Welcome to the IDB Call for Proposals page. We are excited to invite passionate individuals and experts to contribute their insights, experiences, and knowledge to help us improving lives in Latin-American and the Caribbean.
This challenge aims to connect innovative solutions with Argentina’s judicial system. Members of the judiciary in Argentina, including the Public Prosecutor’s Offices and Public Defender’s Offices, are invited to submit innovative proposals focused on improving the management of justice services, with a special emphasis on vulnerable populations. The publication of finalists will be on May 5th, 2025.
The purpose of Gobernarte: Pablo Valenti Award is to identify, reward, support and disseminate innovation initiatives in the public management of governments subnational such as states, departments, provinces, regions, municipalities, or other equivalent denominations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The announcement of results to the winning subnational governments will be made on May 12, 2025.
IDB Lab is launching this Call for Proposals for investment management firms seeking IDB Lab´s equity financing for venture capital funds with focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. The upcoming call for proposals will open soon.
The IDB, through its innovation laboratory, IDB Lab, and in partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) seeks to support innovative solutions that contribute to the sound management of hazardous Chemicals and Waste (C&W) to protect human health and the environment, and address climate vulnerability in the Caribbean region.
Become the next Superhero! If you are helping to improve lives in the region, we want to hear your story and highlight your work. Share your experiences and lessons learned so that your insights can become valuable knowledge for other teams.
Are you a startup, Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs), or Social Business that has an innovative solution that can be adopted by service providers in Latin America and the Caribbean to ensure safely managed drinking water and the resilience of water systems? If so, we invite you to apply.
This award will recognize the most innovative solutions in the sectors of water, sanitation, and solid waste in the Latin American and Caribbean region, which have achieved measurable progress and results, improving the quality and access to these services.
This initiative aims to find solutions that allow the potential of sargassum biomass to be harnessed and improve the resilience of coastal communities in Latin America and the Caribbean, through the use of advanced technologies and innovative practices. The announcement of winners will be made once the due-diligence process is completed.
Call for proposals to support the reduction of Greenhouse Gas emissions and increase the resilience of targeted value chains and ecosystems in the Amazon region in these target countries, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is looking for ten innovative projects to tackle key challenges in Latin American and Caribbean communities within the greater Washington, D.C. area. Click here to learn more and submit your proposal!
Accelerating digital transformation in Caribbean small island developing states using an infrastructure approach.
Build great solutions with us for the challenges of the post-Covid world.
Are you a startup, Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs), or Social Business that has an innovative solution that can be adopted by service providers in Latin America and the Caribbean to ensure safely managed drinking water and the resilience of water systems? If so, we invite you to apply.
Call for initiatives aimed at mitigating methane emissions from the solid waste sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The initiative will support LAC agribusinesses to increase productivity and efficiency and increase operational sustainability for climate change risks mitigation and adaptation.
The CARIBEquity Facility, under its ‘Innovation Ecosystem Challenge Fund’, is looking to support innovation ecosystem actors such as accelerators, incubators, academia, and other agencies supporting innovation (e.g., impact hubs).
Call looking for individuals or teams of researchers to submit research proposals that study the economic impacts and determinants of Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption and development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
This challenge aims to connect innovative solutions with Argentina’s judicial system. Members of the judiciary in Argentina, including the Public Prosecutor’s Offices and Public Defender’s Offices, are invited to submit innovative proposals focused on improving the management of justice services, with a special emphasis on vulnerable populations. The publication of finalists will be on May 5th, 2025.
The purpose of Gobernarte: Pablo Valenti Award is to identify, reward, support and disseminate innovation initiatives in the public management of governments subnational such as states, departments, provinces, regions, municipalities, or other equivalent denominations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The announcement of results to the winning subnational governments will be made on May 12, 2025.
IDB Lab is launching this Call for Proposals for investment management firms seeking IDB Lab´s equity financing for venture capital funds with focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. The upcoming call for proposals will open soon.
The IDB, through its innovation laboratory, IDB Lab, and in partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) seeks to support innovative solutions that contribute to the sound management of hazardous Chemicals and Waste (C&W) to protect human health and the environment, and address climate vulnerability in the Caribbean region.
Become the next Superhero! If you are helping to improve lives in the region, we want to hear your story and highlight your work. Share your experiences and lessons learned so that your insights can become valuable knowledge for other teams.
Are you a startup, Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs), or Social Business that has an innovative solution that can be adopted by service providers in Latin America and the Caribbean to ensure safely managed drinking water and the resilience of water systems? If so, we invite you to apply.
This award will recognize the most innovative solutions in the sectors of water, sanitation, and solid waste in the Latin American and Caribbean region, which have achieved measurable progress and results, improving the quality and access to these services.
This initiative aims to find solutions that allow the potential of sargassum biomass to be harnessed and improve the resilience of coastal communities in Latin America and the Caribbean, through the use of advanced technologies and innovative practices. The announcement of winners will be made once the due-diligence process is completed.
Call for proposals to support the reduction of Greenhouse Gas emissions and increase the resilience of targeted value chains and ecosystems in the Amazon region in these target countries, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is looking for ten innovative projects to tackle key challenges in Latin American and Caribbean communities within the greater Washington, D.C. area. Click here to learn more and submit your proposal!
Accelerating digital transformation in Caribbean small island developing states using an infrastructure approach.
Build great solutions with us for the challenges of the post-Covid world.
Are you a startup, Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs), or Social Business that has an innovative solution that can be adopted by service providers in Latin America and the Caribbean to ensure safely managed drinking water and the resilience of water systems? If so, we invite you to apply.
Call for initiatives aimed at mitigating methane emissions from the solid waste sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The initiative will support LAC agribusinesses to increase productivity and efficiency and increase operational sustainability for climate change risks mitigation and adaptation.
The CARIBEquity Facility, under its ‘Innovation Ecosystem Challenge Fund’, is looking to support innovation ecosystem actors such as accelerators, incubators, academia, and other agencies supporting innovation (e.g., impact hubs).
Call looking for individuals or teams of researchers to submit research proposals that study the economic impacts and determinants of Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption and development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
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