LATEST NEWS & EVENTS
The eco.business Fund has extended a loan facility of up to USD 20 million to Banpais in Honduras. This investment aims to support sustainable growth of corporates and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in broadening its green portfolio. The facility will help the bank support primary producers engaged in agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture to integrate sustainability principles into their operations.
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), within the framework of the DINAMICA II Initiative that is executed with financing from the Government of Germany, through KfW, and the European Union, signed a Non-Reimbursable Technical Assistance agreement with the Universidad Panamericana de El Salvador (UPAN), whose objective is to strengthen capacities to improve the products and services offered by the Business Development Center for Micro and Small Enterprises (CDMYPE) of this University.
ConectaxG has benefited from the participation of AECID through FONPRODE (€42M) together with a European Union allocation for technical assistance (€6.7M) that will be managed by COFIDES. The European Union's contribution will be made through its Latin America and Caribbean Investment Facility (LACIF).
SUCCESS STORIES
Banking and Financial services
Triple Bottom Line Inclusive Finance in Latin America. Promoting Climate Smart Finance & Better Access
Project led by COFIDES
- 30.000 previously unbanked MSMEs reached
- 62.000 jobs supported
- 7 entities supported in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Central America
Rural development
Support to enhance FONPLATA’s climate resilience capacity
Project led by EIB
- Fonplata, the Development Bank of the River Plata basin, has upgraded its environmental and social standards for the benefit of its member countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay
- The cooperation among Fonplata, EIB and LACIF has allowed the implementation of four pilot projects in Bolivia and Brazil
Sustainable Energy
LAGreen - Latin American Green Bond Fund
Project led by KfW
- The LAGreen Fund is expected to reach a total of ~EUR 450 million by 2028.
- LAGreen aims to promote the development of the Bond market in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Projects financed through LAGreen are focused on generating global environmental benefits and particularly to fight climate change.
- LAGreen has invested EUR 128 million in 9 countries and supported over 40...
Urban Development
Fondo MiVivienda - Promoting sustainable social housing in Peru
Project led by AFD
- 110,800 households certified as sustainable quality social housing, 10,500 out of which received support from LAIF
- "MiVivienda Verde programme” enabled the reduction of electricity consumption by 40% and of water consumption by 30% by 2024 in the new homes
- Development of urban planning measures in several Peruvian cities
Waste Management
Jujuy Integrated Waste Management Project
Project led by EIB
By 2025, the project shall have the following results:
- 600,000 direct beneficiaries of the improved waste management strategy
- 700 jobs created
- Recovery of 23,000 tons of waste
Sustainable energy
Cerro Dominador: The first thermal solar power plant in Latin America
Project led by KfW
- 235,000 tons CO2 equivalent per year of direct GHG emissions avoided through the project
- 580,000 MWh/year generated by the concentrated solar power plant
- 380,000 homes supplied with electricity 24 hours/day
- at least 1,906 jobs created through the “Mirror Programme”
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