Deadline: 1 March 2019
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched a 2019 call for proposals for the Regional Public Goods (RPG) Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which support projects involving three or more countries.
The RPG Initiative provides technical grants to finance solutions that resolve shared challenges through regional cooperation. Since 2004, the RPG Initiative has financed 169 projects, investing more than US$120 million.
The Regional Public Goods (RPG) Initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is based on the premise that the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) share numerous development challenges and opportunities that can be addressed more effectively and efficiently through regional collective action and cooperation.
Cross-cutting Issues
- Gender equality and diversity
- Climate change and environmental sustainability
- Institutional capacity and the rule of law
Size of Grants
The size of the grant typically ranges between US$500.000 and US$ 750.000 per project.
Benefits
The Initiative may finance the following expenses:
- Consulting fees, understood as national or international individual or firms;
- Travel and per diem expenses for national and international consultants hired under the project, and staff of participating institutions to attend project-related meetings, workshops and training events;
- Costs of organizing meetings, including simultaneous interpretation and related support services (technical support), secretarial services required to organize and/or conduct meetings; rental of equipment necessary and purchase of certain meeting-related supplies, etc.;
- Publication/reproduction of documents and materials, including printing, editing, translation, distribution of documents and materials and the right to reproduce them (copyright), provided that this documentation results from, or is used in, project-related activities;
- Project evaluation and audit (mandatory requirement for all projects).
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities are eligible to submit proposals:
- Public national, sub-national and local institutions in the IDB’s borrowing member countries with legal capacity to enter into agreements with the Bank.
- Private, non-profit entities that are legally established in one of the IDB’s borrowing member countries.
- Latin American and/or Caribbean regional or sub-regional institutions with legal capacity to enter into agreements with the IDB.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must apply online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Argentina, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guyana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
For more information, please visit https://www.iadb.org/en/news/idb-launches-2019-call-proposals-finance-regional-projects-latin-america