Plata Basin Financial Development Fund
{{short description|Multilateral financial entity in South America}}
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| name = FONPLATA Development Bank - Formerly Río de la Plata Basin Financial Development Fund
| native_name = FONPLATA Banco de Desarrollo
| image = Sede de FONPLATA.jpg
| caption = FONPLATA Development Bank Headquarters, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)
| map = Plata Basin Financial Development Fund Map.png
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| abbreviation = FONPLATA Development Bank
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| established = {{Start date|1974|06|12}}
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| type = International organization
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| headquarters = Avenida San Martín #155, barrio Equipetrol,
edificio Ambassador Business Center Piso 3
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Bolivia
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| region_served = Río de la Plata Basin
| membership = 5 countries
| language = Spanish
| leader_title = Executive President
| leader_name = Juan E. Notaro
| main_organ = Assembly of Governors
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| website = {{URL|www.fonplata.org}}
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FONPLATA Development Bank, formerly known as Río de la Plata Basin Financial Development Fund, is a multilateral financial entity formed by the five countries of this South America sub-region: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.{{cite web|title=Fondo Financiero para el Desarrollo de los Países de la Cuenca del Plata / Plata Basin Financial Development Fund|url=http://directorio.sela.org/listado-de-organismos/fonplata.aspx|website=Directorio de organismos, instituciones y agencias intergubernamentales latinoamericanas y caribeñas|publisher=SELA|accessdate=9 October 2017}}
History
FONPLATA was established on June 12, 1974 by the Fourth Meeting of Plata Basin Foreign Affairs Ministries. It started operations in 1977 in the city of Sucre (Bolivia). In 2002 it relocated to Santa Cruz de la Sierra in the same country.{{cite web|title=Reseña histórica|url=http://www.fonplata.org/index.php/fonplata/nuestra-historia|website=Official FONPLATA website|publisher=FONPLATA|accessdate=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225065808/http://www.fonplata.org/index.php/fonplata/nuestra-historia|archive-date=25 December 2015|url-status=dead}}
FONPLATA Development Bank aims to support its members' integration by financing medium and small-sized projects, prioritizing rural and border areas, and to complement development efforts by national institutions and other international cooperation agencies. In addition to loans, the institution also finances grants and technical cooperations.
Since September 27, 2016, Standard & Poor's has ranked FONPLATA Development Bank with A−, stable outlook. Moody's Investors Service has rated the institution with A2.{{cite web|title=FONPLATA -- Moody's assigns first-time A2 issuer rating to FONPLATA; stable outlook|url=http://www.finanzen.at/nachrichten/anleihen/FONPLATA-Moodys-assigns-first-time-A2-issuer-rating-to-FONPLATA;-stable-outlook-1001421840|website=Finanzen.at|publisher=Finanzen|accessdate=9 October 2017|date=27 September 2016|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010004930/http://www.finanzen.at/nachrichten/anleihen/FONPLATA-Moodys-assigns-first-time-A2-issuer-rating-to-FONPLATA;-stable-outlook-1001421840|url-status=dead}}
In November 2018, it was consolidated under the name of FONPLATA Development Bank through the Constitutive Agreement's modification, to allow strategic alliances with new member countries, other agencies, and multilateral credit banks with shared institutional values and development objectives.{{cite web|title=FONPLATA Development Bank - Our History|url=https://www.fonplata.org/en/institutional/history|website=FONPLATA|accessdate=25 August 2020}}
Structure
Its governing bodies are:
- the Governors' Assembly: 5 members, one for each member country;
- the Executive Board, also composed of 5 members; and
- the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), which is elected by the Assembly. The incumbent FONPLATA CEO is Juan E. Notaro, from Uruguay.
Projects
Most FONPLATA Development Bank's projects refer to infrastructure improvement, prioritizing intra and inter-regional connectivity, urban development, and environment. It has also supported productive and cultural development projects consistent with its mission of mitigating economic and social asymmetries.
FONPLATA Development Bank develops corporate social responsibility projects. It has supported the International Festival of Renaissance and Baroque Music, and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra International Theatre Festival, both of them organized by the Bolivian Association for Art and Culture (APAC for its acronym in Spanish).
The institution has also been a sponsor of TECHO,{{cite web|title=FONPLATA se suma al trabajo de TECHO en Latinoamérica|url=https://www.techo.org/uruguay/sin-categoria/fonplata-se-suma-al-trabajo-de-techo-en-latinoamerica/|website=TECHO|accessdate=25 August 2020}} an international NGO, and the Santa Cruz International Film Festival (FENAVID).{{cite web|title=FONPLATA vuelve al Festival Internacional de Cine de Santa Cruz|url=http://souzainfantas.com/fonplata-vuelve-al-festival-internacional-de-cine-de-santa-cruz/|website=SOUZAINFANTAS agencia de comunicación|publisher=SOUZAINFANTAS|accessdate=9 October 2017|date=14 October 2016}}
See also
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