Antioquia inicia su preparación para las Elecciones Cafeteras de 2022

The Antioquia Coffee Growers Committee began preparing union leaders for the September 2022 Coffee Elections, in which representatives of the Departmental Coffee Growers Committee and the 72 Municipal Coffee Growers Committees of the department will be elected.

Through the  “Transform Your Leadership Style” workshops ,  480 leaders from 16 municipalities are initially  strengthening their communication, negotiation, resource management, and institutional knowledge skills to better serve their potential leadership roles in trade associations.

The workshops are  led by the Antioquia Coffee Growers Committee’s Union Strengthening Process  and facilitated and certified by the Pontificia Bolivariana University. Current leaders of the Coffee Growers Committees and other local leaders identified in the communities participate.

Currently, coffee growers from the municipalities of Támesis, Amagá, Concordia, Betania, Ciudad Bolívar, Salgar, Liborina, San Roque, and Caicedo have been trained. https://revistaparadigma.com.br/

Thames, Amagá and Concordia

Betania, Ciudad Bolívar and Salgar

Liborina

San Roque

Caicedo

Coffee growers from San Andrés de Cuerquia, Ituango, Abejorral, Sonsón, Gómez Plata, Giraldo and San Carlos will soon hold their meetings. Likewise, during the next few months, other activities will be scheduled that involve the rest of the coffee-growing municipalities that will be part of the 2022 Coffee Elections.

About the coffee elections

The Coffee Growers’ Elections are held every four years to elect members of the Municipal Coffee Growers’ Committees (12 members each, six principals and six alternates) and the Departmental Coffee Growers’ Committees across the country. In Antioquia, 72 Municipal Committees and one Departmental Committee are elected, representing the department’s 78,000 coffee-growing families.

The Coffee Growers Committees are bodies for trade union coordination, where investment programs and projects for coffee-growing communities are prioritized.