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Webinar on digital infrastructure and digitalization of infrastructure: current situation and best practices – Infrastructure Investment Working Group of the Council of Finance Ministers of the Pacific Alliance

Posted on by Angélica Alfaro
20
Sep

September 20, 2022.- The Pacific Alliance established for the Infrastructure Group the mandate to: “Lay the foundations that allow us to move towards the construction of sustainable infrastructure, for the development of a sustainable and resilient region.” Within the framework of this mandate, an online seminar on digital infrastructure and digitalization of infrastructure was established.

The objective of the seminar was to highlight the importance of addressing connectivity gaps and their possible financing schemes; as well as describe the best practices for the adoption of technology in the development of sustainable infrastructure. The main issues were: i) connectivity and digital divide in the region and financing schemes and, ii) adoption of technology in infrastructure development.

Experts and executors of projects from the public sector and development banks from Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Peru participated at the webinar.

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Webinar “Mainstreaming Gender Equality: Exchange of Good Practices between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Pacific Alliance”

Posted on by Angélica Alfaro
26
Jul

June 26, 2024.- Yesterday, the webinar “Mainstreaming Gender Equality: Exchange of Good Practices between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Pacific Alliance” was held, organized by the Gender Technical Group (GTG), under the leadership of Mexico, in the framework of the ASEAN-Pacific Alliance Work Plan 2021-2025 and the Roadmap for the Autonomy and Economic Empowerment of Women of the Pacific Alliance

This activity aimed to address good practices, commitments, initiatives and strategies to promote gender equality in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Pacific Alliance (PA) in order to identify challenges and common efforts. More than 90 representatives from technical groups, committees and subcommittees of the PA, ASEAN and the embassies of the four member countries of the Alliance participated in the event.

The inaugural part of the event was attended by the Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development of Malaysia, Chua Choon Hwa; the ASEAN Deputy Secretary General for the Socio-Cultural Community, Ekkaphab Phanthavong; Marcela Otero Fuentes, General Director of Multilateral Economic Affairs of Chile’s Undersecretariat of International Economic Relations, representing the Pro Tempore Presidency of the Pacific Alliance; and Elba Espinoza, Vice Minister of Women’s Affairs of Peru, as coordinator of the PA’s Technical Group on Gender.

A representative of ASEAN and the PA presented their progress, good practices and experiences on the topics addressed during the three segments of the webinar: “The importance of sex-disaggregated data to boost women’s economic empowerment”; “An agenda for gender mainstreaming”; and “Inclusive trade, main regional strategies”.

Throughout its three interventions, ASEAN highlighted three main good practices: ASEAN Gender Outlook (2022), a study that provides statistical evidence to promote investment in women and girls in vulnerable situations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); the ASEAN Gender Mainstreaming Strategic Framework (AGMSF) 2022, which seeks to promote gender mainstreaming in the work of ASEAN, as well as in ASEAN member countries. Finally, the ASEAN Comprehensive Framework on Care Economy (2021) and the Declaration on Building a More Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Future (2022) as experiences for the promotion of women’s entrepreneurship.

For its part, the Pacific Alliance highlighted official documents such as the Presidential Declaration on Gender Equality, the Roadmap for Women’s Autonomy and Economic Empowerment, as well as some studies and initiatives that drive the agenda such as the diagnostics “Radiography of the participation of PA women entrepreneurs in foreign trade in the PA (2019)”, “Annex: Impact of COVID-19 on the operations of women-led enterprises in the PA (2021)”, the Survey for Gender Mainstreaming in PA Technical Groups and the Community of Women Entrepreneurs launched in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank.

Gender equality and women’s empowerment is a priority in the agendas of the Pacific Alliance and ASEAN, therefore “cooperation with our allies is crucial, especially in identifying thematic areas where we can work together […] we will continue to advance the gender agenda as a strategy to promote substantive equality”, said Sandra Mendoza Durán, Coordinator of International Affairs of the National Institute of Women of Mexico during the closing remarks of the webinar.

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We invite you to apply to the Pacific Alliance Youth Volunteer Program 2023 face-to-face modality and live an integration experience with other young people from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru!

