August 20, 2021
The IDB Group announced the eight finalists for the fourth edition of its Superheroes of Development Initiative, which recognizes creative and innovative solutions in the execution of development projects financed by the IDB Group in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The work of these Superheroes is often invisible, but their ability to overcome difficulties that may seem insurmountable, is decisive for the success of the projects.
The initiative– created to promote operational excellence in projects by executing agencies and clients within borrowing member countries of the IDB Group — received 91 proposals from 24 countries in LAC, in its 2021 edition.
Through systematic learning, knowledge sharing, and the application of lessons learned, Superheroes of Development highlights projects that adjust to the changing realities of our partners.
The project teams participated in two categories:
Category 1
Executing agencies or clients that have successfully addressed challenges in the execution of projects, in order to share the learnings that emerge from their experience.
Category 2
Executing agencies and clients that have successfully met their development objectives.
he finalists are:
• Inclusion and citizen participation that transformed the habitat of the precarious urban settlement Las Palmeras in El Salvador (El Salvador)
• IncluTec: training in technology and knowledge economy (Argentina)
• Development of an alternative model of virtual home care in Active Aging centres in the face of the COVID 19 pandemic (Uruguay)
• ICTs for inclusion in times of COVID-19 (Ecuador)
• Changing the landscape of a nation through digital transformation (Bahamas)
• Digital transformation with participation, persistence and a pinch of Axé (Brazil)
• Inquiry and problem-based Learning (Belize)
• Rural cadastre in Ecuador: free and participatory technology for land governance (Ecuador)
In September, the finalists will appear before a panel made up of the institution’s senior management. In October, four winners will participate in a virtual discussion with the President of the IDB, Mauricio Claver-Carone. Likewise, the teams of the winning projects will be able to take advantage of the knowledge and learning offer of IDB Academy and obtain digital certificates of up to two courses per person at no cost. Additionally, the IDB will share these success stories throughout Latin America and the Caribbean so that they can contribute both, to improving project execution, and preparing new operations.