1st Peer-to-peer workshop: Alternative development and value chains

Start date: 09/05/17
End Date: 10/05/17
Place: Quito, Ecuador

Held in Quito, (Ecuador) on 9th and 10th May 2017 and counts with the participation of delegates from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru. It uses a South-South cooperation model between countries with a broad experience in the field of Alternative Development -AD- (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) and other countries in the region interested in the topic (Guatemala, Paraguay and Mexico). It allows putting in common the basic concepts of the value chains, in addition to sharing experiences in this area to facilitate the exchange of good practices and mutual learning on value chains for projects originated from AD projects.

Concrete experiences are presented and a space for reflexion among all participating countries is offered, with the participation of technicians working on AD in each country, representatives of the regional or local government, as well as representatives of associations of producers involved in AD projects.

Operative Dimension

Code: 3.1.2.1
Year: 2017
Component: C3 - Drugs Supply Reduction
Execution Level: Completed
Activity Types: Face-to-face workshops
Associated operational objectives: 3.2 - Enhance the sustainability of AD strategies by fostering direct contact among the different actors involved in this field.
Indicators: At least 2 peer-to-peer meetings held to enhance sustainability of AD strategies by fostering direct contact among the actors involved in this field.

Theoretical Dimension

Principles

Approaches

Institutions

GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH Germany

Leader

Institution Website

SETED - Secretaría Técnica de Prevención Integral de Drogas Ecuador

Leader

SETED - Secretaría Técnica de Prevención Integral de Drogas Ecuador

Host

Participant Institutions

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Participation

Participation for regions

Participation of countries for region

Participants

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Programme

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Press Release

COPOLAD launches a “peer to peer” workshop series on value chains and Alternative Development

Quito, 9^th May 2017. COPOLAD’s “peer to peer” workshop on value chains and Alternative Development gathers in this occasion 37 participants not only Andean countries with wide experience in the AD -Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia- but also Mexico, Paraguay and Guatemala, countries with a recent interest in this field.

This meeting is organised by the Cooperation Programme between Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union on Drugs Policies, a European Programme managed by the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP) promotes this activity hold in Quito (9^th-10^th May), in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH of Germany and Secretaría Técnica de Drogas (SETED) of Ecuador.

The opening session was attended by the Chief of Cooperation of Delegation of the European External Action Service in Ecuador, Andrea Ferrari-Bravo and Diego Tipán, Deputy Secretary of policy articulation on comprehensive prevention on drugs of Technical Secretariat for Drugs (SETED) of Ecuador, who accompanied representatives form GIZ and COPOLAD.

Value chains, a deepening into Alternative Development area

The aim of this First Workshop that initiates the series is to facilitate exchange of best practices and mutual learning on the value chains concept applied to products coming from Alternative Development. In addition to this, the meeting shares its characteristics and key elements as well as to share experiences in this field.

With a “learning-by-doing” approach, technicians from institutions focused on AD in each country, representatives from regional or local governments and members of producers’ associations involved in AD projects have the chance to analyse and present concrete cases, with the intention to serve as a space of open reflection in which different tools will be analysed in relation to value chains.

This workshop aims at produce a joint reflection that identifies common interests to define next steps towards the following workshops, to be held in Asuncion (Paraguay) in September. In Mexico City, and as a result of these former workshops, outcomes and proposals in the field of value chains and Alternative Development developed by countries themselves at national level will be presented.