Posted on by Angélica Alfaro
13
Apr

April 13, 2023.- From April 13 to May 10, the call for the Youth Volunteer Program of the Pacific Alliance 2023 will be open in face-to-face mode. This initiative, coordinated within the framework of the Technical Cooperation Group (GTC) of the integration mechanism and the institutions responsible for youth or volunteering in the four countries (focal points), seeks that young people between the ages of 18 and 29 from the four countries, contribute to overcoming the challenges of the region, through volunteer projects.

Participation in this Program provides an enriching social and cultural exchange experience between young people from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, in which significant links are created and proposals for change are built in the face of social and environmental problems that affect the region.

In 2023, the Pacific Alliance Youth Volunteer Program will resume face-to-face volunteer actions focused on strengthening the participation of young people to face regional challenges, including those derived from the COVID-19 pandemic.

With this type of activities, the Pacific Alliance promotes the formation of solidarity behaviors in young people, which have a positive impact on society, considering that young people are key actors of social change.

Below you can check the characteristics of the profiles to participate in volunteer projects for each country. Young people between the ages of 18 and 29 from the member countries of the Pacific Alliance, residing in their country of origin, can apply. No more than one application per person will be accepted.

To learn more about this call, click here.

CHILE:

The general objective of the project “Youth, Feminism and Memory” is to contribute to the integration of young people from the countries of the Pacific Alliance through an experiential training experience that strengthens advocacy skills and the developing of projects with a gender approach that seeks to relieve the historical memory of social leaders in the last 50 years.

This is achieved through the following specific objectives:

  • Developing capacities for the formulation of volunteer projects and activism with a gender perspective, promoting social and youth participation.

  • Making visible the importance of the historical participation of women as social activists in Latin America through an exhibition built from the perspective of the volunteers.

  • Learning about the experience of different women leaders who have contributed to political and social advocacy in the student, community, labor, climate change and sustainable development spheres.

  • Raising proposals to promote the development of volunteering in the Pacific Alliance from the perspective of the youth participating in the project.

The profile of the volunteer is:

  • Women between the ages of 18 and 29 from Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Chile.

  • That they participate in feminist, environmental, sustainable development, cultural and/or human rights-related activism and/or volunteer initiatives.

  • That want to carry out a project that promotes social participation with a gender approach.

  • Interest in participating in a process of training, reflection and voluntary action that will provide knowledge and facilitate the development of skills for activism with a gender perspective and as a strategy to relieve the historical memory of women leaders in different fields such as culture, politics, work and community participation, among others.

  • Have a computer with a web camera, internet connection and access to virtual communication platforms for the indicated preparation phase and availability to travel and stay in Chile throughout the development of the implementation stage.

  • Know and accept the conditions to participate, be motivated to learn, share with other people and willing to contribute to the good climate of the group in the virtual and face-to-face preparation phase of the program.

To learn more about this call, click here.

COLOMBIA:

Within the framework of the Pacific Alliance, the National Government, through the Presidential Council for Youth-Colombia Joven-, promotes the call for Environmental Volunteers “Youth Weaving Agroecologies for Peace 2023”, which will be developed again in face-to-face mode, after several virtual versions, as a youth exchange experience for the strengthening of agroecological practices and adaptation to climate change in Colombia, as well as the conservation of the natural and cultural heritage of the region, allowing the consolidation of a network of trust and solidarity between the youth of Mexico, Peru, Chile and Colombia.

The general objective of the project “Youth Weaving Agroecologies for Peace” is to strengthen experiences among young people through a volunteer program and cultural exchange for the design and development of agroecological practices with a focus on food sovereignty, adaptation to climate change and peacebuilding.

Specific objectives

  • Training young volunteers theoretically and practically through participatory and diverse training processes on issues related to environmental protection, agroecological production, climate change and peacebuilding.

  • Developing significant practices in community work, making the garden a living classroom for the co-construction and dialogue of knowledge between rural and urban communities, intergenerational and intercultural dialogues.

  • Acquiring knowledge and experiences in the young volunteers that allow them to generate transfer processes in the implementation of agroecological gardens in their countries of origin.

