Enhancing capacity for sustainable infrastructure planning and finance
Reference
PDF-SDG-2023-09
Implementing Entity/ies
UNEP
Collaborating Partners
UNRCs and UNCTs, UNOPS, and the UN Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) partner agencies (ILO, UNDP, UNITAR, UNIDO), UNDRR, UN-HABITAT
Duration
May 2024 每 May 2027
Location
El Salvador
Approved Budget
$ 1,200,000
Description
The types of infrastructure that countries develop play a critical role in enabling the shift to sustainable, resilient, and inclusive economies by delivering essential social and economic services and enabling sustainable patterns of consumption and production. In El Salvador, the government has prioritized the development of sustainable and resilient infrastructure as a key driver of inclusive and green economic growth and a pillar of climate resilience. However, like many countries, El Salvador faces various challenges in mobilizing investment in these types of projects, including 1) a lack of capacity to identify and plan sustainable, resilient, inclusive, and bankable projects; 2) unstandardized guidelines at the country level (i.e., standards and accreditations) for building sustainable and resilient infrastructure; and 3) misalignment of public and private finance with sustainable infrastructure projects that are developed.
This project aims to help El Salvador address these challenges by enhancing the government＊s capacity for integrating sustainability, resilience, and inclusiveness into national infrastructure policies and planning process and improving the enabling policy environment for public and private sustainable infrastructure finance. In addition, the project will facilitate knowledge exchange through South-south cooperation between El Salvador and other countries with similar sustainable infrastructure objectives and challenges, including two countries that UNEP is working with, Chile and Rwanda.
This project aims to help El Salvador address these challenges by enhancing the government＊s capacity for integrating sustainability, resilience, and inclusiveness into national infrastructure policies and planning process and improving the enabling policy environment for public and private sustainable infrastructure finance. In addition, the project will facilitate knowledge exchange through South-south cooperation between El Salvador and other countries with similar sustainable infrastructure objectives and challenges, including two countries that UNEP is working with, Chile and Rwanda.