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bioeconomy

News • July 26, 2023

GGGI Colombia formará parte de la Red Latinoamericana de Bioeconomía

En el marco de la 27ª Conferencia Anual del Consorcio Internacional de Investigación en Bioeconomía Aplicada coorganizada por el gobierno argentino, el Icabr y el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), se formalizó la creación de la Red Latinoamericana de Bioeconomía. Este importante hito cuenta con el respaldo de tomadores de decisión de […]

News • March 27, 2023

Convocatoria MAPBIO 3.0 de GGGI, Minciencias e iNNpulsa para acelerar proyectos de bioeconomía

En el marco del programa UK PACT (Alianza para Transiciones Climáticas Aceleradas), GGGI, Minciencias e iNNpulsa ponen a disposición la tercera edición del Mecanismo de Aceleración de Proyectos de Bioeconomía – MAPBIO, ¡una oportunidad única de avanzar al siguiente nivel tu proyecto de bioeconomía!  MAPBIO 3.0 ofrece asistencia técnica para dar viabilidad comercial y/o escalar proyectos […]

News • March 27, 2023

Lanzan convocatoria MAPBIO 3.0 que fortalece la bioeconomía colombiana

El ministro de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Arturo Luna, y el representante de país del Instituto Global para el Crecimiento Verde (GGGI por sus siglas en inglés), Pablo Martínez, anunciaron la nueva convocatoria del Mecanismo de Aceleración de Proyectos de Bioeconomía – MAPBIO para 2023. La iniciativa, apoyada por Minciencias, GGGI e iNNpulsa, se enfocará […]

News • February 9, 2023

Alliance to promote green growth and bioeconomy in Colombia

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Arturo Luna, and the Deputy Director-General at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Helena McLeod, signed a Memorandum of Understanding consolidating their alliance on bioeconomy and green growth issues for the country’s regions. The goal is to contribute to building sustainable territories with a view to Environmental Justice, […]

News • July 29, 2022

The Government of Colombia, GGGI and the UK PACT boost bioeconomy through Open Innovation Challenges

During the Event “Cocreating a Zero Hunger Future” iNNpulsa Colombia y Renata Colombia, the Open Innovation Challenges for Bioeconomy focused on biofertilizers where launched. Each solution selected to address the challenges will receive a total of 22.000 USD in technical assistance. Due to external political and economic factors, in the past recent months fertilizers prices […]

News • December 7, 2021

GGGI and SENA strengthen environmental, biotechnology, and energy knowledge networks

Bogotá, Colombia; November 30, 2021 – GGGI, together with the National Learning Service – SENA, carried out the webinar ‘Green Growth for economic reactivation: opportunities from technical and technological training in Colombia’, strengthening SENA’s educational community on their knowledge of bioeconomy, forestry economy, and rural electrification under the framework of Green Growth, the 2030 Agenda, […]

News • March 18, 2021

Colombia to become the 39th Member of GGGI

Seoul, March 18, 2021. On Tuesday, March 16, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Rodolfo Enrique Zea Navarro, together with the Colombian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, H.E. Juan Carlos Caiza Rosero, deposited before the president and Chair of GGGI, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and the Director General, Dr. Frank Rijsberman, the instrument […]

News • December 2, 2020

Conversation on bioeconomy as a mechanism to reactivate Colombia’s economy

Bogotá, December 1, 2020. GGGI Colombia’s Country Representative Carolina Jaramillo moderated a discussion on bioeconomy as a mechanism for economic reactivation for the 7th Climate Finance Event 2020, organized by Colombia’s National Planning Department. A dialogue was held on lessons learned in Bioeconomy from Colombia and the United Kingdom from the perspectives of the private […]

News • October 28, 2019

Workshop: Building the National Bioeconomy Strategy – UKPACT

On October 17, 2019 in Cali, Colombia, the workshop: “Building the National Bioeconomy Strategy” was hosted by GGGI together with the National Planning Department – DNP and the Embassy of the United Kingdom, following the UKPACT project “Support in the implementation of Colombia’s Green Growth Policy through investments and capacity development of public and private […]

News • September 18, 2019

Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs): The prosperity of Meta through its richness in biodiversity

We are delighted to report the success of our workshop “Non-timber forest products (NTFPs): prosperity through our wealth of biodiversity”, which took place on the 12th of September 2019 with the participation of more than 180 people in city of Villavicencio, located in the Colombian Eastern Plains. The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) successfully led […]

News • August 29, 2019

Project launch: Boosting Bioeconomy and Renewable Energies under a Green Growth Framework

Bogotá, August 23, 2019. The national department of planning (DNP for its acronym in Spanish), Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and the British Embassy in Colombia have officially launched the project “Support for the Implementation of the Green Growth Policy of Colombia (CONPES Document 3934 OF 2018) through capacity building and public and private investments”. […]

News • October 30, 2018

Making progress in Medellin with Workshop #2: Successful cases of Green Growth in Antioquia

Medellín, October 30 – The Subnational Program of the GGGI Colombia team, with the support of the Norwegian Embassy and the Government of Antioquia, carried out the second of four capacity building workshops in green growth for public and private stakeholders in this department. This second meeting focused on sharing the national and regional successful cases, […]

News • July 27, 2018

GGGI advances in the Department of Nariño (Colombia) with workshop Series #2: “Towards Green Growth with Bioeconomy and Circular Economy”

Pasto, July 27 – GGGI with the support of the Norwegian Embassy and the Governor’s Office of the Department of Nariño, carried out the second workshop out of the four series workshops planned on capacity building for the mainstreaming of green growth objectives at the local level. The workshop gathered public and private stakeholders that gained […]

News • June 14, 2018

Colombia Presents a 2030 Green Growth Roadmap

Bogotá, June 14 – The President of the Republic of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, attended a high-level forum, showcasing the results and recommendations of the national Green Growth Taskforce. More than 400 high-level representatives of the government, the private sector, academia and civil society, participated in the forum that included the Taskforce’s presentation of the […]

News • April 20, 2018

Dr. Frank Rijsberman, GGGI Director-General delivers a keynote presentation on Strengthening the Climate Agreement and Energy Security at the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2018

Dr. Frank Rijsberman, GGGI Director-General, delivered a keynote speech on Strengthening the Climate Agreement and Energy  Security at the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2018 on April 20 in Berlin, Germany. Is bioeconomy the problem or the solution? It has be either or both! During his presentation, Dr. Rijsberman delved into the relationship between bioeconomy and climate change, and how agri-food systems are […]

News • April 19, 2018

Can modern bio-economy strengthen the climate agreement and energy security?

SEOUL, Apr 18 2018 (GGGI) – Dr. Frank Rijsberman, GGGI Director-General, will deliver a keynote presentation on Strengthening the Climate Agreement and Energy Security at the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2018 on April 20 in Berlin, Germany. During his presentation, Dr. Rijsberman will delve into the relationship between bioeconomy and climate change, and how agri-food systems […]

News • January 24, 2018

GGGI Colombia team participates in Bioeconomy Training in Chile

Ms. Monica Parra, Green Growth Officer of the GGGI Colombia team, participated in the Bioeconomy Regional Seminar for Latin America and the Caribbean held on January 24 and 25 in Santiago de Chile. This event was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC – United Nations, CEPAL in Spanish) in […]