Overview
This project supports the development of forest-based value chains, including access to finance for bio-entrepreneurs and marketing of bioeconomy products, to promote trade in goods with high environmental, climate, and social value.
This includes consolidating bioeconomy value chains and improving access to finance for producers, particularly female producers and entrepreneurs, in collaboration with cooperative networks. It also involves improving post-production processes (processing, marketing, and logistics) and ensuring the commercialisation of bioeconomy products by meeting market requirements and export standards (traceability, quality, and certification).
The project will foster new alliances between Ecuador and importing countries, particularly in the European Union, and support the smooth implementation of the EU-Ecuador Trade Agreement by helping Ecuadorian companies comply with EU environmental and deforestation-related standards.
Find out more on the EU-Latin America and Caribbean Digital Alliance.
