WHERE WE WORK
ARGENTINA
Action in collaboration with the Secretariat for International Cooperation, Ministry of Production, Science and Technology (MPCT) and Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MACC) of the province of Santa Fe (Argentina) to strengthen public policies on sustainability in the cattle value chain. Further information.
Action in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy of Argentina, through the Secretariat of Industry and Productive Development, and the National Quality Plan, to support national laboratories in identifying their needs in relation to standards for exporting bovine leather, wood, soya and derivatives to the European Union. Further information.
Action in collaboration with the National Bioeconomy Directorate of Argentina to strengthen the production of natural fertilisers and nutrients for agricultural use in the country. Further information.
In collaboration with the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina and the Secretariat of Bieconomy, the implementation and consolidation of the National Platform free of Deforestation VISEC is supported as a traceability and certification system for soy and beef (and by-products). Further information.
BRAZIL
This action is developed in collaboration with the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) of Brazil in the states of Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia and Tocantins. Its objective is to support the development of the unified management system of the Legal Meat Programme and to strengthen monitoring, reporting and verification procedures in the aforementioned states. Further information.
In partnership with the State Forestry Institute of Minas Gerais (Brazil), support is provided for the development and implementation of the SeloVerde MG platform in this state to promote socio-environmental sustainability in the coffee, livestock and soy value chains. Further information.
In partnership with the Secretariat of State for Agriculture, Supply, Aquaculture and Fisheries (SEAG) of the Government of Espírito Santo, the Espírito Santo Foundation for Research and Innovation Support (FAPES), the Territorial Intelligence Centre of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (CIT/UFMG), the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) and the Capixaba Institute for Research, Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (Incaper). Further information.
CHILE
Through this action, the Ministry of Agriculture (Minagri) is supported in the process of adapting the bovine and timber sectors to the requirements set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free supply chains (EUDR). Further information.
COLOMBIA
Through this action, support is provided to the Colombian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism (MinCIT) and ProColombia - the body in charge of promoting exports - to identify the challenges, opportunities and needs of the Colombian agro-industrial sectors in the face of the new sustainability requirements for exports to the European Union. Further information.
ECUADOR
Cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) of Ecuador to train civil servants in capacity building to promote and consolidate productive cooperativism in the agricultural sector as a basis for the governance and operation of a national traceability system. Further information.
Technical assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and the Agency for Regulation and Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Control of Ecuador -Agrocalidad-, to facilitate the adaptation to the requirements of the Regulation on products free of deforestation and forest degradation (EUDR) of the cocoa value chain. Further information.
PARAGUAY
Action in collaboration with the Investment and Export Network (REDIEX) of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC) of Paraguay, for the definition of sustainable strategies in the Paraguayan leather sector. Further information.
This action supports the transition towards sustainability of the forestry chain in Paraguay with the aim of increasing the volume exported to the usual trading countries and expanding into new markets. Further information.
Through this action, support is provided to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC) of Paraguay through the Polytechnic Faculty of the National University of Asuncion (UNA) for the implementation of a socio-environmental traceability system for beef and leather. Further information.
PERU
Action in collaboration with the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI) of Peru for the promotion and consolidation of the Agrarian Producers' Register (PPA) and the Digital Identity of the Agrarian Producer as tools for the adaptation of the coffee, cocoa and palm oil value chains to the EUDR. Further information.
URUGUAY
Action in collaboration with the Directorate General of Forestry (DGF) of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) of Uruguay. Its objective is to support public authorities in the certification of agro-exportable products produced under sustainable management of native forests. Further information.
This action is developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay. Its objective is to support public authorities in the implementation of activities that contribute to the objectives of the National Plan for Gender in Agricultural Policies (PNG Agro). Further information.
REGIONAL
In collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), AL-INVEST Verde is organising the "EU-LAC Agrifood Dialogues" series. This cycle consists of at least two thematic virtual workshops and two face-to-face workshops in 2025, and two more in 2026. Further information.
This series consists of three thematic virtual workshops to address the details of different requirements of the EU Regulation on EU supply chains free of deforestation and forest degradation (EUDR): free deforestation, traceability and legality. Further information.
As part of this action, AL-INVEST Verde/Component 2 participated in the 44th International Artisan Ice Cream, Pastry, Bakery and Coffee Fair, SIGEP, and organised three round tables and a closing event in Colombia, as part of the cycle "Dialogue and exchange of experiences on sustainability in the coffee value chain".. Further information.
This action consisted of organising a series of dialogues, in collaboration with the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM). Different aspects of the meat and leather value chains in Brazil were analysed to identify good practices and promote environmental policies to help combat deforestation. Further information.
On the occasion of the Italian-Latin American SME Forum, AL-INVEST Verde organised a workshop on the sustainability of the timber chain in Latin America in 2023 and 2024. Further information.
Through this action, an analysis is carried out of the food safety control or assurance systems in the Official Agricultural Health Services and reference laboratories of the Andean Community Member Countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Further information.
