Strengthening capacity of National Tax Administrations in developing countries to effectively negotiate and apply double tax treaties for financing of sustainable development

The project seeks to strengthen the capacity of NTAs and MoFs in developing countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and in Africa to negotiate and apply double tax treaties, drawing on the UN Model, and to formulate inputs into the policy making processes influencing the way double tax treaties are negotiated and re-negotiated to the benefit of developing countries. The main focus of the first phase of the project will be the delivery of the UN Course on Double Tax Treaties with a view…

Recipients: Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Partners: ECLAC, ECA
Status: Closed
Strengthening capacity of National Tax Administrations And Ministries of Finance in developing countries to protect and broaden their tax base for financing of sustainable development
Recipients: Tanzania, Angola, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Paraguay
Partners: ECLAC
Status: Closed
Evidence-based Climate Action through Artificial Intelligence and Data Innovation for Caribbean SIDS

Considering the escalating climate change challenges in the Caribbean region, marked by an urgent need for robust data-driven climate policies, the project is designed to enhance capacities in SIDS by delivering training in fundamental data science skills, along with providing technical assistance in making effective use of Automatic Identification System (AIS) data (for tracking vessels) and related national data (in two beneficiary countries, namely Barbados and Belize) as well as the…

Recipients: Barbados, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize
Partners: UN Environment (UNEP), Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Caribbean Community (CARICOM), International Maritime Organization (IMO)
Donors: RB
Status: Active