Women from cocoa-producing countries such as Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador explain how women are driving progress towards sustainable production, while empowering themselves, involving more women and leading transformation processes.

Irene Haddad, Team Leader of Component 1 was on CNN Chile during the Ladera Sur Festival, organised by the Santiago Chamber of Commerce, to share about the impact of the AL-INVEST Verde programme in the region.

AL-INVEST Verde and the Delegation of the European Union in Colombia organised at COP16 in Cali (Colombia) the event "Multilateral initiatives to promote the sustainability of livestock farming in areas of high biodiversity in Latin America".

AL-INVEST Verde and the Delegation of the European Union in Colombia organised the event "Sustainability and valorisation of the cocoa value chain and its contributions to forest protection" at COP16 in Cali (Colombia).

AL-INVEST Verde and the Delegation of the European Union in Colombia organised the event "Sustainability and valorisation of the coffee value chain and its interaction with ecosystems" at COP16 in Cali (Colombia).

Agrocalidad Ecuador and the European Union, through the European AL-INVEST Verde programme and the SAFE programme of the German-GIZ cooperation, have trained more than 100 actors from the public sector, private sector, producers, academia and cooperation in sustainable cocoa production in Ecuador.