  • Consolidating a network of trust and solidarity among the young people of Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile, for the promotion of agroecological practices and the conservation of the natural and cultural heritage of the region.

The profile of the volunteer is:

  • Being young between the ages of 18 and 29 and being of Chilean, Peruvian, Mexican or Colombian nationality and residing in their country of origin.

  • Being part of one or several socially-based community processes and who can demonstrate belonging to the community process for over a year prior to the date of application.

  • Having professional, university, technical, associative or community fabric experience in one of the related areas:

“Agroecology, agronomy, social work, agriculture, agricultural engineering, biology, bioconstruction, cleaning and sowing of plants, monitoring, care and maintenance of seedlings, trees and shrubs, zootechnics, veterinary medicine, water systems, health, nutrition, popular education, market, marketing, manufacturing of agricultural products, design, digital marketing, community manager, web design, art for the development of the social fabric.”

To learn more about this call, click here.

MEXICO:

The general objective of the Mexico project “Young Will of Youth and Chinampas” is to contribute to the strengthening of regional integration within the framework of the Pacific Alliance, through the following specific objectives:

  • Strengthening the actions of young people around the protection of the environment and mitigation of climate change, through agricultural activities, cooking and traditional medicine and cultural exchange.

  • Enabling the exchange of experiences that foster empathy, respect and culture for peace among young people.

  • Expanding the opportunities and tools to strengthen the participation of young people from the Youth Volunteers of the Pacific Alliance in an environment of friendship, cultural exchange, productive and supportive coexistence.

The profile of the volunteer is:

  • Young people between the ages of 18 and 29 from the member countries of the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) residing in their country of origin at the time of applying.

  • To have an interest in participating in youth volunteer projects, and assume a commitment to participate in communities through actions in cultural matters and social action.

  • Young volunteers who are familiar with contact with two or more of the following topics:

    • Nature,
    • Sowing
    • Elaboration of traditional foods
    • Traditional medicine
    • Playing musical instruments

  • Young volunteers who carry out agro-productive activities in a family context or as part of a civil society organization or who carry out ecotourism service activities in their areas of origin.

  • With the ability to adapt to different working conditions and to maintain a close relationship with the colleagues in the program, respecting their cultural manifestations and promoting collaborative work.

  • To have initiative, good disposition and fully comply with the program.

To learn all about the requirements and details of this call, click here.

PERU:

The general objective of the project “A-Gente de Cambio: Promotion of mental health in adolescents and their community” is to contribute to the strengthening of regional integration within the framework of the Pacific Alliance through a volunteer project that promotes health adolescents in vulnerable situations from a community approach, through the following specific objectives:

  • Strengthening the capacities of young volunteers from the member countries of the Pacific Alliance as agents of change to design, implement and evaluate programs that promote the mental health of adolescents in vulnerable situations and their community.

  • Accompany young volunteers in the design, implementation and evaluation of programs to promote the mental health of adolescents in vulnerable situations and their community.

  • Strengthening the skills of adolescents in vulnerable situations to care for their mental health through programs based on a community perspective.

  • Sensitizing the CEDIF community (participants, families and technical teams) for the promotion of mental health.

  • Evaluating the results and systematize the experience of the Peru project in the 2023 edition of the Youth Volunteer Program of the Pacific Alliance.

The profile of the volunteer is:

  • Young people between the ages of 18 and 29 from the member countries of the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru).

  • With training in social areas, health, psychology, education, communication, arts, sports, recreation and others that are linked to the project.

  • With experience in mental health promotion, community work or facilitation (face-to-face or virtual) of participatory, playful, experiential or artistic techniques with adolescents, or management of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for education and community work.

  • To have availability on the dates indicated in the description of the term of the project (virtual and face-to-face).

  • Not to have a criminal or police record, nor have an impediment to work with minors (the people selected as holders must send documents that prove this requirement).

To learn more about this call, click here.

To consult the general regulations of the call, click here.

To access the application form, click here.

