IDH and Luker Chocolate sign a partnership for making a PCI Pact in Colombia
During April, the IDH Colombian team set up synergies relevant to the different parties interested in the selected regions in order to start implementing the sustainable landscape program: …
Companies and governments show interest in the ‘Colombian PCI’ proposal
In the first two weeks of March, the IDH Colombia team visited the towns considered as priorities for the implementation of the sustainable territorial development project in the…
IDH advances with the strategy to support the sustainable development of three territories in Colombia
On October 22, 2019, IDH presented its sustainable territorial development strategy to the members of the Board of AgroColombia Productiva y Sostenible. The states of Cesar, Huila and Magdalena were…
Knowledge exchange favors the design of IDH’s strategy in Colombia
Learning from practice and being able to design better action strategies. This is what motivated an exchange between IDH Brazil and Colombia teams, held in November. IDH teams during…
Colombia and IDH reinforce commitment to territorial agricultural development
In October, the Colombian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and IDH presented the territorial approach to increase productivity and consolidate sustainability in agricultural production in the Departments of Cesar,…
Angela Betancourth, IDH Program Manager para Colombia, comparte su visión sobre la Alianza La Alianza AgroColombia Productiva y Sostenible, es una acción concreta del trabajo conjunto entre IDH y WEF…
High-Level Meeting of the Cocoa & Forests Initiative in Utrecht
Discussions focused on current actions and upcoming priorities, next steps in Colombia, relevance of the initiative in Liberia and Cameroon and actions needed to move thematic working groups forward. 76 participants attended…
Colombia Becomes First Country in Latin America to Commit to Deforestation-Free Chocolate
The Government of Colombia – along with its largest cocoa company, Casa Luker, and the members of the National Cocoa Federation – has committed to eliminate deforestation from the country’s…
Men and women need to move together towards equality: policies should work for and include both genders. This is one of the key takeaways from the first IDH4Gender cross-learning event.
Times that ministers from emerging economies came to visit Europe to ask for money are long gone. This week, the Colombian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Juan Guillermo Zuluaga…