1st BioTrade Congress

Partners

	General Secretariat of the Andean Community www.comunidadandina.org/ The Andean Community (CAN) is an IGO of four countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru), which subscribed in 1959 the Cartagena Agreement. The objectives of this Agreement are to promote the balanced and harmonious development of the Member Countries under equitable conditions, through integration and economic and social cooperation; to accelerate their growth and the rate of creation of employment; and to facilitate their participation in the regional integration process, looking ahead towards the gradual formation of a Latin American Common Market. The General Secretariat (the executive body of the Andean Community) and the Ministries of Environment of the Member Countries, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, approved the implementation of a Program of Biodiversity for the Amazon Region of the Andean Countries (BioCAN). Since June 2010, BioCAN initiated activities with the aim of contributing to improve quality of life of the Amazonian populations and to reduce poverty by strengthening biodiversity management. The Program addresses the Regional Biodiversity Strategy and Andean Environmental Agenda.
	International Trade Centre www.intracen.org/ ITC is the joint technical assistance agency of the United Nations and World Trade Organization. ITC's mission is to enable small business export success in developing and transition-economy countries, by providing, with partners, sustainable and inclusive development solutions to the private sector, trade support institutions and policymakers. ITC’s Trade and Environment Programme support exporters in developing countries access international markets in environmental goods and services.
	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development - Colombia www.minambiente.gov.co/ The Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, created in October 2011, is the national public agency responsible for the environment and sustainable development agenda. It promotes sustainable development strategies through the formulation of policies and regulations on environmental issues, as well as on the creation of technical tools that support the implementation of those policies and regulations, based on the principles of participation and integrity in public administration.
	Ministry of Environment - Peru www.minam.gob.pe/ Ministry of the Environment was created on May 14th, 2008 by Legislative Decree No. 1013, as the administrative authority of the national environmental sector, which is managed at local, regional and national government levels. Its mission is to preserve environment quality and ensure present and future generations their right to enjoy a balanced and suitable environment for the development of life. Thus, we favour and ensure sustainable, responsible, rational and ethical use of natural resources and the environment that sustains them. Strategic objectives: • Natural heritage of the country is used and preserved with economy efficiency, social equity and environmental sustainability. • Peru maintains an environmental quality and a risk management that protect people's health and safety. • Peru is a country with high degree of environmental awareness and culture. • Natural and social capital for eco-efficient and competitive development of environmental goods and services in the domestic and international market has been assessed. • National Environmental Management System works effectively.
	Natural Resources Stewardship Circle www.nrsc.fr/ The Natural Resources Stewardship Circle (NRSC) is a voluntary association of leaders in the cosmetics, perfume, flavor, and fragrance industries. Beyond the confines of competition and moved by a shared awareness, they have decided to join their forces to increase the positive impact they can have on the preservation of biodiversity and improvement of living conditions for local populations. Based on a common guideline of good practices to serve as model, they aim to act together on building examples of long-term, economically profitable, and sustainable collaborations.
	PhytoTrade Africa www.phytotradeafrica.com/ PhytoTrade Africa was established in 2002 as the trade association of the natural products industry in Southern Africa. “Natural products” are products derived from plants indigenous to Southern Africa; they include foods, drinks, oils and ingredients used by the food and cosmetics industries. We are a non-profit, membership-based organisation representing private sector businesses, development agencies, individuals and other interested parties in eight countries: Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Our purpose is to alleviate poverty and protect biodiversity in the region by developing an industry that is not only economically successful but also ethical and sustainable.
	State Secretariat for Economic Affairs www.seco.admin.ch/ The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) is the Swiss federal government's centre of expertise for all core issues relating to economic policy. Its aim is to ensure sustainable economic growth by putting in place the necessary regulatory and economic policy conditions. The Economic Cooperation and Development Division at SECO is responsible for the planning and implementation of the economic and trade policy measures for the developing countries, the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and the new member States of the European Union (EU). In addition, SECO is responsible for the coordination of Switzerland's relations with the World Bank Group, the regional development banks and the economic organisations of the United Nations. SECO’s economic development cooperation has two main objectives: to support the integration of partner countries into the global economy, and to promote their sustainable economic growth. Thus, SECO is contributing to poverty reduction.
	Union for Ethical BioTrade www.ethicalbiotrade.org/ The Union for Ethical BioTrade is a non-profit association that promotes the ‘Sourcing with Respect’ of ingredients that come from biodiversity. Members commit to gradually ensuring that their sourcing practices promote the conservation of biodiversity, respect traditional knowledge, and assure the equitable sharing of benefits all along the supply chain.
	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development / BioTrade Initiative www.biotrade.org/ The BioTrade Initiative was launched by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 1996 to promote sustainable BioTrade in support of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity: • "the conservation of biological diversity; • sustainable use of its components; • and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilisation of genetic resources." The Initiative has developed a unique portfolio of programmes in Asia, Africa and Latin America that enhance the capability of developing countries to produce value-added products and services derived from biodiversity, for domestic and international markets. The sound economic and environmental sustainability of BioTrade's intervention is guaranteed by the compliance of its principles and criteria. The BioTrade Initiative works from UNCTAD, in the Biodiversity and Climate Change section that is part of the Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Branch under the Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities (DITC).
	United Nations Development Programme - Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery www.undp.org/ UNDP’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) was established in 2001 by UNDP’s Executive Board. UNDP, through BCPR works in crises affected countries around the world providing a bridge between humanitarian needs and long-term development, offering technical advisory support to governments and financial assistance, including direct support to country offices in design, implementation and evaluation of CPR programmes. BCPR’s specific goals with respect to livelihoods and economic recovery are to stabilize livelihoods through income generation and emergency job creation by: i) supporting livelihoods analysis and programming in conflict and disaster contexts, ii) supporting post-crisis socio-economic recovery through the sustainable reintegration of former combatants, internally displaced persons and returning refugees (in close liaison with UNHCR); and; iii) enabling livelihoods, return and reintegration through improved national capacities for the control, management and destruction of land mines, cluster munitions, other explosive remnants of war, small arms and light weapons. UNDP's DDR approach thereby goes beyond ex-combatants to focus on the wider community with programmes on armed violence reduction and weapons management. UNDP has supported economic and social reintegration of ex-combatants in peacekeeping and non-peacekeeping contexts since 1991. UNDP’s BCPR DDR Unit serves as the co-chair of the Inter-Agency Working Group on DDR facilitating the implementation of the first UN-wide policy, guidelines and procedures for DDR – The Integrated DDR Standards.
	Yves Rocher www.yves-rocher.com/ In Brittany, France, the sourcing of ingredients based on biological resources allowed Mr. Yves Rocher to create his cosmetics firm some 50 years ago in the village of La Gacilly, originally to fight rural depopulation. Since then, the brand Yves Rocher has focused its attention on Botanical Beauty – combining expertise on skin biology with knowledge of plants. Still nowadays Yves Rocher is a grower with its organic fields in La Gacilly, a manufacturer with its Breton factories,and a distributor with its own networks.