Strategies to promote sustainable, innovative, science-based and deforestation-free value chains

High-level event on cooperation between Brazil and the EU in the framework of the AL-INVEST Green AL Programme

*Registration to follow it online HERE.

10:00 – 10:20 | Words of welcome

  • Félix Fernández-Shaw, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, DG INTPA, European Commission
  • Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva, Brazil’s Ambassador to the EU
  • Sibelle de Andrade, Special Adviser to the Minister, Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.


10:20 – 10:30 |
Short video on the support of AL-INVEST Verde

10:30 - 10:55 | Panel: Sustainability policies in the Brazilian context

  • Bruno Meireles Leite, General Coordinator for Animal Production, Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
  • Pedro Mariano Pontes, General Coordinator for Bilateral Cooperation, Brazilian Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
  • Ricardo Negrini, Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office, the ‘Carne Legal’ and ‘Protocolo de Granos’ programmes, Brazil


Moderator:
Tatiane Fernandes, Public Sector Project Officer, AL-INVEST Verde, FIAP

10:55 - 11:35 | Panel: Experiences and synergies from Brazilian states

  • Leonardo Carvalho, Secretary for the Environment of Acre
  • Rian Azevedo de Barros, the Chico Mendes Reserve’s experience with rubber and bioeconomy products
  • Marcello Lelis, Secretary for the Environment and Water Resources for the State of Tocantins.
  • André Borges, Executive Director of the Mato Grosso do Sul Institute of the Environment


Moderator:
Mr. Andrea Monaco, Team Leader, AL-INVEST Verde, IILA

11:35 - 12:20 | Panel: Experiences and synergies of Brazilian states in the coffee sector

  • João Ricardo Albanez, Deputy Secretary for Agriculture of Minas Gerais
  • Ilma Correa, a coffee producer from the volcanic region
  • Michel Tesch, Under-Secretary for Rural Development in Espírito Santo
  • Priscilla Fagundes, Director of the Institute of Agricultural Economics
  • Silvia Pizzol, Director of Sustainability at CECAFE


Moderator:
Andrea Monaco, Team Leader, AL-INVEST Verde, IILA

12:20 - 12:50 | Panel: Experiences from the private sector

  • Anna Paula Losi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AIPC
  • Estevam Fernandes, Rondônia Cocoa Geographical Indication
  • Aline Rosa, Geographical Indication for Codajás Açaí


Moderator:
Ms. Tatiane Fernandes, Public Sector Project Officer, AL-INVEST Verde, FIAP

12:50 - 13:00 | Closing remarks

  • Diana Montero Melis, Acting Head of Unit, Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), European Commission.