In Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, the Geospatial Network is being developed with funds from the World Bank’s Development Grant Facility (DGF) and co-financing from the partner institutions.  The DGF project has the following specific objectives:

• Provide the capacity-building and technical assistance needed by national and regional agencies to develop specific data sets and applications.
• Facilitate the implementation of integrated national databases Geoservers in each country.
• Promote the development of public domain digital core data sets at the national and local levels.
• Promote appropriate use of common standards and methods in spatial data production, cataloguing, and dissemination.
• Strengthen existing national spatial data infrastructures (SDI) and cataloguing systems (clearinghouses) and foster the establishment of new ones.
• Help establish a network of peers in the region for professional support and development.
• Improve national capacities for better decision-making and achievement of development objectives.
• Foster harmonization and integration of spatial data sets in the region.

In June, 2006, the IABIN Geospatial Network in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean consists of a regional server at SERVIR in Panama City and 30 map servers (Geoservers) in institutions across the Mesoamerican and Caribbean regions.  The Geoservers mainly contain geo-referenced information at the national level, while the Regional server at SERVIR contains regional geospatial information. The Geoservers Network, the Regional Geoserver and tools to find (SERVIR Clearinghouse), access (MesoStor), integrate and visualize geospatial information (GeoIntegrator and PAA) are available through the Mesoamerican and Caribbean Geospatial Network Portal.