CABEI, KfW and the European Union organized the Good Practices Forum: Communities, Environment and Human Rights

Tegucigalpa, December 9^th, 2022. The Honduran Renewable Energy Association (AHER), with the support of the Green MSMEs Program, executed by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) held this Tuesday the edition of the Good Practices Forum: Communities, Environment and Human Rights.

AHER presented various initiatives aimed at protecting the watersheds and micro-watersheds where clean energy projects operate, as well as communication strategies and actions aimed at respecting human rights and social programs that have had a positive impact on the people who live with the projects in rural areas.

These actions are directly aligned with the objectives of the Green MSMEs Initiative and the commitment of KfW, the European Union and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration to support sustainable development in Honduras.

In addition, the Transforming Lives Award was granted, consisting of 25,000 thousand lempiras as a contribution to provide sustainability to community projects, contributing to the work already being done by the winning company.

AHER and its members continue to promote socio-environmental protection and respect for human rights in each renewable project so that with each kilowatt generated we continue to bring sustainable development to the communities where it is most needed, which translates into a better quality of life and well-being for their inhabitants.

MIPYMES VERDES (GREEN MSMES) is a tripartite initiative of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) as executing agency, the Government of Germany through KfW and the European Union as part of its Latin American Investment Facility (LAIF). Its main objective is to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem for and the approach also includes strengthening the financial sector at the regional level to foster adequate access to financial services for these MSMEs.