Southern Cone Development Marketplace (Environment Window)

This GEF- MSP will work to help generate innovative ideas that contribute to the strengthening of environmental values among young people in Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. The proposal will co-finance the World Bank Southern Cone Development Marketplace for the Southern Cone countries, entitled “Youth and Values: Believing in Your Future”. This is a Country- Level initiative under the World Bank Development Marketplace (DM) Program. The principal purpose of all World Bank Country-Level Development Marketplace initiatives is to help fund projects that provide local innovative solutions to development problems that have the potential to expand from a local level to address the problem on a national or regional level by (i) identifying innovative approaches to alleviate poverty at the very grassroots level, (ii) mobilizing public opinion around key development issues, (iii) enhancing World Bank engagement with civil society in the country or countries, (iv) engaging NGOs, government, private sector, and development agencies in new ideas through partnerships, and (iv) leveraging other resources to broaden partnerships for supporting social entrepreneurs in fighting poverty.