La Red de Innovación e Impacto - Meet ACPACI

May 14, 2021 3:00 PM ET
Campaign: Capacity Building

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Through the La Red de Innovación e Impacto program, WEC and our partners support small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) that are accelerating business development and promoting sustainable economic growth in Latin America. Meet one of our La Red members:

ACPACI, a member organization of La Red de Innovación e Impacto, is a cooperative association of the “Izalcos Region” in western El Salvador.

It is dedicated to producing, processing and marketing products derived from cocoa and other products of agroforestry systems, through continuous improvement in all processes, good sustainable practices in each link of the chain. In addition to the satisfaction of its customers, it cares about the well-being of its partners and participants.

It focuses on products derived from cocoa and chocolates with a low percentage of sugar. They also provide training and product assembly services. 

 

About LA RED

The U.S. Department of State has funded the World Environment Center (WEC) and its partners, Le Groupe-conseil baastel ltée (Baastel), and RioSlum Studio, to select organizations that are accelerating business development and promoting sustainable economic growth in Latin America. The Program, La Red de Innovación e Impacto (La Red), was established in 2014 and is a collection of 37 innovative solutions from 11 countries in the region.

About World Environment Center (WEC)

WEC is an independent, global non-profit, non-advocacy organization that advances sustainable development through the business practices and operations of its member companies and in partnership with governments, multilateral organizations, non-governmental organizations, universities and other stakeholders. WEC’s mission is to promote business and societal value by advancing solutions to sustainable development-related problems.

About Baastel

Baastel is recognized for its quality services in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Results-based Management (RBM), strategic planning, project and program management, and building individual and institutional capacity in these areas. Baastel’s outstanding reputation in the field is built on a record of international and national successes, and expertise that is backed by attention to detail, quality, transparency and neutrality.