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Day 2 of #BilbaoBootcamp2 is a wrap. ๐
Prototypes sharpened. Field lessons shared. 20 countries across four regional roundtables unpacking what works, what invests, and what changes policy.
Tomorrow the pitches begin. One day left. ๐ก
Investors don't fund good intentions.
They fund credible proposals. At #BilbaoBootcamp2, 20 country teams spent three days making theirs credible โ then stood in a room and defended them.
The questions were hard. The learning was real. The proposals are stronger for it. ๐
One territorial vision. One investment pipeline. One table.
๐ธ๐ณ Senegal's Casamance pitch at #BilbaoBootcamp2 showed investors exactly how fragmented finance gets replaced with a system that works.
"Unlocking the MEXtropolitan Future."
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico's team pitched investors at #BilbaoBootcamp2 on accelerating climate-resilient development in the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico.
One of the world's largest urban territories โ making the case for the finance to match.
At #BilbaoBootcamp2, Javier Cortรฉs, Director of @eLankidetza at the Basque Government, made the case for localization by pointing to what only territories can offer โ the place where social, environmental, economic, and cultural dimensions come together as one. ๐๏ธ
Climate-resilient. Subnational. Finance-accelerated.
๐น๐ญ Thailand's Regenerate Thailand proposal pitched investors at #BilbaoBootcamp2 on a local finance model designed to drive sustainable development from the ground up.
๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania pitched investors at #BilbaoBootcamp2 on PROPEL โ a programme targeting the structural gap between livestock production and market value.
The potential is enormous. The infrastructure to unlock it is what's missing.
Agro-urban. Territorial. Finance-enabled.
๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique's team pitched investors at #BilbaoBootcamp2 on a platform designed to connect local food systems with the financing they need to grow.
๐ฌ๐น Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. A region with deep development needs and untapped potential.
Today its team pitched investors at #BilbaoBootcamp2 on an innovative territorial finance facility designed to channel SDG investment where it matters most. @ONUGuatemala
Digitize local revenue. Operationalize a local financing vehicle. Build governance mechanisms for finance access.
๐จ๐ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire's team pitched investors at #BilbaoBootcamp2 on a green transition model designed to work from the ground up.
๐ท๐ธ Serbia pitched investors at #BilbaoBootcamp2 today on mobilising public and private investment for agrifood systems transformation.
The goal: territorially grounded pipelines that align financing instruments with local development priorities.
Urban poor neighbourhoods. Climate risk. A financing gap.
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya's team pitched investors at #BilbaoBootcamp2 on the BRUCP Programme โ a proposal to catalyse the resources needed to scale climate resilience where it's needed most.
300,000 farmers. A quarter of the country's agricultural land.
๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia's team stood in front of investors at #BilbaoBootcamp2 today and made the case for a blended finance system that could unlock 30M+ for agricultural transformation.