22/11/2022
Leaders of environmental funds from Latin America and the Caribbean met in Quito
The city of Quito, capital of Ecuador, was the venue for the XXIV International Congress of the Network of Environmental Funds of Latin America and the Caribbean (RedLAC) that took place from October 24 to 27, with the participation of more than 150 face-to-face participants and 50 virtual, among which were 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 about innovation processes and opportunities in the world of conservation were shared, as well as initiatives led by environmental funds in the region; implementation of new financial tools; development of more transparent accountability systems; experiences on the new challenges of the 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 the 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 Environmental and Sustainable Investment Fund (FIAS), stated in her speech: “As you will be able to hear in the different conferences, the approach that conservation and environmental management is made today 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 important issues makes us find a way 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 executed resources in a timely and transparent manner to strengthen environmental policy in the areas of biodiversity conservation, sustainable use of natural resources, adaptation and mitigation to climate change, 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 African Environmental Funds, and strategic partners.
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