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Women blazing trails
In 2025, AL-INVEST Verde organised its annual CONEXIÓNVerde+ event in Medellín, Colombia. Women from Colombia, Ecuador and Paraguay, among others, participated in the panel “Sustainable Roots: the voice of the protagonists” and highlighted the role of women in the coffee, cocoa and silk value chains to achieve sustainable production.
Pathway and Future: Innovation, Sustainability and IP | Day 1: IP and the Productive Sector, Part 2
The AL-INVEST Verde programme, through Component 3 for Intellectual Property Rights, organised the Closing event: ‘Trajectory and Future: Innovation, Sustainability and IP - IP and the Productive Sector’ Part 2 of Day 1, on 6 October 2025 in São Paulo, Brazil.
Pathway and Future: Innovation, Sustainability and IP | Day 1: IP and the Productive Sector, Part 1
The AL-INVEST Verde programme, through Component 3 for Intellectual Property Rights, organised the Closing event: ‘Trajectory and Future: Innovation, Sustainability and IP - IP and the Productive Sector’ Part 1 of Day 1, on 6 October 2025 in São Paulo, Brazil.
Winner of Ingenias LATAM 2025 for Paraguay - Gladys Antonieta Rojas de Arias
The AL-INVEST Verde programme, through Component 3 for intellectual property rights, organised the first edition of the Ingenias LATAM 2025 Award for women inventors in Santiago de Chile on 4 September 2025. Meet Dr Gladys Antonieta Rojas de Arias, biologist and inventor of compounds (synthetic molecules) derived from 2,5-dihydroxybenzyl, Paraguayan winner for her invention for the treatment of Chagas disease and leishmaniasis.
2nd EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogue
The II EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogue, organised by AL-INVEST Verde in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), was held in San José (Costa Rica) on 25 June. On the 26th, the facilities of the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE) in Turrialba were visited.