22/11/2022
Leaders of environmental funds from Latin America and the Caribbean met in Quito
The city of Quito, capital of Ecuador, hosted the XXIV International Congress of the Network of Environmental Funds of Latin America and the Caribbean (RedLAC) from October 24 to 27, with the participation of more than 150 on-site and 50 virtual participants, including Ministers of State, representatives of the private sector, experts in sustainable development and delegates from 20 countries in the region.
In this space for dialogue, various experiences and knowledge were shared on innovation processes and opportunities in the world of conservation, as well as initiatives led by the region's environmental funds; implementation of new financial tools; development of more transparent accountability systems; experiences on the new challenges faced by member countries and the mobilization of bilateral and multilateral resources, among other topics.
The inauguration of this meeting was in charge of the authorities: Gustavo Manrique, Minister of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition of Ecuador, Jorge Oviedo, President of RedLAC and Ana Albán, Executive Director of the Environmental and Sustainable Investment Fund (FIAS) and Tapiwa Makiwa, Vice President of the Consortium of African Funds for the Environment, CAFÉ.
Ana Albán, Executive Director of the FIAS Sustainable Environmental Investment Fund, said in her speech: "As you will hear in the different presentations, today's approach to conservation and environmental management is much more comprehensive. It is very different from what we had 20 years ago, when most of the funds gathered here were created. The challenges are plentiful but the possibility of working on transcendent issues makes us find ways to turn them into an opportunity to innovate and be better at what we do."
The Sustainable Environmental Investment Fund (FIAS) is the financial mechanism for environmental management in Ecuador. Since 2004 it has been executing resources in a timely and transparent manner to strengthen environmental policy in the areas of biodiversity conservation, sustainable use of natural resources, climate change adaptation and mitigation, environmental quality, among others.
This year, the RedLac Congress was organized by the Environmental Investment Fund of El Salvador (FIAES) together with the Sustainable Environmental Investment Fund (FIAS) and was attended by the 27 member Environmental Funds, as well as Environmental Funds from Africa, and strategic partners.
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