On January 26, the GGGI Colombia team kick-started its sub-national program as part of the partnership with the Norwegian government, by organizing a technical discussion with local government stakeholders – the first destination is Narino  (Nariño), located South-West in Colombia, a strategic location for green growth implementation due to its geographical diversity mixed with Andean mountain, Amazon forest, and Choco biodiversity areas. As a next step, GGGI and the Narino government have agreed to review and analyze a list of priority projects particularly in the agriculture and forestry sector of the local government, and structure one project with a high potential. The formal launch of this program will be held in February or March 2018.

The discussion session was attended by local government representatives from Narino: Director of Planning, environmental and agricultural secretariats as well as Juhern Kim, GGGI Country Representative for Colombia and Juan Carlos Caiza- GGGI Lead, Regional – Colombia.