Coordination and technical support to CMF’s Amazon Programs - Consultant
Post of duty: Washington D.C.
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About this position
The Amazon home to 40% of the world's tropical forests and 25% of terrestrial biodiversity. The conservation of biodiversity and carbon stocks in the Amazon is fundamental for global climate regulation and for safeguarding social and economic benefits for the region. The Amazon Basin comprises 8 Latin-American countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname. Pan-amazon government capacities to efficiently plan, develop needed financial incentives and access, as well as absorb and coordinate international development finance flows have been identified as key elements for countries’ effectiveness in promoting sustainable and inclusive development of the Amazon basin, while responding to threats of deforestation and biodiversity loss and accelerating strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation in the region. With their capacity to promote necessary financial incentives, manage national funds, leverage international funding, and increase its impact through their field knowledge and expertise as well as develop innovative financing schemes, National Development Banks (NDBs) and other key players in domestic capital markets could play a critical role in promoting sustainable development of the Amazon region.
The Connectivity, Markets and Finance Division (IFD/CMF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) seeks to scale up IDB’s current activities in the Amazon basin to promote sustainable and inclusive development of the region while conserving its biodiversity. Through the structuring and implementation of innovative financial solutions and technical cooperation programs, IFD/CMF aims to support the scaling up public-private investments in green enabling infrastructure and sustainable productive activities by supporting national and subnational governments and Development Banks, as well as local financial and capital market players across the Pan-amazon region.
A consultant with expertise on structuring and implementation of innovative development finance solutions and technical cooperation programs in the Amazon Basin is required to provide technical and coordination support in the execution of such portfolio of CMF’s financial operations and technical assistance programs in coordination with IDB’s clients and partners in the region. The incumbent would also be responsible to ensure that all the support information, including implementation reporting and knowledge materials developed, would be maintained within IDB information systems, information systems from beneficiary clients.
What you’ll do:
o BNDES to scale finance for sustainable MSMEs in the Amazon (Pro-Amazônia);
o Banco do Brasil (BB) to finance Bioeconomy (BID-GCF Bioeconomy Fund), Sustainable Agriculture, Renewable Energy and Connectivity in the Amazon (BBAmazônia);
o Banco da Amazônia (BASA) to scale financing for sustainable projects with economic feasibility as well as developing innovative instruments to promote carbon credits and enviromental services (“CPR verde”)
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About the IDB Group
The IDB Group, composed of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest, and the IDB Lab offers flexible financing solutions to its member countries to finance economic and social development through lending and grants to public and private entities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
About IDB
We work to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through financial and technical support for countries working to reduce poverty and inequality, we help improve health and education and advance infrastructure. Our aim is to achieve development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way. With a history dating back to 1959, today we are the leading source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. We provide loans, grants, and technical assistance; and we conduct extensive research. We maintain a strong commitment to achieving measurable results and the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability.