EU-CELAC: Investment agenda for a new strategic alliance

A new EU - Latin America and the Caribbean investment agenda

CAF has identified 70 national and regional initiatives to realize European investment in projects focused on reducing poverty and inequality, promoting the green and fair transition, and digital transformation.

The EU will invest 45,000 million euros in Latin America and the Caribbean

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CAF´S WEEK IN EUROPE

SEPTEMBER 12 | Madrid Spain.

11:00 am. - 12:30 pm. | Presentation of the Economy and Development Report: “Global challenges, regional solutions”

 

4:30 pm. - 6:30 pm. | CLXXIX CAF Directory

3:00 pm. - 6:30 p.m.| I ECOFIN & ALC Ministerial Meeting - 1st Session
 
6:30 pm. - 7:00 p.m. | Press conference of the meeting of EU-CELAC finance ministers

Download the papers on strategic topics

Green Transition

European investments can reduce GHG emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Download the paper on green transition

Digital transformation

Connectivity problems, the role of digital education and training for the future of work, smart digital regulation, and the role of technology in facing climate change.

Download the paper on digital transformation

Human development

Global challenges cannot be overcome without a society in which there are opportunities for progress through equitable and quality access to education, adequate social and health protection systems, decent and formal working conditions, and gender equality.

Download the paper on human development

EU numbers in Latin America

€ 45.000 MM

That the EU will mobilize until 2027 in development projects in the region

€ 800.000 MM

Accumulated stock of European investments in Latin America and the Caribbean

21%

% of joint global GDP of the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean

27 of 33

Latin American and Caribbean countries have cooperation agreements with Europe

Investment agenda EU-CAF

Argentina

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    Electricity transmission
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    Rural Development Program
  • Energy in transition - Hydrogen
  • Critical raw materials
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Barbados

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    Improvement of the drinking water management system
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    Investment in Blue Green Bank
  • Renewable energy
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Bolivia

  • Renewable energies
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Brasil

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    Renewable energy
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    Modernization of water and sanitation systems
  • Tropical Forest Initiative
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    Support for SMEs in green technologies
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Chile

  • H2 Production
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    Carbon neutral fuel production
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Colombia

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    85% digital connectivity by 2026
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    Sustainable economy and cities
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    E-mobility
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Costa Rica

  • Health
  • E-mobility
  • Green Bonds
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Ecuador

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    Water to combat chronic child malnutrition
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    Water and sanitation in Portoviejo
  • Sustainable mobility
  • Green bonds
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El Salvador

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    Digital connectivity
  • Metro Line 1
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Jamaica

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    Renewable Energy
  • Green Bonds
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Mexico

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    Energy transition
  • Green Bonds
  • Watershed Management
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Panama

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    Energy in transition
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    Decarbonization of the Canal
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    Digital transformation
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    Vaccines and biopharmaceuticals
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Paraguay

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    Water and sanitation
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    Fight against deforestation
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    Renewal of the electricity transmission
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Perú

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    Water security in urban areas
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    Conservation and protection of naural heritage
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    Electrical interconnection systems
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    BRT systems
  • Urban light rail
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    Circular economy
  • Green economy investments
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    Andean Electrical Interconnection
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República Dominicana

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    Improvement of sanitation systems
  • Green bonds
  • Sustainable urban ransportation
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Trinidad y Tobago

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    Digital transition
  • Renewable energy
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    Water and sanitation
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Uruguay

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    Water and sanitation
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    Promotion of electric urban mobility
  • H2 production
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VENEZUELA

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    Reduction of mehane and CO2 emissions
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  • 70 potential EU-CAF regional initiatives
  • Digital
  • Climate and energy
  • Sustainable transport
  • Health
  • Education and research
  • CAF's interest in paricipating

Common agenda for LAC-Europe relations

Executive Summary LAC UE

Format pdf | Weight 7 MB

LAC-EU Strategic Alliance

Format pdf | Weight 4 MB

Agenda Inversiones UE CAF Inglés

Format pdf | Weight 1 MB

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