The fund assists Amazonian countries in preparing projects and investment plans for the region and promotes the conception, preparation, and application of multisectoral programmatic approaches.
What is the IDB Strategic Seed Program for the Amazon?
The Program serve as a cornerstone that incentivizes investments in the sustainable development of the region within the conceptual framework of Amazonia Forever. It fosters the development and implementation of sustainable and inclusive development models in Amazonia, as well as facilitate the governance, alliances and collaboration within the region that are required in this endeavor. As such, it enables the IDB to assist, through non-reimbursable technical cooperation operations, Amazonian countries in achieving substantial progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Amazonia.
The US$20 million Program foster inclusive development models in the multi-sector, multi-national context of unique socio-environmental complexity and diversity that is the Amazonia region.
Bioeconomy
Sustainable Agriculture & Livestock Management
Human Capital
Sustainable Infrastructure & Sustainable Cities
* December 2024. Numbers are updated once a year.
BELÉM, Brazil - Development banks from the Amazon basin countries today launched the Green Coalition, a pioneering international alliance mobilized by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) to carry out collaborative, synergistic and complementary sustainable development initiatives with unprecedented scale and impact for the Amazon region, while respecting local and regional characteristics. The participation of the IDB and BNDES in the Green Coalition is part of their respective long-term strategies for sustainable development, in general, and to
BELÉM, Brazil – The Governors of the Brazilian Interstate Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Legal Amazon will increase their collaboration as part of the Inter-American Development Bank's regional program, Amazonia Forever. After a high-level dialogue with the Minister of Planning and Budget and Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Simone Tebet, IDB President Ilan Goldfajn, and President of the Legal Amazon Consortium, the Governor of the State of Pará, Helder Barbalho, signed a letter of intent to explore channeling financial resources and technical
BELÉM, Brazil – Mayors from Amazonian cities today launched the Amazon Cities Forum, devoted to building a new vision of sustainable development for the Amazon region. The forum will serve as a permanent platform for Amazon mayors to collaborate, exchange best practices and experiences, and jointly address the social and environmental challenges faced by cities and territories while ensuring the peoples’ rights and leadership. The launch of the new forum occurred in advance of the Amazon Presidential Summit, and after a high-level discussion between more than 20 mayors. The event was organized
A regional coordination program for sustainable and inclusive development that collaborates with the public and private sectors, multilateral development banks, and non-governmental and civil society organizations for the Amazon region.
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