The Latin American and the Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds – RedLAC was founded in 1999 and the Consortium of African Funds for the Environment – CAFÉ was established in 2011. The objective of the two networks is to strengthen EFs operation in their respective regions, by helping them to achieve excellence in their operations and practices, promoting innovative financing mechanisms and impact monitoring.
The “Knowledge for Action project – Project K” grew from the lessons learned after the final evaluation of the previous project, “RedLAC Capacity Building for EFs», which was implemented by Funbio (the Brazilian Biodiversity Fund) on behalf of RedLAC, from 2010 to 2014, in close collaboration with the RedLAC secretariat. Project K is co-financed by the French Fund for the Global Environment (FFEM), Mava Foundation and the Global Environment Facility (GEF through UNEP).
