It is a forum for multi-sectoral interaction, comprised of public institutions, companies, and civil society organizations from Latin American and Caribbean countries.
The InvestmentMap Community of Practice promotes collaborative work to collectively build transparency and integrity policies for public resources through the use of digital platforms and technologies.
Through the exchange of best practices and recommendations from the public sector, civil society and the private sector, the community promotes accountability and continuous improvement of the initiative.
The following pillars guide the discussion:
Strengthening the integrity of public resources by using artificial intelligence to identify irregularities in public procurement or facilitate citizen participation, among other use cases.
Supporting and improving data-driven decision-making and planning, enabling the closing of infrastructure, social and environmental gaps, and the feasibility and prioritization of national investment programmes.
Promoting government policies that address gender equity and diversity, climate change and environmental sustainability.
InvestmentMap is an initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), financed by the Transparency Fund (AAF), whose donors are Norway, Canada, Italy, Sweden and Mastercard. It also receives technological support from Microsoft in the application of analytical tools and cloud services.
The initiative is led by the Innovation for Citizen Services Division (ICS) of the IDB in conjunction with the governments and local entities of the countries.
InvestmentMap is aligned with other Bank initiatives, including Center of Government (CdeG) and Management for Results (GxR).
Learn more about MapaInversiones and its work through technical notes, impact assessments, and blogs published to strengthen our community.
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Increase of 7.6 percentage points in the physical progress of works and 18.5 pp in financial progress.
Increase of 8 percentage points in the physical progress of the works.
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