THE CHALLENGE

The “Ideas for the Future” contest aims to capture the vision of young university students on the development challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean.

A prize will be awarded for the best essay at the national level and the three best essays at the Ibero-American level. The Ibero-American winners will present their essays at the CAF Conference, to be held in November 2021, and may receive the following prizes:

Guillermo Perry Award: $3,000 (Three Thousand United States Dollars).

Second place: $2,000 (Two Thousand United States Dollars).

Third Place: $1,000 (One Thousand United States Dollars).

THEMES

The theme of the essays should focus on the opportunities to create a sustainable recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean, which would aid efforts to overcome the health, economic and social crisis facing the region due to COVID-19.

Participants may approach this theme from different perspectives, for example:

Reconstruction difficulties from an environmental sustainability perspective;

The challenge of economic reactivation while ensuring countries’ macroeconomic sustainability;

The construction of more resilient and inclusive social protection systems for societies;

The creation of more robust health systems;

Integration and cooperation obstacles with regard to future pandemic mitigation;

The use of digital innovation as a tool to boost employment, education and the provision of social services.

The role of infrastructure investment in post-COVID recovery and alternative financing mechanisms.

In an attempt to keep his memory alive, and with it his intellectual legacy, at CAF we have wanted to pay him a tribute, closely linked to one of his greatest passions: the university