Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America
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The Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA) is a development plan to link South America's economies through new transportation, energy, and telecommunications projects.
IIRSA investments are expected to integrate highway networks, river ways, hydroelectric dams and telecommunications links throughout the continent—particularly in remote, isolated regions—to allow greater trade and create a South American community of nations.
The initiative was launched in late 2000 with the participation of the 12 countries of South America which form the Union of South American Nations. It is being supported by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the River Plate Basin Financial Development Fund (FONPLATA). Together the three institutions form the Technical Coordination Committee (CCT) which provides technical and financial support for IIRSA activities.
Region
The project is subdivided in several regions, called hubs.
Amazon Hub
Andean Hub
Southern Andean Hub
Capricorn Hub
Central Interoceanic Hub
Guianese Shield Hub
Within the Guianese Shield Hub, 4 groups of projects have been identified.
Group 1: Interconnection Venezuela-Brazil
The anchor project within the first group is the rehabilitation of the Caracas-Manaus road.
Group 2: Interconnection Guyana-Brazil
The anchor project within the second group is the improvement of Boa Vista-Bonfim-Lethem-Georgetown road. The construction of the Takutu River Bridge between Guyana and Brazil on this road was a separate project within IIRSA, built by the Engineer Corps of the Brazilian Army, as is the construction of a deep water port in northern Guyana and a hydropower plant in Amaila, among others.
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