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Program of Integrated and Sustainable Development

Program of Integrated and Sustainable Development. Area of Environmental Protection of Pratigi. Overall Characteristics. What it is : Innovative matrix of participatory governance promoting the human, social, environmental and productive capital of a region in an integrated manner

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Program of Integrated and Sustainable Development

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  1. Program of Integrated and Sustainable Development Area of Environmental Protection of Pratigi

  2. Overall Characteristics • What it is: Innovative matrix of participatory governance promoting the human, social, environmental and productive capital of a region in an integrated manner • What it does: Aims to achieve the 8 Millennium Development Goals in a complementary way

  3. Geographical Location

  4. Geographical Characteristics • Region south of Salvador, capital of the State of Bahia • Covered by the dense Atlantic Forest, with humid tropical climate • Hosts a very rich eco-system with great bio-diversity and excellent regenerative capacity • It spans from the mountains to the river estuary to the Atlantic coast • It hosts a very rich hydrological system and it is conducive to diversified agricultural production

  5. Geographical Characteristics ( cont.d) • Region with excellent economic potential • In 1998 was designated an “Area of Environmental Protection” (APA) by the Federal Government

  6. Problems to be Addressed • Endemic poverty • Inequality • Social exclusion • Deforestation due to primitive agricultural methods • Endangerment of the fauna • Endangerment of the hydrological system

  7. Problems require comprehensive and multi-pronged solution to rebuild:

  8. The solutions must come from the community itself and not from the outside • Community engagement and mobilization is essential

  9. Rebuilding citizenship by: • Ensuring accuracy of personal documentation for all citizens • Accurate recording of land ownership • Improving access to justice • Developing new legislative frameworks • Establishing IDC (Institute for Rights and Citizenship) • Establishing the Inter-Municipal Consortium of the APA Pratigi • Developing local leadership

  10. Rebuilding Human Capital By: • Providing new educational opportunities to young generations • Providing basic, technical and professional training • Providing training in modern agricultural methods • Establishing educational focal points such as “Youth Houses” or “Family Houses” where the community meets and learns (Pedagogia de la Alternancia)

  11. Rebuilding Social Capital By: • Promoting the creation of civil society organizations • Promoting participation of the community in decision making • IDES – Institute for the Sustainable Development • AGIR – Association Warden of the APA Pratigi, which represents more than 40 civil society organizations

  12. Rebuilding Environmental Capital By: • Halting the process of deforestation • Recovering and reforesting land with the involvement of the local population • Creating ecological corridors of total protection • Utilizing clean and eco-friendly agricultural methods • Producing clean energy utilizing water resources • Promoting agro-eco-tourism

  13. Rebuilding Productive Capital By: • Promoting the utilization of efficient and eco-friendly agricultural methods • Promoting the creation of cooperatives which unite the small producers of the region • Strengthening capacity to transform raw agricultural products into high quality commercial products • Forging alliances with the private sector for the commercialization and distribution of the products

  14. Results • Active community involvement in building its own future • New educational opportunities for young people • New economic opportunities for the population and increased household income • High agricultural productivity - reducing land used for agricultural purposes • Dramatic reduction of poverty • Recovery and protection of forest area

  15. Obstacles and Difficulties Encountered Changing the population’s cultural attitudes (from passive to engaged) required time and constant effort • Lack of confidence in political and administrative authorities • Need to establish or activate legislative frameworks • Changing focus from subsistence agriculture to cooperative production and marketability • Harmonizing agricultural production and methods with environmental protection • Lack of coordination among the various levels of government

  16. Further Obstacles • Need to coordinate small fragmented interventions and projects • Need to harmonize the vision and action of all the actors involved (community, government, private sector)

  17. Keys to success • The introduction of a bottom-up participatory approach through which the community is the main actor in determining its future, rather than the recipient of assistance from the top down • The action of a “catalyst,” an organization which sets in motion the process with advice and resources, in this case the Odebrecht Foundation • Partnership among the various levels of Government, Civil Society Organizations and the private sector

  18. Pratigi Participatory Governance Model

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