Enabling investment in climate action and biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Dorsch Impact, together with Como Consult, is responsible for the following 4 work packages:

WP1: Contract Management & Scoping 

• Managing the full assignment lifecycle, including intake and processing of service requests and iterative consolidation of Descriptions of Tasks (DoTs)

• Establishing a digital platform to support contract management, communication, and document sharing

• Applying systematisation throughout implementation to capture lessons learnt and develop replicable knowledge products

WP2: Legal Advisory Services 

• Screening applicable regulatory frameworks and institutional mandates; conducting gap analyses and developing regulatory compliance roadmaps

• Providing transactional legal support to SMEs, cooperatives, and business associations in establishing public-private partnerships (PPPs)

• Developing de-risking mechanisms, guarantee schemes, and tailored finance instruments in coordination with economic and financial work streams

• Preparing legal templates, policy briefs, and guidance notes to strengthen the enabling environment for private investment

WP3: Economic Advisory Services 

• Conducting preliminary screening, market analyses, pre-feasibility assessments, and cost-benefit analyses (CBA) for selected investment initiatives

• Developing tailored, inclusive business models that identify viable entry points for private sector and blended finance

• Integrating social co-benefits and international finance eligibility frameworks (EU taxonomies, ICMA bonds) into all assessments

• Delivering capacity development activities to target group organisations throughout implementation

WP4: Financial Structuring & Investment Readiness 

• Conducting financial feasibility assessments and identifying bankability constraints for investment initiatives

• Developing capital strategies and financial models; identifying and structuring applicable financial products and funding sources

• Providing investor engagement and transaction support, including assistance in negotiations where relevant

• Ensuring compliance with international finance standards (IFC, ESG, EU Anti-Money Laundering frameworks)

Cross-Cutting Engagement

• Facilitating the inclusion of SMEs, cooperatives, and community-based enterprises in scalable business models

• Supporting business-to-business (B2B)

Expected impact

• Selected investment initiatives across the five thematic areas are advanced towards investment readiness and assessed for financial viability
• Improved legal and regulatory frameworks facilitate private-sector engagement and private investment
• Inclusive business models, suitable finance instruments and transaction support improve the conditions for private and blended finance
• Public entities, cooperatives, SMEs, business associations and civil society actors strengthen their capacity to prepare and implement scalable climate and biodiversity action
• Systematised knowledge and regional political dialogue support the transfer of successful approaches