Blue Tech Challenge

Blue Tech Challenge winners offer sustainable economy through marine technology

April 9, 2019

The Inter-American Development Bank announced in March five finalists for its Blue Tech Challenge, representing projects from the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Haiti and St. Lucia. The Blue-Tech Challenge accepted 50 applications in 2018 for projects using new solutions to ensure continued sustainability for the Caribbean’s vital ocean economy. IDB specialists worked with a Blue-Tech Advisory […]

IDB launches Blue Tech Challenge with up to US$2M in funding for Blue Economy proposals

October 1, 2018

The IDB through its Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), Natural Capital Lab, Sustainable Islands Platform, and in alliance with the Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility , which is also supported by DFID, CDB and the Government of Canada, will identify firms and organizations looking to pilot and scale up business models that use cutting edge technologies to […]