2016 again offers good opportunities for the Dutch private sector in waste and waste water management to gain a foothold in Colombia or to strengthen business relations. The calendar of events reads as follows:

• 8-12 February: Road show "Integral Solid Waste Management - the Dutch way" to Bogotá, Bucaramanga and Medellín (together with ANDESCO and Findeter)
• 29 May - 3 June: Incoming mission to the Netherlands including a visit to IFAT Munich
• 24 - 26 August: ACODAL AIDIS Latin American Congress in Cartagena

The Partners for International Business Project: "Waste and Waste Water Management Colombia" continues. Participants are now VDL Translift, Wequips/Bollegraaf, Hofstetter/AWT and GMT.