The Inter-Institutional Committee for Sustainable Production and Marketing (CIPCS) of Ecuador, the National Association of Cocoa Exporters (ANECACAO) and the Cocoa Coalition, supported by AL-INVEST Verde through Component 2 of the programme, organised the seminar "Sustainable Trade and Production" on 24 March in Guayaquil (Ecuador). During the meeting, the importance of

Nearly one hundred representatives from the public sector, private sector, academia and the field of cooperation in Ecuador have concluded the course on "Training of trainers in traceability and good agricultural and commercial practices for the cocoa value chain", the objective of which has been to cooperate with the country to adapt to the requirements of the European Regulation on free products.