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Training and Capacity Building for the Fight Against Deforestation
Contribute to the Comprehensive Strategy for Control of Deforestation and Forest Management (EICDGB for its acronym in Spanish), specifically in relation to the generation and strengthening of legal, institutional and financial capacities of the actors who support the fight against forest loss and who have incidence in the control, surveillance, and inspection of the direct causes of deforestation. For this, the following specific objectives are proposed: (i) promote environmental training and education as tools to counteract deforestation, and (ii) strengthen the actions of the State regarding the fight against deforestation and environmental crimes.

Project Detail

Country

Colombia

Project Number

CO-T1568

Approval Date

October 14, 2020

Project Status

Implementation

Project Type

Technical Cooperation

Sector

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS

Subsector

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE

Lending Instrument

-

Lending Instrument Code

-

Modality

-

Facility Type

-

Environmental Classification

Likely to cause minimal or no negative environmental and associated social impacts

Total Cost

USD 334,050.00

Country Counterpart Financing

USD 63,750.00

Original Amount Approved

USD 270,300.00

Financial Information
Operation Number Lending Type Reporting Currency Reporting Date Signed Date Fund Financial Instrument
ATN/CM-18259-CO Sovereign Guaranteed USD - United States Dollar Sustainable Colombia Facility Nonreimbursable
Operation Number ATN/CM-18259-CO
  • Lending Type: Sovereign Guaranteed
  • Reporting Currency: USD - United States Dollar
  • Reporting Date:
  • Signed Date:
  • Fund: Sustainable Colombia Facility
  • Financial Instrument: Nonreimbursable

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Implementation Phase
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-2056220512-8459
Technical Cooperation Agreement
Convenio - Formación y Fortalecimiento de Capacidades para la Lucha Contra la Deforestación.pdf
Apr. 05, 2021
Spanish

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