The Centre for Business and Development Studies (CBDS) at Copenhagen Business School and the Embassy of Colombia in Denmark
are pleased to invite you to a special conversation with the Alianza Cafetera de Colombia.

Coffee as an Instrument of Development and Peace: A Conversation with the Alianza Cafetera de Colombia

Date: 22 October
Time: 16:00–17:30
Venue: DH.Ø.2.71-73

Programme

• 16:00–16:10 — Welcome

by H.E. Catalina Velasco Campuzano, Ambassador of Colombia to Denmark, and Jacobo Ramirez, Co-Director of CBDS

• 16:10–17:00 — Presentation of the Alianza Cafetera de Colombia

Silverio Cardozo, Andrés Felipe Quintero, and Yenny Velásquez

• 17:00–17:30 — Conversation with the Alianza Cafetera de Colombia
  Accompanied by artisan Colombian coffee shared by the Alianza

Description

How do we build peace in Colombia?

The issue of land ownership and inequality between the countryside and the city undoubtedly ranks among the principal structural causes of the armed conflict in Colombia. The peace agreement signed in 2016 marked a key milestone in this violent history, offering a path of hope after more than fifty years of war.

In this conversation, we will explore how small-scale coffee growing can help address these issues and, by extension, contribute to consolidating the peace process. We will hear from Silverio Cardozo, Andrés Felipe Quintero, and Yenny Velásquez, members of the Alianza Cafetera de Colombia, which brings together more than 200 associations and cooperatives representing over 15,000 coffee-producing families across the country.

Their work in the field—organising communities, producing coffee, protecting nature, and promoting fair trade—is not only a business development activity but also an act of peace.

As an accompaniment to the conversation, artisan Colombian coffee brought by the Alianza will be offered.

An event organised in collaboration with the Embassy of Colombia in Denmark.