The Pacific Alliance Network of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Institutions (IIPA-AP Network) has agreed to promote and share training opportunities on topics of interest to the institutions of the member countries.

June 4, 2024.- During April and May 2024, the course “Phyton: Pre-processing of geophysical data for Hydrodynamic Models” was held virtually, organized by the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) of Chile, with the participation of researchers from the Pacific Alliance Network of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Institutions (IIPA-AP Network).

The course, which was given by Dr. Frank Oyala of the Baja Marine Science Project of Mexico, aimed to train professionals in the mastery of Phyton programming, providing them with the necessary skills to acquire, analyze and visualize oceanographic data efficiently. The instructor indicated that “the participants were always attentive and expectant of what would be generated in each session during the course, they were motivated and surprised by the versatility and friendliness of the programming language, as well as by the multiple tools that Python offers for their work”.

In addition to researchers from IFOP, a researcher from the Peruvian Sea Institute (IMARPE), a researcher from the José Benito Vives de Andréis Marine and Coastal Research Institute (INVEMAR) from Colombia, and two researchers from the National Institute of Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP) from Argentina also participated.

After the course, Katherine Vásquez from IMARPE pointed out the excellent development of the course in terms of subject matter and teaching methodology, since it not only addressed the topic of data processing and generation of figures, but also “showed in detail how to download the files themselves, even in a massive way, to be able to make our own climatological calculations of different variables and show the spatial distribution of these variables and their anomalies”.

For her part, Kelis Romaña of INVEMAR indicated that satellite and reanalysis products (due to their coverage and development) allow variables to be extracted at different scales, whose processing is facilitated using programming languages such as R, Matlab and Python. “This course provided us with the basic tools to initiate, strengthen and/or facilitate the pre-processing of oceanographic databases in Python”.

The executive director of IFOP, Gonzalo Pereira, highlighted the importance of generating this type of space where professionals from the different institutions that carry out research in fisheries and aquaculture in the region can develop and/or strengthen their capacities. Pereira said: “In IFOP we will continue promoting this type of initiatives that seek to promote capacity building for the generation of better information for decision making in our countries”.

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November 9.- With the participation of representatives of trade unions, chambers of commerce, entrepreneurs, exporting companies and companies with export potential, the II Meeting of the Exporting SME of the Pacific Alliance was held in Lima, Peru.

The activity organized by the PA Business Council (CEAP), with the support of the Technical Group on SMEs and Entrepreneurship of the Pacific Alliance, aimed to promote the internationalization of MSMEs in the region.

During the meeting, topics related to the sustainability management of SMEs in the Pacific Alliance, digitalization and financial inclusion, e-commerce and artificial intelligence for SMEs were addressed.

Success stories of SMEs exporting goods and services from the countries that make up this mechanism were also presented.

The event was inaugurated by the Minister of Production of Peru, Ana María Choquehuanca, and the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Juan Carlos Mathews, in their capacity as pro tempore presidency of the mechanism.

October 18, 2023.- The High Level Group (GAN) of the Pacific Alliance (PA), which brings together deputy ministers of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, as well as their representatives, from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, met on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 in Lima.

The high authorities reviewed the status of the processes with the candidates for Associate States and the accession of new full members of the integration mechanism.

The GAN also reviewed the preparations for the following events: (i) II Meeting of PA Exporting SME, to be held on November 9 in Lima with a view to benefiting MSMEs of the four countries; (ii) V PA Cooperation Forum with Observer States, and (iii) the next meeting of PA National Coordinators with the Permanent Representatives Committee of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ANSEA), to advance joint activities and exchanges on topics of common interest.

The authorities also received representatives of the Pacific Alliance Business Council (CEAP), made up of the private sector of the four countries, to learn about their initiatives and recommendations. Representatives of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a strategic partner of the PA, also attended the virtual meeting to follow up on the valuable technical-financial support of this institution in the development of topics such as innovation, environment, gender, among others.

The meeting was attended by Ignacio Higueras, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Teresa Mera, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, for Peru, which currently holds the pro tempore presidency of the mechanism; for Chile, Marcela Otero, Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, representing the Undersecretary for International Economic Relations, Claudia Sanhueza; for Colombia, Luis Felipe Quintero, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, and Ambassador Javier Higuera, Director of Regional Coordination and Integration Mechanisms, on behalf of the Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Elizabeth Taylor Jay, and for Mexico, Vicente Peredo, head of the International Trade Negotiations Unit of the Ministry of Economy, and Gerardo Serrano, director for Regional Integration in Latin
America and the Caribbean of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VIII Pacific Alliance Youth Meeting

In the morning, the GAN authorities attended the inauguration of the “VIII Pacific Alliance Youth Meeting”, an event organized by Nestlé, which brings together young people from the PA, together with the private sector, the public sector and academia, in order to promote youth employability in the region. The meeting was attended by young people from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru representing the PA countries, and from Ecuador and Costa Rica as special guests.

It should be noted that at the end of September, the International Job Fair was also held virtually, where 102 companies offered 4,500 job opportunities.

August 26, 2022.- Based in Lima, Peru, today the meeting of the High Level Group of the Pacific Alliance (GAN) was held, a body made up of Vice Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, in order to discuss issues on the common agenda.

On this occasion, the high officials evaluated the progress presented by the Technical Cooperation Group and the PA Cooperation Council, as well as commercial issues for the benefit of the four countries. Likewise, they approved the projects presented at the juncture of the 2022 Call for the Cooperation Fund of the Pacific Alliance.

Likewise, the analysis of the expressions of interest of Ecuador and Costa Rica to join the mechanism continued and it was approved to recommend to the Council of Ministers of the Pacific Alliance the admission of Malta as a new Observer State.

The High Level Group welcomed the forthcoming IV Cooperation Forum, on August 30 and 31, with the purpose of exploring opportunities for international cooperation with regional blocs, Observer States and other allied entities of the PA on issues such as creative industries, environment and sustainability, etc.; as well as the celebration of the VII AP Youth Meeting that seeks to bring together young people from the four countries in an event based in Mexico City.

Finally, the GAN received representatives from the Business Council of the Pacific Alliance (CEAP), a body made up of the private sector of the four countries, in order to learn about their contributions to the mechanism.

Participating in the meeting for Mexico, current pro tempore presidency of the mechanism, were Luz María de la Mora, Undersecretary of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economy, and Efraín Guadarrama, General Director of American Regional Organizations and Mechanisms, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; for Chile, José Miguel Ahumada, Undersecretary for International Economic Relations; for Colombia, Laura Gil, Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Luis Felipe Quinteros, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism; and for Peru, Ana Cecilia Gervasi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Miguel Palomino, Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism.

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