Colombia

Projects

Fruits of the Forest Colombia: Just rural transition through bioeconomy products

The project focuses on boosting the bioeconomy sector and sustainable agroforestry to promote eco-friendly prosperity in Colombian deforestation hotspots. It aims to enhance the use of forest fruits in response to market demand for responsibly sourced, natural products. This effort seeks to reduce deforestation rates, conserve and restore ecosystems, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. By fostering a Just Rural Transition that is competitive, equitable, and adheres to deforestation-free standards, the project aims to consolidate a resilient Natural Ingredients Sub-sector, ensuring transparency, promoting gender equality and social inclusion, and contributing to peacebuilding in Colombia.

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Swiss Import Promotion Programme

The Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) is a well-established mandate of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) within the framework of its economic development cooperation. As for the new investment phase (2017-2020), SIPPO is carried out by Swisscontact.The overall objective of the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) is...

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Empowering women coffee growers for prosperity and well-being in Santander

The objective of this project is to empower and enhance of a group of female coffee growers through individual accompaniment, promoting greater leadership in the technical and economic management of their coffee plantation. At least 25 women associated with the C.A.F.E. PRACTICES - ECOM Colombia supply chains in Santander will benefit directly from this initiative. The aim is to empower these coffee farmers and improve their emotional well-being, as well as being trained in administrative and financial tools that will enable them to have greater possibilities of increasing their income.

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SEC Colombia

The Senior Expert Contact (SEC) Colombia project connects Colombian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with high-growth potential and senior experts from Europe and Latin America to increase their earnings, create new jobs and foster their integration to global markets.

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Circular Cities – Colombia, Bolivia

This project aims to improve the integrated and inclusive solid waste management system of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia and Santiago de Cali in Colombia following a circular economy vision.

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22.10.2024

Cacao with a purpose: innovation, upcycling and opportunities beyond beans

Swisscontact supported a cacao company in Colombia by transforming their production biowaste into high value-added products for the food industry.

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21.03.2024

Circular economy is fostering positive change for recycling organisations and their workers

According to the UN, one of the four main problems standing in the way of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the growing amount of waste. A Word Bank study has shown that waste management currently accounts for about 1.6 billion tons of climate-damaging greenhouse gases. Without improvement measures, these numbers are expected to increase even further. But ‘recicladores’ all around Colombia are trying to make a difference. Swisscontact works with public and private partners to improve the working conditions of these informal waste pickers.

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07.03.2024

Investing in women drives progress

This Women's Day, Swisscontact joins the UN's theme “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress” because we believe that on the road to progress and equality, investment in women plays a fundamental role: it can generate economic growth, innovation and creativity, develops communities, and it promotes sustainability and equality.

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Swisscontact in Colombia

Swisscontact has been working in Colombia since 2010. We have implemented programs and projects aimed at inclusive economic, social and environmental development, through the following lines of work:

Competitiveness
Internationalisation
Improvement of housing conditions in informal settlements
Strengthening of value chains (specialty cacao, sustainable tourism, natural ingredients for cosmetics, sustainable construction)
Opportunities for the vulnerable population (demobilised population)
Energy efficiency

In recent years, Swisscontact has established a solid network of public and private partners and a strong coordination with different international cooperation organizations. Based on this, we have implemented interventions at different levels: from public policies for innovation, competitiveness and quality of the capacity development system; to supporting value chains at the subnational level and improving the quality of life of the population at risk.

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