- Programme AL-INVEST Verde

Component 1 Sessions

09:00 - 09:55 : Registration of participants

The programme will be divided into parallel sessions: one focusing on private sector support and the other on public sector support.

16 June

Room: Hall 400, SQUARE
Moderator of the session: Malena Sousa, AL-INVEST Verde, sequa

10:00 - 10:15 Introduction

Short video: Main impacts of AL-INVEST Verde on the private sector

Language: English or Spanish, with interpretation available in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

10:15 - 10:35 Keynote speech: Perspectives on the European Business Sector

Pilar Ruiz Huélamo, Eurochambres Delegate and Head of Delegation to the EU, Spanish Chamber of Commerce

Language: English, with interpretation available in Spanish and Portuguese.

10:35 - 12:00 Panel: Green Transition in the Private Sector

Leon van Middegaal, Purchasing Manager, Kim's Chocolates, Belgium
John Fitzgibbon, Managing Director, NecsTouR, Belgium
Moisés Mérida, Director of Strategic Alliances, Agexport, Guatemala
Federica Leonetti, Chair of the Enterprise Europe Network Textile Expert Group and International Business Advisor for SMEs and Entrepreneurs, Unioncamere Piemonte, Italy
Evgenia Sokolova, Investment Development Programme Manager, IDH, The Netherlands

Moderator: Alexander Charalambous, Team Leader, Circular Economy Facility

Language: English, with interpretation available in Spanish and Portuguese.

12:00 - 12:50 Presentation and update on selected and ongoing projects

Ana Karina Paiva, Executive Director, FIEC, Brazil
Ximena Arboleda, Director of Transformation and Sustainability, Inexmoda, Colombia
Evelyn Chiriboga, Project and International Cooperation Officer, Quito Chamber of Commerce, Ecuador
Edilberto Soto Tenorino, President, CORPAPA, Peru
Lesly Vera, Programme Officer, Solidaridad Network, Peru
Pilar Montero, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Alicante, Spain

Moderator: Frank Summa, AL-INVEST Verde's Director of Private Sector Support, dessa

Language: Spanish or Portuguese, with interpretation available in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

12:50 - 13:00 | Closing remarks of the morning session

Ingrid Jenezova, Principal Administrator/Programme Manager, DG INTPA, European Commission

13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch

14:30 - 15:45 Panel: EU-Latin America strategic cooperation to boost sustainable industrial transition

Bernard Crabbé, Team Leader, DG INTPA, European Commission
Nicoletta Favaretto, Project Manager, EU Circular Economy Resource Centre, Enabel
Joan Marc Simon, Executive Director, Global Deposit and Return Systems Platform
Livia Marcantonio, International Project Manager, European Business & Innovation Centre Network

Moderator: Laura Velasco, Project Development Manager, Eurochambres

Language: English, with interpretation available in Spanish and Portuguese.

15:45 - 16:50 Strategic Dialogue: Replication Potential

Magdalena Pesce, CEO, Wines of Argentina (WOFA), Argentina
Marcelo Torres, President, Asociación Argentina de Productores en Siembra Directa (AAPRESID), Argentina
Mireylle Julliard, Executive Director, Barranquilla Chamber of Commerce, Colombia
Mónica Chávez, Foreign Trade Manager, Lima Chamber of Commerce, Peru
Carola Saavedra, Project Manager, Cámara de Industrias del Uruguay (CIU), Uruguay

Moderator: Carlos Silva, Project Management, COPARMEX Jalisco

Language: Spanish, with interpretation available in English and Portuguese.

16:50 - 17:00 Closing remarks and main conclusions

Financial Clinic

16 and 17 June

Room: Hall 410, SQUARE

*Exclusive session for members of the financial teams. Participants will be convened by the respective area.

Consortium Meeting

17 June

*Exclusive session for members of the Direct Implementation Consortium (projects do not participate).