Strengthening Civil Society Engagement in Regional Integration and Infrastructure Investments in Colombia
Instituto Latinoamericano para una Sociedad y un Derecho Alternativos
- Program Environment
- Program Area Transforming Development Finance
- Grant Amount $110,000
- Grant Period September 1, 2010–August 31, 2012
- Location Bogotá, Colombia
- Geographic Focus Colombia
About this grant
This grant will support the Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales Alternativos, a Colombian, nonprofit organization that works on civic engagement across a variety of issues, to provide analysis and information on energy and infrastructure investments in the Amazon region to local communities and local and regional authorities. The grant will also support efforts to strengthen nongovernmental organization and community participation in decisionmaking about investments by the international and regional financial institutions, with a particular focus on the environmental and social effects of infrastructure and energy projects.