Agrocaribe invited community leaders and local authorities to participate in the forum “Sustainable dialog, road to development”
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Agrocaribe participated in CentraRSE's National Forum: "Sustainable Dialogue, Road to Development" that proposed a dialogue mechanism to create relationships and partnerships to reduce conflicts. Besides, Agrocaribe invited community leaders and local authorities to participate in the forum to provide an opportunity to learn this and multiply it in their communities.
Agrocaribe invited a group of communities from Morales and Puerto Barrios, who attended the forum held in Guatemala City. Participating leaders represented 13 communities neighbors of the company’s operations: Entre Rios, Piteros, San Francisco Vuelta Grande, Media Luna, El Quetzalito, Jimeritos, Tenedores Campamento and Estación, Champona Línea and Inta, Sinai, Rio Negro and Buena Vista; representatives of local authorities such as the Governor’s office, and the Municipalities of Puerto Barrios and Morales, who were also invited by Agrocaribe.
The day before the Forum, a meeting was held with the community leaders with the aim of establishing a dialogue between the company and the neighboring communities. The meeting consisted of a presentation given by the General Manager of Agrocaribe on its products, operations and corporate social responsibility projects; a discussion with the communities began after the presentation which was very satisfactory because the company got feedback from the leaders on Agrocaribe and had a conversation on topics such as community projects.
The following day the leaders participated in the National Forum, which was attended by more than 600 persons: government officials, ambassadors, representatives of international organizations, businessmen, community leaders and civil society.
Once again, Agrocaribe is concerned on keeping a close relationship with its communities, where through dialogue, there is transparency, humbleness, confidence to communicate and build together a joint beneficial vision for both parties.
The leaders were grateful to the company
“Thanks to everyone in Agrocaribe for inviting us to this meeting, this is one of the many things that Agrocaribe is adding to benefit the development of the communities, we want to thank the manager and owners of the company, as a community we are very grateful, thank you for always being attentive and inviting us to these activities that are beneficial to the communities. Thank you for the approach that we have had, the meeting was excellent”.
“We are participating on behalf of the Governor, I wish you success and that we can continue to work together for the department of Izabal, and have this communication with the communities, authorities and the company; thank you Agrocaribe and you can count on our support”.
“For me, it is a pleasure to be with you, we thank the invitation that you have made us, because Agrocaribe is a solidary company that helps the communities and its employees”.
“It is the first time that I participate in such an important event, very good attention. We are willing to cooperate with the company and give them our support because they have always behaved fantastically towards us and the communities. Today we have a good relationship with Agrocaribe; they always support our community projects in which we work together for the benefit of the community”.
“That companies operating in Guatemala have a business culture based on ethics and the law contributing to its competitiveness, general welfare and sustainable development of the country”.
