The winners of the IDB-FEMSA Award are RENAR Green Strategy, in the Water category; Zhana Solutions, in the Sanitation category; and Dipterra, in the Solid Waste category. The winner of the Ideas into Action Award is The Closing the Gap Project, presented by Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM). The festival of innovation in water, sanitation, and solid waste has revealed … [Read more...] about The most innovative solutions: Meet the winners of the IDB-FEMSA and Ideas into Action Awards
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The IDB-FEMSA award for innovative and entrepreneurial solutions in sanitation
By María Augusta Olmedo Velasco* The IDB-FEMSA Award is one of the most important prizes for the water and sanitation sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Organized by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in partnership with the FEMSA Foundation, it promotes innovative and entrepreneurial solutions to water, sanitation and solid waste challenges. This year’s … [Read more...] about The IDB-FEMSA award for innovative and entrepreneurial solutions in sanitation
Artificial intelligence, eco-filters and more: meet the finalists of the BID-FEMSA award
The greatest challenges bring out the most innovative solutions. The finalists of the BID-FEMSA Award 2017 are living proof of that. The jury has selected seven innovative solutions to solve the problems of the water, sanitation and solid waste sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean. All of them will travel to the final round of the Award in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that … [Read more...] about Artificial intelligence, eco-filters and more: meet the finalists of the BID-FEMSA award
Sharing experiences: bid rigging in procurement
by Juanita Riaño and Marianela López Galdos, from IDB's Office of Institutional Integrity* Seguir a @jrl44 As part of its knowledge sharing activities, the Office of Institutional Integrity (OII) invited two experts from the Mexican Federal Competition Commission (COFECO, in Spanish), Paolo Franco Benedetti and Angel López Hoher, to talk about COFECO’s efforts to … [Read more...] about Sharing experiences: bid rigging in procurement
Making the Invisible Visible, Inspiring, Promoting and Respecting the Value of Water
World Water Week: Focus on the Americas 2022 *By María Augusta Olmedo, Anamaría Núñez, Raphaëlle Ortiz Without water, there is no life. Without water, there is no health. Without water, there is no development. The true value of water will be in the spotlight at the Focus on the Americas sessions of World Water Week of the Stockholm International Water Institute, where … [Read more...] about Making the Invisible Visible, Inspiring, Promoting and Respecting the Value of Water