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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.
4th EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogue
On 2 December 2025, the IV EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogue was held in Brasilia (Brazil), organised by AL-INVEST Verde in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). On 3 December, the EMBRAPA Cerrados facilities were visited to learn about experiences of innovation in water and agriculture.
ConexiónVerde+ Medellín
AL-INVEST Verde organised its annual #CONEXIÓNVerde+ event from 6 to 10 October 2025 in Medellín (Colombia). The event allowed to strengthen knowledge exchange, generate synergies, consolidate inter-institutional relationships and make the impact of the programme's initiatives visible.
Strengthening Bogotá's competitiveness through the promotion of the circular economy
As part of Component 1, the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce successfully completed the project “Strengthening the competitiveness of the Bogotá Region through the promotion of the circular economy”, an initiative that helped dozens of MSMEs transform the way they produce, innovate and grow with purpose.
Productivity+Sustainability. The green transition on the move
The AL-INVEST Verde programme, through its private sector support component - Component1 - plays a crucial role in the transformation of the productive sectors, facilitating the green transition towards more sustainable practices and promoting efficiency, innovation and respect for the environment.
The results achieved are not just figures, but reflect the real commitment of all the actors involved in the promotion of key initiatives that have been strengthening more than 47,000 SMEs in the Latin American region.