News

Madrid
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07/02/2024

COFIDES will contribute with a technical assistance to the Triple Inclusive Finance (TIF) Program that reinforces a previous loan granted by FONPRODE and which has the financial support of LACIF.

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Barranquilla, Colombia
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07/02/2024

The Colombian city is committed to blue and green infrastructure in order to combat climate change and better cope with its effects through the LAIF City Life project, which receives funding from LACIF.

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Panama City, Panama
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30/01/2024

The DINAMICA II Initiative of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), the Government of Germany, through KfW, and the European Union (EU), supported the implementation of the Advanced Scalability Program for SMEs, facilitated by the Innovation Center of the Fundación Ciudad del Saber (City of Knowledge Foundation), with the aim of generating capabilities, strategies, and tools so that companies can scale, identifying strategic sectors and market segments.

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Latin America adnd the Caribbean
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15/01/2024

The Covid-19 crisis demonstrated the crucial role of multilateral institutions on health, prosperity and security at a global scale and the relevance of international partnerships to respond to such an unprecedented global emergency. International cooperation and solidarity is key in building resilience for future pandemics which requires increased research and more investments in healthcare infrastructure, medicine production and institutional capabilities.

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Dominican Republic
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12/01/2024

The European Union is investing more than EUR 52 million in the country through LACIF, and thus leveraging an investment that exceeds EUR 1 billion.

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Government of Dominica signs new agreement for development of geothermal power plant.

Government of Dominica signs new agreement for development of geothermal power plant.

Dominica
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10/01/2024

LACIF provided EUR 2 million for technical assistance to the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The studies and drillings conducted have demonstrated the high geothermal potential and the construction of a power plant has recently been agreed.

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Perú
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09/01/2024

eco.business Fund, advised by Finance in Motion, has announced it is extending a USD 20 million loan equivalent in local currency to Caja Arequipa, a Peruvian financial institution that lends to low-income individuals in rural provinces where agribusinesses have a significant environmental and social impact. The loan is part of a USD 50 million loan equivalent in local currency to Caja Arequipa structured by IDB Invest, the private sector arm of the IDB Group.

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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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22/12/2023

The Comprehensive Tourism and Urban Development Program of the Colonial City of Santo Domingo, or Revitalization Program, launched the Housing Improvement Program in the Colonial City (Promevi) in order to rehabilitate homes in poor conditions.

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Bogota and Luxembourg
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21/12/2023

LAGreen Fund, Latin America’s premier green bond fund advised by Finance in Motion and Santander Asset Management, is making its inaugural investment of USD 10 million in a green bond issued by the Corporación Interamericana de Financiamiento de Infraestructura (CIFI), a financial institution dedicated to providing debt financing for mid-sized green infrastructure projects in Panama and the region.

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15/11/2023

A new technical assistance facility for the Caribbean Sustainable Water Management and Clean Oceans programme was launched in October. The facility, which is funded by an €8.5 million grant from the Caribbean Investment Facility (CIF) will provide specialist technical support

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