Document 3803

Conpes Document 3803 National Council for Economic and Social Policy (CONPES) Republic of Colombia National Planning Department POLICY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE COFFEE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF COLOMBIA DNP: DDS-SE, DDU-SVDU, SDAS, DIFP-SPSC, OAJ Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Ministry of Culture Ministry of Education Ministry of Finance and Public Credit Ministry of Mines and Energy Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications Ministry of Transportation Ministry of Labor Ministry of Housing, City and Territory Department for Social Prosperity (DPS) National Learning Service (SENA) Bogotá D.C., February 13, 2014 1 Summary The declaration of the Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (CCLC) as world heritage by UNESCO, besides being the recognition of a region that has demonstrated its Outstanding Universal Value, commits the Colombian State to its preservation and conservation. This document aims to formulate a specific policy for the Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia, in order to enhance its productivity and sustainability. To this end it defines a set of strategies directed at improving the conditions for preservation based on a plan of action defined by the government entities involved in the management of the CCLC. These actions seek to preserves this heritage and ensure its economic, cultural, social and environmental sustainability. Classification: E411 Keywords: Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (CCLC) - UNESCO - Management Plan - Federation - World Heritage - Declaration – Coffee Growing - Coffee Sector - Institutionality - Values – CCLC Region. 2 CONTENT I. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................4 II. BACKGROUND.....................................................................................................4 III. DIAGNOSIS............................................................................................................6 IV. OBJECTIVES.........................................................................................................46 V. PLAN OF ACTION...............................................................................................47 VI. FINANCING...........................................................................................................58 VII. RECOMMENDATIONS.......................................................................................59 3 I. INTRODUCTION This paper presents to the consideration of the National Council for Economic and Social Policy (CONPES) the policy guidelines for the preservation of the Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (CCLC) as a productive and sustainable environment, and as a reference point for the comprehensive development of territories that comprise productive cultural landscapes, so that cultural heritage becomes an engine of social development. The document presents in its first part the background and conceptual framework, which set out the reasons that led the National Government to formulate the policy guidelines contained herein. The second part contains a diagnosis that references the cultural diversity of the CCLC, its natural riches, the social conditions of its inhabitants, the dynamics of coffee production and tourism in the region, the road infrastructure in the departments that contain the Landscape, and a brief description of the interactions between the municipalities covered by the CCLC and the system of cities of the Coffee Triangle. Chapters IV and V present the objectives and plan of action. The latter is composed of five strategies aimed at reinforcing the social appropriation of the cultural heritage of the CCLC, ensuring its conservation and environmental sustainability and preserving the coffee industry in the region, improving accessibility and promoting articulated tourist services, and incorporating strategic projects to strengthen the coordination between the municipalities of the CCLC and the city system that has been consolidated in the Coffee Triangle. Chapter VI presents the funding scheme and, in conclusion, Chapter VII lists the recommendations. II. BACKGROUND In 1972 the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - UNESCO adopted the "Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage", thus creating the World Heritage Committee1. The committee adopted in 1 The current members of the Unesco World Heritage Committee are: Germany, Algeria, Cambodia, Qatar, Colombia, United Arab Emirates, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, India, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Switzerland and Thailand. 4 1992 the category of cultural landscapes. The term cultural landscape "embraces a diversity of manifestations of the interactions between humanity and the natural environment." According to the committee, "the cultural landscapes should be selected on the basis of their outstanding universal value and their representation in terms of a clearly defined geo-cultural region and, consequently, on their ability to illustrate the essential and distinct cultural elements of these regions."2 For its part, Colombia became part of the "Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage" with Law 45 of 1983. In turn, article 4 of Law 397 of 19973, as amended by Article 1 of Law 1185 of 2008, defined the makeup of the Cultural Heritage of the Nation thus: "The cultural heritage of the Nation consists of all the material goods, intangible manifestations, products and representations of culture which are the expression of Colombian nationality, such as (...), the cultural landscape, the customs and habits, as well as material goods, movable and immovable property to which is attributed, among others, particularly rich historic, artistic, scientific, aesthetic or symbolic value in the artistic, architectural, urban, archaeological, linguistic, sound, musical, audiovisual, film, testimonial, documentary, literary, bibliographical, museological or anthropological spheres." In this context, the Ministry of Culture presented to UNESCO the nomination of the Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia to the list of world heritage, which became effective on June 25, 20114 with a declaration of outstanding universal value. Consequently, Resolution 2079 of 2011 of the Ministry of Culture declared the Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia as Cultural Patrimony of the Nation. Concurrently with this declaration, the Ministry of Culture designed a management plan for the CCLC, which aims to contribute to its preservation and promote the appropriation of its cultural 2Guías Operacionales para Implementación de la Convención de Patrimonio Mundial. Centro de Patrimonio Mundial, UNESCO, Paris, 1999. 3“Ley General de Cultura”, whereby norms on cultural heritage, stimulus and encouragement to culture are dictated and the Ministry of Culture is created. 4 Decision 35 COM 8B.43 of the World Heritage Committee. 5 value among the population, in harmony with the economic activities taking place in the area. This plan was a requirement for the inscription of the element on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. The plan establishes as management principles of the Landscape the economic and social welfare of its inhabitants, the appropriation of the cultural heritage and environmental sustainability. However, it is worth mentioning that it is necessary to strengthen the management plan with a clear and specific public policy aimed at maintaining the sustainability of the landscape in the future. III. DIAGNOSIS The CCLC is comprised of 47 municipalities that constitute the main area, and 4 municipalities that make up the zone of influence5. The municipalities of the main area are distributed in the departments of Caldas (17), Quindío (11), Risaralda (10) and Valle del Cauca (9), as shown in Table 1. The total urban area of these municipalities is 3,500 hectares. The rural area, including the main area and its area of influence, comprises 340,000 hectares where close to 500,000 people live. The CCLC is made up of 858 coffee settlements (veredas), and is not only a place of cultural significance, but an engine of agricultural activity and tourism6. Table 1. Municipalities and Departments of the CCLC Departments Municipalities Aguadas Anserma Aranzazu Belalcázar Chinchiná Filadelfia La Merced Manizales Neira Pácora Caldas Palestina Riosucio Risaralda Salamina San José Supía Villamaría Viterbo * Apía Balboa Belén of Umbria Guática La Celia Risaralda Marsella Pereira Quinchía S. Rosa de Cabal Santuario Dosquebradas * Mistrató * 5 Not in every case the zonification of the CCLC corresponds to the total area of each one of the municipalities. In some cases only a subset of the settlements that make up the municipality is included. 6 The cartographic base model that was used to define the main area and the buffer zone was designed by the universities Católica Popular de Risaralda and Tecnológica de Pereira. 6 Armenia Buenavista Calarcá Circasia Córdoba Quindío Filandia Génova Montenegro Pijao Quimbaya Salento Alcalá Ansermanuevo Caicedonia El Águila El Cairo Valle del Cauca Riofrío Sevilla Trujillo Ulloa Argelia * * The area of influence of the CCLC covers the coffee settlements of these municipalities. 7 Map 1. Location of the CCLC A. Cultural diversity of CCLC i. Architecture (Tangible Cultural Heritage) 8 Until the nineteenth century,

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