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Voluntarios seleccionados a la convocatoria de la Alianza del Pacífico 2018

Posted on by Gabriela Carrasquilla
02
May

En el marco del proyecto de Voluntariado Juvenil de la Alianza del Pacífico, en su cuarta
edición los cuatro países han seleccionado a los 48 jóvenes, 12 para cada país miembro
para participar en este proyecto.

El Grupo Técnico de Cooperación de la Alianza del Pacífico felicita a los jóvenes
seleccionados en esta Convocatoria, quienes tendrán la oportunidad de realizar
actividades encaminadas a contribuir al fortalecimiento de la integración regional y el
desarrollo local en representación de sus países.

Finalmente, reconocemos la calidad de las candidaturas y agradecemos el entusiasmo de
cada uno de los postulantes por su interés en involucrarse en proyectos de desarrollo en
la región, a través de este Mecanismo.

En los próximos días los responsables del programa por país establecerán contacto con
cada uno de los ganadores para solicitar los documentos que hicieran falta en sus
expedientes.

Consulte aquí los resultados de Chile:

Consulte aquí los resultados de Colombia:

Consulte aquí los resultados de México:

Consulte aquí los resultados de Perú:

 

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Virtual Meeting of Women Entrepreneurs of the Pacific Alliance

Posted on by Angélica Alfaro
28
Apr

April 28, 2021. – On the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Pacific Alliance (PA) and in follow-up to the recently adopted Presidential Declaration of the Pacific Alliance on Gender Equality[1], and its Roadmap for the autonomy and economic empowerment of women in the PA, the Gender Technical Group (GTG) with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), held this April 28, 2021, the virtual meeting of women entrepreneurs, “Economic empowerment of women in the Pacific Alliance: Challenges in the face of the covid-19 pandemic towards inclusive recovery”.

This meeting was held in order to make visible the importance of identifying the gaps and the effects that the pandemic caused by COVID-19 has generated in women entrepreneurs in the four countries of the bloc, recognizing that it is crucial that the States contemplate an inclusive recovery without leaving anyone behind. The event opened a space for discussion and exchange for women entrepreneurs of the Pacific Alliance with a view to identifying and analyzing the main challenges they face in achieving autonomy and empowerment, as well as developing their export potential, especially under the crisis scenario.

The meeting was attended by more than 200 people, including women entrepreneurs, representatives of the public sector, international organizations, civil society organizations and academia from Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, as well as Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Switzerland and Uruguay.

The inauguration of the meeting was attended by high-level authorities from the Pacific Alliance countries: the Undersecretary of International Economic Relations of Chile, Rodrigo Yáñez, the Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of Mexico, Martha Delgado Peralta, and the Vice Minister of Foreign Trade of Peru, Diego Llosa Velásquez, as well as, through a video message, by Vice Minister of Foreign Trade of Colombia, Laura Valdivieso Jiménez.

The opening to the panel of women entrepreneurs was moderated by Luz María de la Mora Sánchez, Undersecretary of Foreign Trade of Mexico and headed by Alejandra Villota, Senior Specialist of the Integration and Trade Sector of the IDB, who presented the main findings of the study Impact of COVID-19 on the operations of women-led businesses in the Pacific Alliance, as well as a series of recommendations for the prioritization of tools and policies to support the reactivation of companies led by women in the region.

The study was the product of collaborative work between the IDB and the governments of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru through the Alliance’s Gender Technical Group. Using the ConnectAmericas for Women platform and the AP Women Entrepreneurs Community, a specialized survey was carried out to collect data that allowed to know the impact that COVID-19 and the confinement measures have had on the operation and management of companies led by and/or owned by women in the PA.

Four outstanding businesswomen from the Alliance member countries participated in the panel: Carolina Arce, Cofounder of Impactus Ventures; Roxanna Vergara, Cofounder and Commercial Director of Vendty; Perla Buenrostro, Founder of Bolder Group; and Violeta Quispe, entrepreneur of Artesanía, as well as ECLAC through the Director of the Gender Affairs Division, Ana Güezmes.

