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Copla Workshops for Journalists

peruadmin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:52:30 +0000

From Down-trading to Upgrading: Reducing Poverty in Latin America Using a Value Chain Approach

globaladmin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:08:37 +0000

Start: 12/09/2009 - 09:00

End: 12/09/2009 - 13:30

Timezone: Etc/GMT

In recent years, Latin America has moved rapidly towards liberalising trade, both in the region and internationally. This has stimulated active debate on the merits of a more open trading regime. Getting lost in this polarised debate is an understanding of the impact of these changes on marginalised groups, particularly the rural poor. This event explores how value chain analysis (VCA) can, in a practical way, help the rural poor participate gainfully in local, regional and global trade.

The seminar will comprise keynote addresses, panel discussions and small group working sessions.

Award ceremony for the National Journalism Competition on Foreign Trade and Poverty

peruadmin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:21:55 +0000

Nine Peruvian journalists received awards for their efforts, through their work, on raising awareness on public opinion about the opportunities that foreign trade provides to the fight against poverty and to social inclusion. The categories were print and broadcast media.

Prior to the competition there were a series of training workshops in Puno, Piura, Lima, Huacho and Ayacucho.

The jury members were the renowned journalists Augusto Álvarez Rodrich and Jaime de Althaus, as well as the representative from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism(MINCETUR), Martín Higa.

Here We Go Again by Ricardo Hausmann

regionaladmin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:47:10 +0100

Just when Latin America seemed to have overcome its chronic boom-bust cycles, the implosion on Wall Street raised new worries about instability.

This time it was supposed to be different.

APRIL 2009: THE REGIONAL MEETING OF TRADE AND POVERTY WAS HELD IN NICARAGUA.

regionaladmin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:53:16 +0100

COPLA Regional organized, on Friday 3rd of April in Montelimar – Nicaragua, a meeting between COPLA’s Partners: CIES (Perú), GNTP (Bolivia), Nitlapan (Nicaragua) and ODI (UK) and Latinamerican trade network’s representatives.

MARCH 2009: Hot potato? Climate change hits home for Andean potato farmers

globaladmin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:52:51 +0000

By Eliza Barclay

Who is working to influence policies on trade and poverty in Latin America?

globaladmin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:45:05 +0000

This background note aims to identify organisations that are working to influence policy and build capacity around pro-poor trade in Latin America. This mapping provides an important baseline for the work of Comercio y Pobreza en Latinoamérica (COPLA, www.cop-la.net), a project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) on trade, poverty and social exclusion in Latin America, and may also be useful for others concerned with the pro-poor dimensions of Latin American trade and trade-related policies.

FEBRUARY 2009: Taking ceviche global

globaladmin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:55:59 +0000

By Eliza, Barclay

LIMA, PERU – When Carlos Ygreda launched his family-run, organic goat farm in the impoverished Chillon valley north of Lima in 2001, he found few customers for the three to five kilos of goat cheese he produced per month.

Then Ygreda joined forces with several other small organic producers to organize a weekly organic market in Lima, called the Bioferia. Slowly, venerable Lima chefs like Gaston Acurio began visiting the market, tasting the products and ordering them to serve in their restaurants.

Copla Workshops for Journalists

peruadmin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:50:12 +0000

JANUARY 2009: COPLA LAUNCHES A CALL TO FINANCE INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION OF EVIDENCE

regionaladmin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:13:08 +0000

COPLA Regional launches a call to networks and civil society organizations working on trade and poverty to submit proposals focusing on communication of evidence based on research and targeting policy makers and other relevant actors of the public policy process aiming to improve civil society’s influence.
The award, financed by COPLA, will be of USD 3.000 and it will be destined to finance the proposals of communication that better translate the evidence to different communication formats.