CLOSING CONFERENCE
Date and time:
- 13 December 2023
- 10:00 to 13:00 (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
- 12:00 to 15:00 (Brazil)
- 16:00 to 19:00 (Europe)
- 14 December 2023
- 08:00 to 12:45 (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
- 10:00 to 14:45 (Brazil)
- 14:00 to 18:45 (Europe)
Format: virtual
13 December
14 December
10:00 - 10:40 Opening of the event
- Luis Felipe Quintero Suárez, Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism (MINCIT) of Colombia.
- Alberto Menghini, Head of Cooperation, Delegation of the European Union to Colombia.
- Luis Enrique Dussán López, Governor of Huila (to be confirmed).
10:40 - 11:00 Presentation of the event
- Lina Marcela Carrera, Executive President, Chamber of Commerce of Huila
- Juliana Villegas, Vice President of Exports, ProColombia.
- Sonsoles Mories, Director of Economic Development and Environment, Fundación Internacional y para Iberoamérica de Administración y Políticas Públicas (FIIAPP) / AL-INVEST Verde.
- Vanusia Nogueira, Executive Director, International Coffee Organization (ICO) (online).
11:00 - 12:00 Presentation of the EU Regulation 1115/2023 on Deforestation and Forest Degradation Free Supply Chains (EUDR))
- Fréderic Baron, Representative of the European Forest Institute (EFI).
12:00 - 13:00 Discussion and question session
- Moderated by: Emilio Calvo, Director of Component 2 of
AL-INVEST Verde
08:00 - 09:45 Experiences of coffee traceability and sustainability in Latin America
- Presentation of experiences:
- Selo Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA), Brazil.
- Conselho dos Exportadores de Café (CECAFE), Brazil.
- National Federation of Coffee Growers (FNC), Colombia.
- Instituto del Café (ICAFE), Costa Rica.
- BPA+ Programme, Agencia de Regulación y Control Fito y Zoosanitario (AGROCALIDAD), Ecuador.
- Coordinadora Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Pequeños (as) Productores(as) y Trabajadores(as) de Comercio Justo (CLAC) (to be confirmed).
- Padrón de Productores Agrarios, Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI), Peru.
- Moderator: Andrea Monaco, Senior Programme Manager of Component 2 of AL-INVEST Verde.
09:45 - 11:45 Roundtable "Advances in due diligence and traceability of coffee in Latin America".
- Moderator: Claudio Marconi, AL-INVEST Verde expert
11:45 - 12:00 Conclusions
- Emilio Calvo, Director of AL-INVEST Verde Component 2
12:00 - 12:10 Closure
- Mayor of Pitalito