During the dialogue, the panelists shared the main obstacles, challenges, as well as strategies to face the effects of the pandemic and gender inequality from their companies. The importance of business access to technology, digitalization, financing and government support, as well as sales channels and international markets was highlighted, also the strategies that governments and the private sector must work together to reduce the differentiated impact on women and women-led businesses. ECLAC shared recommendations and key points that countries should consider to support women’s economic autonomy, taking as a reference its recent Special Report COVID-19 N⁰9: Women’s economic autonomy in sustainable recovery and with equality.

Closing remarks were given by Laura Valdivieso Jiménez, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, Industry and Tourism of Colombia, María José Abud, Undersecretary for Women and Gender Equity of Chile, Nadine Gasman Zylbermann, President of the National Women’s Institute of Mexico, and Grecia Rojas Ortiz, Vice Minister of Women of Peru, who reiterated the support of their governments to move decisively towards the elimination of gender discrimination, through the empowerment of women and girls, as a necessary condition to achieve equitable, prosperous, peaceful and sustainable societies.

[1] https://alianzapacifico.net/download/declaracion-sobre-igualdad-de-genero/

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VIII version of LAB4+: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Meeting of the Pacific Alliance projects business for US$ 22 million

Posted on by Angélica Alfaro
28
Dec

Challenges that the pandemic has installed in the region motivate startups and exporters from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru to offer more innovative and creative solutions.

The difficulties imposed by the pandemic on global trade have been taken as an opportunity for hundreds of Latin American startups to develop innovations and projects with greater creativity, allowing companies to overcome the COVID-19 crisis.

This was one of the conclusions of the eighth version of the Pacific Alliance Entrepreneurship and Innovation Forum, LAB4+, organized by the bloc’s promotion entities (ProChile, ProColombia, the Mexican Ministry of Economy and Promperú), which was developed in a 100% digital format, with the participation of technology companies from the AgroTech, EduTech, FinTech and HealthTech sectors of the four countries that make up this bloc.

“Without a doubt, 2020 has been a tremendously challenging year. Both for our companies and startups, and for us as promotion entities, we have had to innovate in order to continue connecting them with the world. In this sense, the fact that there are projected businesses for US$ 22 million in LAB4+ speaks positively of the work done, as well as of the dynamism and interest generated by the innovation of service companies and startups in the region” explained the General Director of ProChile, Jorge O’Ryan.

Flavia Santoro, President of ProColombia, said that “this meeting gained greater importance due to the current circumstances and there we were able to demonstrate the steps that the bloc has taken in terms of entrepreneurship and innovation. We celebrate these results and we are going for more, with the aim of providing greater solutions to the pandemic and that our companies continue to grow in international business”.

Dr. Sergio Silva, Head of the Global Economic Intelligence Unit of the Mexican Ministry of Economy, commented that “There could not be a more appropriate activity to conclude a year characterized by the digital adaptation of companies and governments than LAB4+ with its business innovation component. The participation of Mexican companies and start ups was very outstanding, both in the call for papers and in the results of the Forum. We continue working so that MSMEs can find new financing and business opportunities in the regional bloc and in North America”.

For his part, the Executive President of PROMPERÚ, Luis Torres, highlighted the participation of Peruvian companies in LAB4+, which achieved the highest commercial projections in the bloc with almost US$ 10 million as a result of 77 appointments between the service business rounds and the round of investors with the startups, thus demonstrating the valuable contribution of the Pacific Alliance in promoting entrepreneurship and innovation among its member companies.

In this edition, 37 service exporting companies and 42 startups from the 4 countries participated. The latter also participated in mentoring days for two weeks to participate in pitch sessions with investors from Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, the United States and Canada.

The topics of entrepreneurship and innovation have become a key aspect in promoting internationally the exportable offer of each country and as a Technical Group, since the origins of the bloc, the development of an ecosystem of entrepreneurship and innovation within the PA has been promoted. The focus is on enhancing the internationalization of an offer with high added value, disruptive, and with potential for scaling up.

This activity is key to the internationalization of startups and service companies from member countries, and the objective of this meeting is to strengthen and generate commercial ties between exporters and buyers of the productive chain of industries and services 4.0 and to promote the raising of capital among entrepreneurs and private investment funds.

