- The Vienna Forum. Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking. UN.GIFT.
Vienna, February 2008.
- This meeting, organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), aims to promote initiatives against human trafficking worldwide at the highest political, legal and social levels.
- VI Fair Trade and Responsible Consumption Days
Barcelona, February 2008.
- This event informed about what is being done in other countries in terms of the legal framework for Fair Trade, the initiatives that are being carried out, the debate surrounding these and their progress levels.
- First International Communication and Information Technology Conference for Cooperation towards Development. Cooperation towards Development 2.0.
Gijón, January 2008
- This conference analyzed how technology can impact Human Development and be applied to Cooperation towards Development, facilitating access to and diffusion of information.
- Food sovereignty for and from women’s empowerment
Bilbao. January 2008
- Food Sovereignty is considered the right of each community to define its own agricultural and alimentary policies in accordance with their sustainable development and food security objectives. The event addressed this issue and its relation with the organizations dedicated to human development.
- Gender and Development in Asia-Pacific
Madrid, January 2008
- The meeting dealt with the elaboration of a proposal for a regional gender action plan in the Southeast Asian region on the part of AFESIP together with the delegation of entities which are experts on gender and development in the Asia-Pacific region and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI). AECI also presented its strategy for gender in development.
- II International SmallWat07 Conference: Wastewater Treatment in Small Communities
Sevilla, November 11-15, 2007
- The aim of this conference was, on the one hand, to analyze the global situation of sanitation and wastewater treatment on the small scale through regional visions and, on the other hand, to expose the latest advances in this area.
- III World Congress on the Children and Adolescent’s Rights
Barcelona, November 2007
- The third world congress on children and adolescent’s rights gathers the most important organizations on the promotion of childhood and serves as a forum for the participation of children in public platforms.
- 2007 Innovation Forum
Barcelona - Spain, October 2007
- Organized by the Center for Business Development and Innovation (CIDEM), this meeting aimed to establish contact between different agents related with innovation and the emergence of alternatives which can lead to improved development and increased competitiveness. More specifically, it addressed issues of local development to boost the global markets, and the strategy of diversification in the energy sector.
- Fair Trade Workshop. Sello Fair Trade
Barcelona, October 2007
- The aim of the workshop was to explain to SMEs the evolution and advantages of using certified fair trade products as a marketing strategy and as a market which is experiencing strong growth, especially in countries like England, France and Holland.
- International Clean Development Workshop: Opportunities for Cooperation for Development in Carbon Markets
Madrid, October 29, 2007
- In this workshop, international experts presented the existing processes and methodologies for facilitating this role to interest organizations.
- III Meso-American Environmental Expo
San Salvador - El Salvador, October 2007
- The Meso-American Environmental Expo is the main event of its kind in the region, created to encourage the strengthening of the environmental agenda through education and the exchange of knowledge, experiences and practices related with the conservation and rational use of natural resources, thus promoting achievement of Sustainable Development and the Millennium Goals.
- Humanize 2007
Zaragoza - Spain, October 2007
- Humanize `07 was the first national conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, which served as a forum for establishing common existing initiatives in the company, governmental and civil society sectors which aim to drive companies to adopt more ethical practices, for example through innovation, environmental awareness, responsible purchasing or cooperation for development.
- III Regional Conference on Violence against Children
El Cairo - Egypt, June 2007
- The United Nations workgroup on Violence against Children gathered the most important organizations in the area of children’s rights working in the Middle East forming part of the international networks in this sector.
- ECOSOC (United Nations Economic and Social Council)
Geneva - Switzerland, June 2007
- As a consultative member of ECOSOC, Intervida contributes to the discussion of policies on Food Security which are being considered in Africa, the so-called “Green Revolution in Africa”.
- Consultation Meeting on Human Trafficking. European Commission
Brussels - Belgium, June 2007
- Preview meeting of the European Commission for drafting Recommendations for the EU on human trafficking. Intervida was invited to participate as a specialist in this area.
- Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
Geneva - Switzerland, First Session. June 2007
- The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction was an initiative driven by the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (a United Nations initiative aimed at strengthening the resistance of the communities in the face of natural disasters).
- First International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security. FAO
Rome - Italy, May 2007
- The FAO presented the benefits of Organic Agriculture for worldwide food security. Intervida participated in presenting the results of the activities it undertook with FAO in Bolivia, towards the development of Organic Agriculture for Food Security.
- 1st International Conference on Tourism and the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
Madrid, March 2007
- Conference organized and sponsored by Intervida on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and its dimension in tourism. The event enjoyed the attendance and collaboration of organizations such as the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Tourism Organization, ECPAT International, the Spanish Committee of UNICEF and Europol, among others.
- Energy Expo 2007
San Pedro Sula - Honduras, February 2007
- An initiative of the Government of Honduras, this was the most important event in the sector in Central America, offering the most appropriate framework for stimulating the development of new projects and initiatives within the renewable energy field and for strengthening of efficient energy strategies.
- Technical Analysis Panel of the Solid Waste Law Pre-Project from an Environmental Perspective
La Paz - Bolivia, February 2007
- The aim of this panel was to socialize and analyze the pre-project for the Solid Waste Law, its regulations and extensions, and to gather the suggestions and observations presented by the various sectors of civil society committed to the protection of the natural environment.
- DPI-NGO Conference ’06. United Nations Organization
New York and Washington, September 2006
- One of the obligations of the organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC is to attend United Nations meetings which are periodically organized in its headquarters, in order to align policies and discuss strategies.
- First Latin American Conference on Water Management
Guatemala City - Guatemala, August 2006
- The First Latin American Conference on Water Management was aimed at generating a forum for dialogue among the Government institutions and civil society, both at the national and local levels, in terms of Sustainable Development and the management and governance of water.
- Presentation of the AECI’s Araucaria XXI program
Madrid - Spain, July 2006
- This program emerged in 1998 from the commitments made by Spain in the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 to collaborate with Latin America on sustainable development. The program is based on Sustainable Development and the role of Natural Capital in human development.
- International Conference “Much more than commerce”
Brussels - Belgium, May 2006
- This conference was promoted by the European Social Democrats and organized by Group Sur and CIFCA (a European network of which Intervida is member) to address the relationship between the European Union and Central America.
- IV World Water Forum.
Mexico City - Mexico, March 2006
- The World Water Forum is an initiative of the World Water Council aimed at promoting conscientiousness of the importance of water resources based on the participation of and dialogue between various actors for the development of specific policies.