The government of Ecuador presented an investment catalogue of over 94 projects for the 2015-2017 triennial, in the strategic sectors of energy, telecommunications and basic industries, with an estimated value of more than 37 billion USD. One of the plan’s main objectives is to strengthen all forms of energy production. Remaining prominent therefore are the sectors of oil (21 large-scale projects for a total of 17 billion USD), hydroelectric power (13 projects for 5.7 billion USD) bioenergy (2 projects for 1.1 billion USD) followed by water (7 projects for 727 million USD) and telecommunications (1 project for 363 million USD). Ten projects for a total of 12 billion USD were presented for basic industries (petro-chemical, steel, aluminium, copper working, ship building and paper pulp/cellulose).