Name of the entity
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Type of Support Provider
Multilateral
Close Date
Climate Objective
Cross-cutting
Eligible to submit a proposal
Private companies
Co-financing Requirement
No
Consortium Requirement
No
Funding Amount
USD 500,000
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Sectors and Themes
Energy
Waste
Water
Call Summary
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through its innovation laboratory, IDB Lab, in coordination with the IDB Water and Sanitation Division and in partnership with the members of Source of Innovation seeks to advance solutions and innovations from the private sector that can be adopted by service providers in Latin America and the Caribbean to assure safely managed drinking water and the resilience of water systems. This challenge will focus on strengthening the supply of sectoral innovation from the region by identifying and supporting innovative solutions and products developed by the private sector.
Eligibility Criteria
IDB Lab is looking to support private sector entities: startups, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and Social Businesses (i.e., B corporations), with business models "ready to implement". The entity must propose a specific project that supports the strengthening of the supply of innovation for the sector in any of the following areas:
• Energy efficiency for the water and sanitation sector
• Non-revenue water
• Water quality
• Management of systems related to water and sanitation services (incl. services management, information management, and interaction with users)
• Environmental sustainability and resilience of services (incl. water availability for drinking water, quality of water bodies, planning, etc.)
The proposed projects must demonstrate that they contribute to the following indicators:
1. Reduce water loss (non-revenue water).
2. Improve water quality.
3. Increase sustainability (operational, environmental, or financial) of water and sanitation services.
4. Increase resilience (operational, environmental, or financial) of water and sanitation services.
5. Reduce volumes of untreated wastewater.
6. Reduce pollution of water sources.
7. GHG emissions avoided (this indicator cannot go alone and requires contribution to another indicator from this list).
• Energy efficiency for the water and sanitation sector
• Non-revenue water
• Water quality
• Management of systems related to water and sanitation services (incl. services management, information management, and interaction with users)
• Environmental sustainability and resilience of services (incl. water availability for drinking water, quality of water bodies, planning, etc.)
The proposed projects must demonstrate that they contribute to the following indicators:
1. Reduce water loss (non-revenue water).
2. Improve water quality.
3. Increase sustainability (operational, environmental, or financial) of water and sanitation services.
4. Increase resilience (operational, environmental, or financial) of water and sanitation services.
5. Reduce volumes of untreated wastewater.
6. Reduce pollution of water sources.
7. GHG emissions avoided (this indicator cannot go alone and requires contribution to another indicator from this list).
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