We expanded the Silver Solutions program in the Caribbean and Brazil!

Open call

After our successful call in Latin America with more than 100 applications and 6 solutions selected to expand and improve the financial inclusion of the 60+ population, we open the call in the Caribbean region and Brazil!

APPLICATIONS TO THE CARIBBEAN AND BRAZIL CALL FOR PROPOSALS

From August 12 to September 22, 2024.

On submitting the proposals

Social innovators and leaders in aging

To submit your proposed silver solution, you must complete this form:

Financial intermediaries

Complete this form if you would like to implement a silver solution in your institution:

Program goal

The objective of the program is to improve and expand the financial inclusion of the population over 60 years of age in Latin America and the Caribbean, through access to financial resources that will support innovative solutions (services and/or products and/or channels) focused on meeting the needs of this age group.

Benefits for program participants

General benefits

For financial intermediaries

For social innovators and leaders in aging topics

Bases of the Call for Proposals

Key areas of interest

The proposed solutions must fall within one or more of the following thematic areas:

Adaptation of financial products and services
E.g. reverse mortgages, bare ownership, entrepreneurship loans, and microentrepreneurs over 60 years of age.
Adaptation of channels
To accommodate people with hearing, visual or motor disabilities, more prevalent in the elderly population.
Skills development
Such as the acquisition of financial and digital capabilities by the elderly population.
Digital solutions
Focused on security, protection against potential fraud or situations of financial abuse.
Other innovative models
Focused on meeting the needs of the population over 60 years of age.
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Who can participate?

Financial intermediaries in the Caribbean and Brazil

Banks, microfinance institutions, savings institutions, cooperatives, financial technology companies (fintech), and other entities that provide financial services, including insurance companies or pension funds.

Social innovators and leaders in aging

Specialized start-ups, foundations, think tanks, civil society organizations, business and banking associations, philanthropic entities and other public and private sector actors that promote the financial inclusion of people over 60.

What kind of solution proposals are we expecting?

We expect two implementation paths:
Collaborative proposals
Individual proposals

Collaborative proposals

Projects between a financial intermediary and a social innovation partner already defined or selected.

- "If you have an idea or solution and you already know who to implement it with (financial institution)."
Those who already have an existing relationship with an FI and are looking to expand the solution:
• with previously existing relation
• with potential relation

Individual proposals

Se buscará conectar / vincular al agente social con un intermediario financiero o empresa de tecno finanzas (fintech) for the implementation of the project.

– "If you have a solution and no one to implement it with, we will help you find an implementation partner”

Funding

• Access to financial resources of up to US$ 65,000 per solution.
• The amount per solution will be determined on the basis of a work plan agreed upon with the German Sparkassenstiftung and IDB Lab.

• Each selected solution must mobilize a similar amount of financial resources to those received as counterpart. In cash (i.e., resources for payment of incremental project activities) or in kind (recognition of expenses incurred in the project budget).

Pre-selection Criteria

For a solution to be pre-selected, it must meet at least one of the following criteria:

I. Focus on digitalization, either through the acquisition of digital skills by older adults or through the adaptation of digital channels to the needs of vulnerable groups within the older population, e.g., women or people with disabilities, etc.

II. Scalability of solutions, through commitments at the financial intermediaries´ highest management level, avoiding the creation of niche products that may limit their wide use.

III. Focus on the population of vulnerable older adults, considering people that do not have social security income and depend on self-employment, or seasonal, part-time or temporary work.

IV. Incorporation of innovations and best practices of non-regional countries of the Inter-American Development Bank, such as Japan and Spain, which have made progress in this area.

V. Cross-cutting criteria. Priority will be given to projects with specific strategies to include unserved or underserved populations in the project, especially low-income and vulnerable populations, micro or small business entrepreneurs and women.

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Once the proposal is pre-selected, it will go through a final selection process conducted by a Selection Committee appointed for this purpose, whose decision will be final

The committee will focus on the following items:

Program duration

The maximum implementation time for each solution should not exceed 18 months.

The deadline will be defined on the basis of the work plan agreed with Sparkassenstiftung and the defined goals.

Key dates

12.08.2024

Start of call for applications
12.08.2024

22.09.2024

Closing of call
22.09.2024

04.10.2024

Pre-selection
04.10.2024

25.10.2024

Final selection
25.10.2024

November, 2024

Results’ communication and subprojects’ kick-off
November, 2024
• Dates are subject to change

Participating countries

• The "Silver Solutions Program" will be open for implementation in all Latin American and Caribbean countries benefiting from IDB resources.
• We are currently launching a call for proposals to implement solutions in the region of the Caribbean and Brazil, in English.

Submit your innovative idea or solution here

FAQ

Banks, microfinance institutions, savings cooperatives, financial technology companies (Fintechs) and other entities that provide financial services including insurance companies or pension funds; as well as social innovators and leaders in the field of aging such as specialized start-ups, foundations, think tanks, civil society organizations, business and banking associations, philanthropic entities and other public and private actors that promote the financial inclusion of people over 60 can participate.

The "Silver Solutions" program will be open to implement in the Caribbean region and Brazil, solutions can come from any country and beneficiaries of IDB resources.

IDB S&I Country List (The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago) and Brazil.

a) The following are eligible to participate innovations from the supply side can participate such as:

  • Product adaptations: e.g. differentiated passwords and transactions for the 60+ account holder and his or her caregivers.
  • Development of services such as reverse mortgages and credit products that recognize work experience as a risk mitigator.
  • Adaptations to communication or transaction channels for people over 60, for example: adaptations for people with hearing, visual or mobility disabilities.

b) Innovations that address the demand side, such as innovations that enable:

  • The development of digital capabilities and skills of the population over 60.
  • Solutions and programs to prevent extortion and financial fraud.

c) As well as other innovative models that meet the needs of the population over 60 years of age.

Priority will be given to innovations that facilitate the inclusion of the unserved or underserved population, as well as the low-income and vulnerable population, micro or small business entrepreneurs, women and those aimed at people with disabilities.

All types of proposals and solutions aimed at improving financial services and products for people over 60 can participate, including those aimed at established entrepreneurs over 60.

Yes, you can participate. In this project we will work to link you with a social innovation actor that has a proposal to improve products and services aimed at people over 60. For this we will carry out co-creation sessions (informative meetings, presentation and matching). 

Yes, existing collaborative proposals can participate, especially if they meet the scalability criterion, that is, if they do not have limitations for their mainstreaming.

The selected initiatives will be eligible to receive a maximum of US$65,000 with at least an equal amount of counterpart resources.

Financial institutions and/or social innovators may submit their proposals up to the deadline of septiembre 22, 2024. During the month of october, 2024 realizaremos la vinculación para emparejar a las instituciones financieras con un innovador social y de esta manera realizar una preselección de iniciativas. En el mes de november we will perform the final selection. The maximum implementation time should not exceed 18 months.

Complete the electronic form and attach a document describing your proposal which must contain a brief description of the proponent or company, description of the initiative and expected benefits, alignment with thematic axes, general work plan, implementation budget, measurement and progress metrics, target number of beneficiaries and track record of the proponent team/company.

Answer the questions on the form before september 22, 2024 in https://finanzasplateadas.dsik.la/en/iniciativas/convocatoria-soluciones-plateadas/ and do not forget to attach a document with your proposal.