Latin America and the Caribbean

Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Peru Fact Sheet

In Peru, USAID is piloting solutions to stop the flow of plastic pollution to waters, within and surrounding the country, including the Pacific Ocean and other inland bodies of water. Read More

Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Peru Fact Sheet (Spanish)

Fact Sheet - Peru Read More

Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Overview

Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) is USAID’s flagship program for combatting ocean plastic pollution Read More

From Waste to Recovery: Reducing Ocean Plastic Pollution in the Dominican Republic

Reducing ocean plastic pollution in the Dominican Republic Read More

Anchoring Road Safety Around Schools

This webinar shows how programs like safe school zones and safe routes to schools can address the mobility concerns of the most vulnerable people in the city. These interventions can also catalize a greater aproach to urban mobility in cities. Presenters shared experiences and best practices from Mexico City, Rio… Read More

Creating a Sustainable Waste Management Model in Samaná Province, Dominican Republic

In Samaná Province—a peninsula on the DR’s northeastern coast— USAID’s CCBO program is working to pilot solutions to stop the flow of plastic pollution into the region’s large, semi-enclosed Samaná Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Read More

Funding Opportunity: Addressing Ocean Plastics in Peru

The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID) in the Republic of Peru is currently designing an activity that aims ataddressing the issue of solid waste management in Peru. Engagements to date demonstrate that there is local capacity to implement the resulting activity.The Mission is… Read More

Solid Waste Capacity Index for Local Governments (SCIL) Assessment Tool Overview

The SCIL enables local governments to self-assess their current capabilities associated with key criteria needed to develop and maintain a sustainable solid waste management system. Read More

Clean Cities Blue Ocean Initial Gender Assessment

This tool was developed by USAID’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) program to help each of its partners assess whether and how their own organization applies a gender lens; identify areas where the organization may need to think about more thoroughly about implementing its programs in terms of gender; and… Read More

Social and Behavior Change Trials of Improved Practices: Final Results – Samaná Province, Dominican Republic

Little information is available and published on the actors in Samaná’s waste value chain, household waste practices, and the communities’ feelings and ideas about waste. This report summarizes research undertaken by USAID’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program and local grantee partner, CEBSE, to inform the program’s social and behavior change… Read More