Civil Society Organizations and Communities Call for Respect for Rights at the IDB Annual Meeting in Asunción
Read moreCivil society organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean will participate this week in the Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, which will take place in Asunción from March 11 to 14. The aim is to raise concerns about the direction of the Bank’s investments and to demand that its…
More than 160 organizations are calling on Formula 1 to end tobacco and nicotine sponsorships
Read moreOn March 4th, more than 160 civil society organizations from around the world sent a letter to Formula 1 urging it to update its ban on tobacco sponsorships to include nicotine pouches and to stop facilitating the promotion of addictive products to its millions of young fans. We also urged other F1 sponsors—Disney, Lego,…
Abortion Access in Córdoba: Progress and Ongoing Challenges in Implementing Law 27.610
Read moreMore than five years after the enactment of Law 27.610, Fundeps presents a provincial report that systematizes progress, barriers, and good practices in access to voluntary and legal abortion in Córdoba. The report provides evidence produced in collaboration with healthcare teams and feminist activists, within a challenging…
More Than Labels: Legal Keys to Defending the Right to Adequate Food
Read moreIn a context of regulatory backsliding that threatens public health policies, Fundeps presents More Than Labels, a collective legal compendium that provides concrete tools to defend the Law on the Promotion of Healthy Eating and to strengthen the human right to adequate food in Argentina.
The Law on the Promotion of Healthy…Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Key Insights from the First Financing in Argentina
Read moreIn September 2023, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved its first financing operation for Argentina, amounting to USD 65 million, aimed at the construction of a wind farm near Río Grande, in the province of Tierra del Fuego. This was the institution’s first project in the country since Argentina’s…
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The China Factor
What information is available about Chinese investments in Latin-America and the Caribbean? How do these investments affect the natural resources governance in Peru, Colombia, Argentina y Mexico?

FUNDEPS participates of the International Secretariat of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development
FUNDEPS will be part of the International Secretariat of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development. The objective is to support the efforts regarding the BRICS New Bank of Development, the Human Rights Due Diligence Project, as well as dissemination and advocacy activities in Latin America.

Discussion about Environmental Protection and Transparency in Extractives Industries
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative was created in 2003. EITI is an international strategic alliance and it tries to get together governments, extractive businesses and civil society organizations of 49 countries. Its objective is about developing and implementing transparency measures on extractive activities’ payments.

Fundeps at Global Conference EITI 2016
On February 24th and 25th, the EITI Global Conference (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) is taking place in Lima (Peru). The conference has the objective of providing transparency and social participation opportunities regarding extractives activities. Fundeps and other civil societies organizations supported this stance.

New Research Report: Is the glass half full?
Eleven civil society organizations and our organization presented a research report called: Glass Half Full? This report talks about the obstacles of communities to access to accountability tools when a specific project concerns them.
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Increasing Chinese role in development Financing for Latin America
The discussion in general terms about China´s financial Role in Latin America. On the other hand, the discussion in particular focuses on this phenomena in Argentina.

