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VII Foro de la Alianza del Pacífico, una ventana para la atracción de inversión extranjera

Posted on by Gabriela Carrasquilla
23
Apr

Alianza del Pacífico (abril 23/17). Empresarios e inversionistas de sectores como agroindustria, manufacturas y nuevas energías, junto a delegaciones de gobierno, se reunieron en la ciudad de Nanjing en China para conocer las oportunidades de negocio e inversión que genera la iniciativa económica conformada por Chile, Colombia, México y Perú.

El pasado 18 de abril, ProChile, ProColombia, ProMéxico y PromPerú, realizaron  el séptimo foro de promoción de inversión de los países del bloque en donde participaron 120 inversionistas potenciales de la provincia de Jiangsu, al este de China.

Los embajadores de los cuatro países miembros encabezaron el evento y los representantes de las agencias de promoción de la Alianza del Pacífico en China presentaron las ventajas competitivas que el bloque aporta a los inversores, particularmente en el mercado del este y sur del país asiático.

“China es el primer o el segundo socio comercial de todos los países miembros de la Alianza del Pacífico, donde las exportaciones totales alcanzan aproximadamente US$40 mil millones y las importaciones son alrededor de US $105 mil millones”, aseguró Óscar Rueda García, embajador de Colombia en China. “La Alianza del Pacífico busca duplicar su atracción de inversión extranjera en los próximos años, especialmente en la región de Asia y el Pacífico, por lo que China es un aliado que puede contribuir en gran medida a este objetivo en sectores como la infraestructura, minería, agricultura, industria, entre otros”, añadió.

La Alianza del Pacífico es un mecanismo de integración económica y de cooperación entre Chile, Colombia, México y Perú que tiene como objetivo principal crear un área económica integrada para fomentar el crecimiento, el desarrollo y la competitividad de sus países miembros. De esta forma se busca aumentar la libre circulación de bienes, servicios, capital y personas, y crear más oportunidades para el comercio, la inversión y la cooperación con la región de Asia Pacífico y el resto del mundo.

El considerado sexto bloque comercial del mundo lleva siete años sumando atractivos, cuenta con una población que supera los 225,8 millones de habitantes, y concentra el 43% del total de los flujos de inversión extranjera directa en América Latina con negocios que superan los US$58.500 millones, de acuerdo con el Banco Mundial y la UNCTAD.

Como bloque comercial, los cuatro países tienen ventajas significativas en términos de recursos, materias primas y capital humano. Además, se han realizado acciones orientadas a evolucionar en la adopción de sistemas tributarios similares que faciliten operaciones de empresarios e inversionistas en cada mercado, así como integrar sus bolsas de valores.

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Viceministros de Relaciones Exteriores y Comercio afinan detalles del encuentro de Ministros y XIII Cumbre de Presidentes

Posted on by Gabriela Carrasquilla
23
Jul

Puerto Vallarta (jul. 22/18). Una intensa agenda de trabajo sostuvieron los viceministros de RREE y Comercio de los países de la Alianza del Pacífico, en las reuniones del Grupo de Alto Nivel (GAN) del mecanismo de integración.

Las sesiones fueron encabezadas por el Director General de Relaciones Económicas de Chile, Rodrigo Yañez; en Colombia por la Viceministra de Asuntos Multilaterales, Adriana Mendoza, y la Viceministra de Comercio Exterior, Olga Lucía Lozano; en México por el Subsecretario para América Latina y el Caribe, Luis Alfonso de Alba, y el Subsecretario de Comercio Exterior, Juan Carlos Baker; y en el caso de Perú, por el Viceministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Hugo de Zela y el Viceministro de Comercio, Edgar Vásquez.

Junto con afinar los detalles para el Consejo de Ministros y para la XIII Cumbre de Presidentes, el grupo se reunió con los representantes de los Ministerios de Finanzas de los cuatro países, y con el Consejo Empresarial de la Alianza del Pacífico (CEAP).

Durante la reunión de trabajo con el Presidente del CEAP, Martín Carrizosa, se hizo una presentación ante el GAN, explicando que el Consejo es una iniciativa del sector privado que da recomendaciones a los gobiernos para construir una agenda de trabajo útil para la facilitación de negocios.

