AL-INVEST Verde News

AL-INVEST Verde adds four new projects to benefit Latin American MSMEs
AL-INVEST Verde, the European Union's international cooperation programme that promotes job creation through the

More than 500 people participate in the first Cocoa Traceability Forum-Fair in Orellana (Ecuador)
More than 500 people participated in the Cocoa Traceability Fair-Forum held on 19 and 20 March at

Quito brings together experts from more than 20 Latin American and EU countries to discuss the future of organic agriculture
The capital of Ecuador hosted the 5th EU-LAC Agrifood Dialogue, which was attended by specialists and representatives of the public and private sectors.

EU delegation visits Brazil's Acre state to learn about sustainable production initiatives
A delegation composed of representatives of the European Commission and the Spanish and Belgian authorities responsible for the application of the

ARABICA project boosts women's participation in the sustainable coffee chain in Brazil
Within the framework of the AL-INVEST Verde programme, the ARABICA project continues to promote the adoption of sustainable practices in the supply chain.

More than 33,000 women entrepreneurs strengthen their capacities to lead sustainable transition in Latin America
33,576 women representatives of MSMEs have been trained as part of the Component 1 Action of the AL-INVEST Verde programme,
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Component 3, led by EUIPO conducted the Virtual Workshop on Plant Variety Licensing.
The European Commission, through the AL-INVEST Verde programme (Component 2), and IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute), organised on 15 September in Brasilia (Brazil) the closing conference of the series of three "Technical dialogues on the sustainability and traceability of beef and leather value chains".