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

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