CATIE participates in annual closing meeting of the TRANSPATH project in the Czech Republic

• The meeting brought together researchers from the project to share results and reflect on the transformative pathways needed to advance toward more sustainable and equitable systems for people and nature.

CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center) participated in the final meeting of the international project TRANSPATH (Transformative Pathways for Sustainable Development), held on February 26 and 27, 2026, in Prague, Czech Republic.

The TRANSPATH project, funded through the European Union’s Horizon initiative, seeks to understand and promote transformation processes toward more sustainable development models. Through collaboration among academic institutions, research centers and international organizations, the initiative explores how public policies, innovation, knowledge exchange and coordination among different actors can drive systemic changes in areas such as sustainable land management, biodiversity and production systems.

Knowledge exchange to promote sustainable transformations

The meeting allowed participants, from countries such as the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Spain, Ghana and Costa Rica, to share the main findings of the different work packages and jointly reflect on the lessons learned during the implementation of the project.

This gathering also represented the consortium’s last in-person meeting before the project’s completion, scheduled for October 2026. In this context, the meeting offered an opportunity to review the progress achieved over the three years of work, as well as to reflect on the project’s contributions to the analysis of transformation pathways toward more sustainable social, economic and environmental systems.

Discussions focused particularly on the cross-cutting themes and key messages of each work package, as well as on how the different components of the project have contributed to understanding the structural change processes needed to move toward more sustainable development models both in Europe and in other regions of the world.

Representing CATIE was researcher Pablo Evia, from the Environmental Economics and Sustainable Agribusiness Unit (UEAAS/EfD), who also serves as the local coordinator of the project.

“CATIE’s participation in this international initiative has been very important, as it reaffirms its commitment to the generation of scientific knowledge and global cooperation to promote sustainable transformations that integrate nature conservation with the well-being of communities,” Evia stated.

“In addition, the TRANSPATH project has promoted the exchange of experiences between Europe and Latin America, strengthening the dialogue between science, public policies and social actors to advance innovative solutions to current sustainable development challenges,” he added.

The results and lessons generated by the TRANSPATH project will contribute to the development of tools, analyses and recommendations aimed at supporting decision-making and the design of public policies that facilitate transitions toward more sustainable, inclusive and resilient systems. From CATIE, this participation has contributed evidence and experiences from Latin America, strengthening the dialogue between science and public policy to promote transformations toward more sustainable development models.