Weeks like this past week are satisfying, because some of the things we have worked on during the past few months are starting to come together. Thanks to Barbara's excellent presentations, we were able to further discuss where the Canadian experiences can "add value" to the work of SENA and its many Colombian partner organizations. "Collaboration" is the key word....
Barbara explained how her sector council works with all the stakeholders in Canada in the mining industry and there is a lot to do here in Colombia in the sector of the mineral mining which is still a relatively young (and informal) sector here. Sincere interest of the audiences these days...
There were some other Canadians at the mining fair, who are setting up an Institute for work on sustainable and responsible mining in a partnership between UBC, SFU and UoM. Their initiative is also funded by CIDA (now DFATD) and we discussed possible synergies. Of course we also spent some time together during one of the evenings.....
SENA was presented well at the fair and this poster shows some of their international partners (if you look well you see Canada on that list). We had a variety of meetings during the fair in addition to the workshops led by Barbara.
And in the end our hosts Blanca and Juan Guillermo (of our SENA Antioquia EFE team) said their thank-you messages to everybody. It was a good week...
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