With the support of IDB Invest, Panama has begun seeking $1 billion in private investment to bolster key sectors of its development: energy, construction, tourism, water and sanitation, housing, digital infrastructure, employment, manufacturing, agribusiness, and financial services.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) announced that the strategic alliance with IDB Invest, the private sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, will help “boost the economy, expand access to financing, strengthen productive sectors with growth potential, and contribute to job creation.”

The ministry explained that the funds would be allocated directly to private companies and projects “or channeled through financial institutions to expand access to credit for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).”

In addition to financing, technical assistance is expected for initiatives in the renewable energy, energy efficiency, electric mobility, and resilient infrastructure sectors.

It is important to note that in the first half of 2026, IDB Invest committed approximately $200 million in new operations in Panama and plans to increase that amount as new eligible projects are identified and approved.

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Source: telemetro

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The Twenty-seven have given the green light this Tuesday to the regulation to establish the new European Center for Cybersecurity of the EU that will be based in Bucharest.

The new body will work in coordination with the European Network and Information Security Agency, located in Greece. The EU thus wants to improve coordination in research and innovation in the field of cybersecurity.

Specifically, the center will serve to promote the security of the Internet and other networks and critical information systems by establishing a center that combines investments in research, technology and industrial development in cybersecurity.

“It will play a key role in helping to secure the digital infrastructure that many of us use every day for our work and leisure, as well as information systems and networks such as health, transportation, banking and financial markets systems,” said the Portuguese Secretary of State for the Presidency, Mariana Vieira da Silva.

Last December, the Romanian capital took over the headquarters of the new body against the candidacy of Brussels. The legislation on the new center will have to be adopted by the European Parliament at second reading before being published in the Official Journal of the EU.

Source: dpa

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