AL-INVEST Verde Component 3 for Intellectual Property Rights announced the producer groups in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay selected to participate in the specialised mentoring programme on Geographical Indications (GIs). This programme, which will run for 6 months, will combine face-to-face and virtual sessions with the objective of improving the use of GIs, which will help to
The National Directorate of Intellectual Property of Paraguay (DINAPI) has become part of DESIGNclass, a tool of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), by adopting and accepting the list of terms of the Harmonised Database of Product Indications (HDBPI). With DINAPI's decision to use the HDBPI, there are now 44
16 May 2024 - Component 2 of AL-INVEST Verde organised the workshop "Due diligence for deforestation-free cocoa in the framework of the EUDR", within the cycle "Dialogues on sustainable cocoa". This initiative is developed in collaboration with the SAFE programme - implemented by the German cooperation agency, GIZ - and with the technical support of the European Forest Institute (EFI). The workshop
Montevideo, 11 April 2024 - The Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay (MGAP), through the Directorate General of Forestry, has sent the first shipment of deforestation-free wood chips to Portugal. This pilot experience has been carried out in the framework of the collaboration with AL-INVEST Verde and the support of the Uruguayan Agency for the Environment and Development (Agencia Uruguaya de
On the occasion of the closing of the "Colombia Exporta Sostenible" project, carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism (MINCIT) of Colombia, ProColombia and AL-INVEST Verde, the results of this action were presented, including a roadmap to guide and structure the planning and implementation of a series of actions aimed at
The International Leather, Accessories, Components and Leather Goods Show, Lineapelle, held from 20 to 22 February in Milan (Italy), hosted the conference "The European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and the challenge of traceability in the leather supply chain". Lorenzo Nalin, programme manager of the AL-INVEST Verde programme, participated in this panel,
Lima, 26 January 2024 - On 25 and 26 January at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (SGCAN) in Lima (Peru), the SGCAN and AL-INVEST Verde will jointly present the action to promote exports of agricultural products to the European Union. To this end,
Pitalito, Colombia, 14 December 2023.- AL-INVEST Verde, in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia and ProColombia, organised in Pitalito, Huila (Colombia), the closing event of the cycle "Dialogue and exchange of experiences on sustainability in the coffee value chain", developed throughout the year with the holding of three
Buenos Aires, 14 December 2023 - AL-INVEST Verde expert Anahí Monier gave a talk entitled "The importance of laboratory accreditation in international trade", at the invitation of the Secretariat of Science and Technology of the Faculty of Forestry Sciences of the National University of Misiones (FCF UNaM). In her lecture, she referred to the conditions for
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