{"id":37744,"date":"2024-08-14T05:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/?p=37744"},"modified":"2024-08-13T20:51:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T01:51:38","slug":"fmo-commits-to-increase-sustainable-investments-in-colombia-and-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/en\/fmo-commits-to-increase-sustainable-investments-in-colombia-and-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"FMO Commits to Increase Sustainable Investments in Colombia and Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Walter Vargas, <strong>an executive of FMO<\/strong>, the Dutch government&#8217;s Business Development Bank, with a 40-year track record of investing in emerging markets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;What we are offering is financing, as well as equity investment, assessing how projects are doing in Latin America and continuing to expand our reach in Colombia,&#8221; <strong>he told the Latam Mobility team. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vargas stressed that <strong>Colombia is one of the most active markets in the last two years<\/strong> and there is a lot of interest on the part of the bank to continue growing, not only the portfolio, but the type of projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You may also read:<\/strong> <a href=\"Colombia: Mayor of Bucaramanga Requests More Resources to Promote Sustainable Mobility\"><strong>Colombia: Mayor of Bucaramanga Requests More Resources to Promote Sustainable Mobility<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We want to get out of the traditional renewable energy and venture into electric mobility, Colombia is a supermarket of energy,&#8221; <strong>he said. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He assured that meetings such as those organized by Invest in Latam and Latam Mobility are key to boost the market, through public-private partnerships. <strong>&#8220;I believe this is the only way to grow and develop any market.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-fmo\"><strong>About FMO<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FMO is the Dutch business development bank<\/strong>. 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