[Regional] ADELANTE - Fostering Triangular Cooperation and building partnerships for development in Latin America and the Caribbean
© European Union, 2024
ADELANTE is implemented by European and LAC entities across public, private, social, and academic sectors. In its first phase (2015–2020), ADELANTE had a budget of 10 million EUR and funded 8 projects involving 93 organisations from 22 countries, that tackled issues like improving education systems and creating job opportunities. Between 2021 and 2024 ADELANTE II funded 43 Triangular Cooperation Partnerships and 47 Triangular Cooperation Initiatives implemented in 27 countries (18 in LAC and 9 in the EU), involving 258 entities. The second phase (2021-2027), has a 15 million EUR contribution from the EU.
| Project | Sector | Objetive | Duration | Implementation | Funding | Countries | Results | Activities in/with Panama | Web page |
| Contribution to digital transformation in Indigenous communities | Digital, Indigenous | Share knowledge to jointly develop tools to strengthen digital capacities in Indigenous communities, with a comprehensive approach to territorial development and a focus on inclusion and sustainability | July 2024 - November 2024 (5 months) | EAN University (Colombia); Partner in Panama: Association of Municipalities of Indigenous Peoples of Panama (AMPIP) | 109.456 EUR | Argentina, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Austria | The project served as a platform for knowledge exchange (in sustainable territorial planning and management and in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)), and design of a digital transformation strategy including the introduction of digital tools and training for indigenous representatives in Argentina, Panama and Ecuador | https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/policies/programming/projects/contribution-digital-transformation-indigenous-communities_en | |
| Promoting cross-border cooperation for river basin environmental sustainability partnership | Water, Environment | Promote the conservation and sustainable use of cross-border ecosystems located in international river basins, with a focus on the Ecuadorian-Peruvian and Costa Rica-Panama (Sixaola river) basins | July 2023 - April 2024 (10 months) | Association of European Border Regions - AEBR (Germany); Partner in Panama: FSC Indigenous Foundation | 181.764 EUR | Argentina, Uruguay, Panama, Ecuador, Spain, Germany | The knowledge and expertise of the Partnership's member entities and collaborating organisations in cross-border cooperation schemes were leveraged to develop "Cross-Border Governance for the Development and Environmental Sustainability of International Watersheds" | International Seminar on Inclusive Governance of Transboundary Basins, including a visit by Ambassador Izabela Matusz to the Naso Tjër Di Indigenous Region to share experiences between indigenous communities and international cooperation | https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/policies/programming/projects/promoting-cross-border-cooperation-river-basin-environmental-sustainability-partnership_en |
| Telemedicine for social inclusion | Health | Strengthen the capacity of the beneficiary to establish a locally driven telemedicine model, structured around regulatory, health, scientific-technological, and budgetary pillars | August 2021 - April 2022 (9 months) | Partner in Panama: Ministry of Health | 10.909 EUR | Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Spain, Italy | The Initiative helped create a robust and adaptable model for implementing telemedicine in small municipalities, grounded in scientific evidence, policy guidance, and practical field experience by producing a comprehensive framework document guiding the design and deployment of local telemedicine services | The Ministry of Health of Panama has successfully applied the knowledge generated by enhancing its own teleconsultation systems and extending services to underserved areas, and positioned the Ministry as a regional reference in telemedicine and policy innovation | https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/policies/programming/projects/telemedicine-social-inclusion_en |
| EDEM - Entrepreneurship and Business Development in Mesoamerica | Entrepreneurship | Facilitate the transfer of knowledge and best practices from Colombia to Mesoamerica, strengthening the capacities of entrepreneurs, chambers of commerce, and governments | November 2016 - August 2021 (57 months) | Presidential Agency for International Cooperation of Colombia (APC-Colombia) | 1.894.400 EUR | Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Benefited 400 micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) through the implementation of the Comprehensive Business Services Model (MISE), transferred by the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce to five local chambers of commerce, improving the quality of services provided to the business sector. | Panama has a policy and programmatic framework to promote entrepreneurship, through the Ley Panama Emprende (Panama Entrepreneurship Act) and the Fondo de Fomento Empresarial (Business Development Fund) | https://capacity4dev.europa.eu/projects/entrepreneurship-and-business-development-mesoamerica-edem-adelante-phase-i_en |
| DIALOGAS - Inclusive Development in Latin America: An Opportunity for Governments and Social Actors | Inclusion | Strengthen the effectiveness of poverty alleviation programmes and improve education at the regional level | January 2017 - May 2019 (28 months) | Agency for International Development Cooperation - Chile, Italo-Latin-American Internacional Organization - (ILLA) | 504.014 EUR | Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay | The project implemented multi-stakeholder dialogues, capacity-building workshops, research and knowledge sharing, pilot projects, regional forums and conferences, digital platforms and tools | As part of the project, Panama was one of the countries that ratified the declaration of commitment to include Transversal and Socio-Emotional Skills in public policies for vulnerable populations | https://capacity4dev.europa.eu/projects/dialogas-inclusive-development-latin-america-great-opportunity-governments-and-social-actors_en |
