Cuenca Will Host the Premios Verdes 2026 Final
Cuenca Expat Staff
Cuenca will host the Premios Verdes 2026 final from October 19 to 23.
The event brings an international sustainability crowd to the city, built around the ranking of the 500 best socio-environmental projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
For 2026, the ranking was selected from 2,087 applications from 29 countries.
The Project Map
The selected list includes projects from 21 countries and 243 cities.
The countries with the most selected projects are:
- Colombia: 112
- Ecuador: 102
- Peru: 72
- Bolivia: 58
- Mexico: 48
The largest category is Circular Economy, with 153 projects, equal to 30.6% of the total.
Other major categories include Human Development, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Agriculture and Food Production, and Resilient Cities and Communities.
Why Cuenca Was Chosen
The 2026 final will bring leaders connected to organizations including National Geographic, United Nations, World Bank, IDB, CAF, WWF, Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy.
Cuenca was chosen because the city fits the event's focus on natural-resource protection and sustainability.
What This Means For Expats
This is not just a conference-calendar item. It reinforces Cuenca's positioning as a city that can host serious regional events, especially around environment, water, circular economy and social-impact entrepreneurship.
For residents, the most visible effects will likely be in October: visitors, events, networking, and more attention on Cuenca's environmental identity.
