Environmental and Agri-food Unit of the Carabinieri (Unità Forestale, Ambientale, Agroalimentare) of Italy.
• Stefano Vaccari. Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry (Ministero dell'Agricoltura, Sovranità Alimentare e Foreste) of Italy

09:30 - 10:00 CHALLENGES FOR THE COCOA CHAIN TO COMPLY WITH EUDR

• Frédéric Baron. European Forest Institute (EFI) expert on deforestation-free value chains - online.

10:00 - 10:40 PUBLIC SECTOR: PROCESSES OF ADAPTATION TO EUDR

• Brazil - Enio Bergoli (online). Secretary of State for Agriculture, Supply, Aquaculture and Fisheries of Espírito Santo.
• Colombia - Carlos Alberto Muñoz. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
• Ecuador - Nelson Yépez. Undersecretary for Marketing, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
• Peru - Óscar Gutiérrez. Director of the Directorate of Statistics and Agrarian Information (DEIA) and National Coordinator of the PPA in the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation.

10:40 - 11:00 BREAK

11:00- 11:30 SMALL PRODUCERS: CHALLENGES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH EUDR

• Fredy Cabello. General Manager of UNOCACE
• Ute Sontag. Coordinator of the Sustainable Agriculture for Forest Ecosystems Project of the SAFE Programme of GIZ (Ecuador).

11:30 - 12:40 PRIVATE SECTOR: SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS

ModeratorClaudio Marconi. AL-INVEST Verde Consultant / Component 2

• Brazil - Anna Paula Losi. National Association of Producers of the cocoa processing industries.
• Colombia - Luis Eduardo López Romero. Technical Manager of the National Federation of Cocoa Growers (Federación Nacional de Cacaoteros). 
• Ecuador - Cristian Noboa. Ecuador Cocoa Coalition 2023
• Peru - Antonio Arbe. General Manager of the Peruvian Chamber of Coffee and Cocoa.
• Francisco Miranda. LATAM cocoa sourcing manager for MARS.

12:40 - 13:00 CLOSE

• Emilio Calvo. Director AL-INVEST Verde / Component 2