"Amazonia Forever" is the IDBs multidimensional, holistic, umbrella program that aims to promote innovation in financial instruments; exchange and increase strategic knowledge for decision-making; and encourage coordination and collaboration to promote the sustainable, inclusive, and resilient development of the Amazon region.
The program includes a platform to map all existing resources from Amazon countries and donors to facilitate financing and help guide policy and investment decisions. "Amazonia Forever" addresses six priority areas: local population; sustainable agriculture and forestry; bioeconomy; infrastructure; sustainable cities; and connectivity and focuses on: promoting the inclusion of women, indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants, and local communities; climate and forest conservation; and strengthening institutional capacities and the rule of law.
Please refer to the following information for partners who can submit proposals:
Proposals should be submitted by early-stage bio-business, entrepreneurs, and other innovation ecosystem actors. Applicants can be startups with “ready-to-implement” solutions (an innovation that can demonstrate successful deployment of a prototype/Minimum Viable Product-MVP), small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and NGOs, and others with expertise in the topic of this challenge that support entrepreneurship and/or innovation.
If your organization is legally registered in one of the six target countries where the project will be implemented, you can apply to the Challenge.
If your organization is legally registered in one of the 48 members countries of the IDB Group, other than one of the six target countries where the project will be implemented, you may apply only in partnership with an organization registered and located in one of the six target countries where the project will be implemented.