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  3. Project Preparation and Business Development Facilities

Project Preparation and Business Development Facilities

Greater support for early project preparation, from a variety of sources, is critical to supporting low-carbon ideas and attracting greater volumes of private finance.

2030 Goals

01

Establish national and subnational project preparation facilities explicitly tagged for climate outcomes, with standardized templates and MRV, to shorten time-to-market and scale bankable opportunities for private investors. Integrate climate taxonomies and disclosure into preparation facilities, so project design, risk allocation, and KPIs align with investors’ ESG requirements and Brazil’s NDCs. Establish a public-private project origination platform with registries, data rooms, and standardized contracts, linking federal and state pipelines to investors. This will streamline project preparation, reduce duplication, and improve competition and transparency in auctions.

02

Integrate climate taxonomies and disclosure into preparation facilities, so project design, risk allocation, and KPIs align with investors’ ESG requirements and Brazil’s NDCs.

03

Establish a public-private project origination platform with registries, data rooms, and standardized contracts, linking federal and state pipelines to investors. This will streamline project preparation, reduce duplication, and improve competition and transparency in auctions.

Status

No Progress

Brazil is expanding project preparation facilities to structure bankable pipelines in climate-relevant sectors, reducing risks and enabling private capital participation across federal, state, and municipal projects.

The BNDES’s Project Factory supports concessions in sanitation, efficient lighting, and clean energy by preparing feasibility studies, contracts, and auctions that attract private investment.

The Project Structuring Fund, managed by Caixa Econômica Federal, finances advisory and modeling for concessions, with a strong record in sanitation and public lighting projects successfully reaching auction stage.

The Brazil Private Sector Participation Facility, led by the Inter-American Development Bank, International Finance Corporation, and Brazilian Development Bank, strengthens preparation with multilateral rigor, leveraging private finance from feasibility to financial close.

The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (CPI) anually accelerates and supports the design innovative financial instruments to increase the mobilization of private capital towards climate-related investments. Operating in Brazil since 2016.

Nature Investment Lab (iCS) was created in 2023 to support the development of advanced financial instrument related to climate and nature transition.

Launched in 2023, the PPF Connector program supports enhanced collaboration and information exchange among project preparation facilities (PPFs), boosting the efficiency and efficacy of the project preparation technical assistance (TA) ecosystem for urban climate-related infrastructure projects.

Leading Actors

Cooperation is required between these actors and audiences to drive progress foward in Project Preparation and Business Development Facilities.

Private Financial Institutions

Itaú BBA

Private Financial Institutions

Bradesco

Private Financial Institutions

BTG Pactual

Private Financial Institutions

Santander (CIB)

Public Financial Institutions

Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)

Public Financial Institutions

Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF)

Multilateral Development Banks

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Multilateral Development Banks

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Ministries

Ministry of Finance (MF)

Ministries

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA)

Ministries

Ministry of Planning and Budget (MPO)

Other Governmental Organizations

Investment Partnership Program (PPI)

Supportive Stakeholders

C40 Cities Finance Facility

Supportive Stakeholders

Instituto do Clima e Sociedade (iCS)

Supportive Stakeholders

Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais (CEBRI)

Supportive Stakeholders

Conselho Empresarial de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (CEBDS)

Key Milestones

Showcasing the key reform milestones for Project Preparation and Business Development Facilities that have been addressed at global events.

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India (city TBC)

18th BRICS Summit - BRICS Leaders’ Summit

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  • Monetary Policy, Financial Regulation, and Supervision

    Expand climate scenario analysis and bottom-up stress tests to influence IInternal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process, governance remediation, and supervisory dialogue across major banks.

  • Project Preparation and Business Development Facilities

    Scale subnational support: expand city/state access to FEP/PSP/CFF/FELICITY for sanitation, lighting, solid waste-to-energy, distributed solar, and NBS flood control.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio Innovation Week

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  • Project Preparation and Business Development Facilities

    Standardize climate-tagged prep: embed taxonomy-aligned KPIs and MRV in BNDES/CAIXA/PPI ToRs so climate benefits and private bankability are evidenced from feasibility stage

New York, US

Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance Endorsement Meeting

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  • Transition Finance

    Deploy MDB- and DFI-backed blended finance structures focused on early-stage renewable technologies and grid modernization.

  • Project Preparation and Business Development Facilities

    Deepen investor interfaces: public data rooms, template contracts, and regular market-soundings to accelerate private due diligence and lower bid uncertainty

Learn More

Publications and educational material to deepen understanding of Project Preparation and Business Development Facilities.

IPEA: Estruturação de Projetos de Parceria de Infraestrutura

Project Preparation and Business Development Facilities

Study on structuring public-private infrastructure partnership projects in Brazil.

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An Innovative Partnership for Infrastructure in Brazil

Project Preparation and Business Development Facilities

Blog post on innovative partnerships for infrastructure in Brazil, highlighting public-private collaboration.

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BNDES Hub de Projetos

Project Preparation and Business Development Facilities

Hub de Projetos portal showcasing opportunities and partnerships for sustainable project development in sectors like forestry.

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