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Viceministros de la Alianza del Pacífico se reúnen en Lima para abordar la visión estratégica al 2030

Posted on by Gabriela Carrasquilla
11
May

Lima, Perú (Mayo 11 2018). El Grupo de Alto Nivel (GAN) de Alianza del Pacífico, conformado por los Viceministros de Relaciones Exteriores y Comercio de Chile, Colombia, México y el Perú, se reunirá hoy en Lima (Perú) para abordar temas estratégicos para el bloque regional como la visión al 2030, establecida por los Jefes de Estado de los cuatro países como prioritaria, para aumentar la productividad y competitividad, así como promover el proceso de integración regional.

Para el Grupo de Alto Nivel es clave establecer metas alcanzables y concretas tomando como referencia los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de las Naciones Unidas. También se revisarán las solicitudes que tienen los Grupos Técnicos para los Viceministros, así como los preparativos para la próxima Cumbre Presidencial que tendrá lugar en Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco (México) a fines de julio de este año, donde Colombia entregará la Presidencia Pro Tempore al Perú.

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Vice-Ministers of the Pacific Alliance meet to approve projects to help mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic

Posted on by Angélica Alfaro
09
Jul

Cooperation projects are expected to be launched in the areas of education, labour, tourism, SMEs, gender, among others, with resources from the Pacific Alliance Cooperation Fund, support from the IDB and cooperation from the European Union.

July 9th, 2020. The virtual meeting of the High Level Group (GAN, by its acronym in Spanish) of the Pacific Alliance (PA), made up of the Vice-Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, was recently held.

The meeting was led by Rodrigo Yáñez, Undersecretary of International Economic Relations of Chile – the country holding the pro tempore presidency of the regional bloc – and was attended by the Vice-Ministers of Multilateral Affairs, Adriana Mejía, and of Foreign Trade, Laura Valdivieso, from Colombia; the Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean, Maximiliano Reyes, and the Undersecretary for Foreign Trade, Luz María de la Mora, both authorities of Mexico; and the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jaime Pomareda, and the Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade, Sayuri Bayona of Peru.

The authorities reviewed the progress of the Work Plan to address COVID-19, which they approved last April, and which included measures in 14 priority areas such as market access, productive linkages, trade facilitation, support to our SMEs, tourism, e-commerce, among others.

The GAN also evaluated the projects submitted to the Cooperation Fund of the mechanism, whose resources will be used to alleviate the economic and social effects of the coronavirus in the countries of the PA.

For the time being, the GAN approved four projects presented by the Technical Groups of the mechanism:

  • a promotion plan for the revival of tourism;
  • the creation of a Social Observatory (which will also be supported by the European Union’s EUROsociAL + programme);
  • a training plan to strengthen the digital skills of teachers and teaching managers; and
  • strengthening the tourism sector through virtual training in PA countries.

In addition, the GAN agreed to continue working jointly with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) to develop other projects in the Work Plan to deal with COVID-19. Among the proposed projects, the following stand out: the Virtual Macro-round of Tourism of the Pacific Alliance 2020; the Policy Report on Reconciliation of Work and Family Life, and its impact on women entrepreneurs in the post-COVID-19 context; and the creation of web platforms on the digital economy.

On the occasion, the authorities highlighted the success of other actions promoted by the Technical Groups and Committees of the mechanism, such as the Covid Challenge, which was carried out with the support of the IDB, and for which 396 initiatives with innovative solutions to alleviate the pandemic were presented. The eight winning projects, two from each Pacific Alliance country, will receive seed money and advice from PA experts. Regarding trade facilitation, the online procedures for receiving certificates of origin and health certificates in digital form were highlighted; this has undoubtedly supported exporters during this period.

In terms of Trade Promotion, the adequacy of business macro-rounds in a digital way was analyzed, highlighting the success of the first e-round carried out with the United Kingdom, which achieved concrete business for US$1.5 million and expectations for US$17 million for the 50 exporters of the four countries. The next macro-rounds will be: Intra-Alliance and Central America, Europe and Asia-Oceania.