News & Opportunities

The latest in current development affairs in the region.

Winners: Juscelino Kubitschek Visionaries Awards

Almost three hundred applications for the prestigious award were received from 24 IDB member countries [...]

Planning citizen participation with results: How to carry out effective public consultations?

Evidence shows that planning for effective citizen participation has direct effects in project resources. [...]

World Bank call for proposals: Civil Society Policy Forum

Submitting a session proposal by Monday, August 31, 2020. [...]

CiviClytiCs: AI for not leaving anyone behind

Regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, this Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool shows real-time citizen’s perceptions and worries expressed online, in each country in Latin America and the [...]

CiviClytiCs: What are citizens saying during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Listening to citizens to not leave anyone behind. Click to see what worries the most in your country in real time about the pandemic. [...]

Graham Watkins: “We are considering future recovery packages including sustainable infrastructure”

The Principal Environmental Specialist draws a link between climate change mitigation strategies and COVID-19 recovery that might be carried out by or[...]

Flavia Milano: “Citizen participation is changing history”

Our leading specialist in citizen participation matters at the IDB, Flavia Milano, approaches lessons learned in the region during the crisis of COVID[...]

How to encourage girls and women to be interested, study and work in science, technology and engineering?

The STEM labor market will face a worker deficit in 10 years. Greater participation from women could cover the demand and generate economic growth. [...]

Collaboration and partnerships for innovation: the approach of #MovidosxChile against COVID-19

The virtual platform has published 62 causes from 40 civil society organizations in Chile, impacting over 25 thousand people and channeling more than [...]

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