COMMUNITY AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT: Building Change Strategies for Places Compendium of case studies on local development from the Summer School 2014 - 2016 September 2019 EAFIT Social About the OECD The OECD is a multi-disciplinary inter-governmental organisation of 36 member countries which engages in its work an increasing number of non-members from all regions of the world. The Organisation’s core mission today is to help governments work together towards a stronger, cleaner, fairer global economy. Through its network of 250 specialised committees and working groups, the OECD provides a setting where governments compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice, and co- ordinate domestic and international policies. More information: www.oecd.org. About CFE The Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) provides comparative statistics, analysis and capacity building. 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All requests for public or commercial use and translation rights should be submitted to [email protected] 1 OECD TRENTO CENTRE FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT Building Change Strategies for Places Compendium of case studies on local development from the Summer School 2014 - 2016 COMMUNITYPUBE AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT BUILDING CHANGE STRATEGIES FOR PLACES © OECD 2019 3 Foreword Key elements of the local development process include leadership, strategic capacity and the commitment of local actors to collaborate and coordinate actions aimed at defining a shared vision of the future of their communities. Different approaches to local development strategies should be considered opportunities, rather than barriers, as they are the groundwork for the unshakable bond between territories and communities. The design of multi-dimensional and integrated development strategies requires capabilities to make the most of the human, environmental and institutional resources at hand. This territorial capital is the local endowment policy makers can leverage to face global challenges and build resilient economies and communities. The need to build capacities for better and more integrated policies across OECD member and non-member countries is a core activity of the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development (hereafter the OECD Trento Centre). To serve the global community of local development practitioners, a Summer School for Community and Local Development in Latin America (hereafter the Summer School) was developed and builds on peer learning processes. The Summer School was launched in 2010, as a result of the collaboration among the OECD Trento Centre, the Centre for International Cooperation – CCI, the EAFIT University of Medellin (Colombia), the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Trentino Federation of Cooperatives. The aim of the Summer School is to develop capacities of policy makers, NGOs, and other local stakeholders for the promotion of local development, i.e. promoting the understanding and recognition by both public and private actors of a territory’s principle factors that contribute to local development strategies. Such strategies are further considered to be the basis for any transformation process aimed at guaranteeing better lives for local communities. The Summer School has become a renowned annual event for policy makers and practitioners from across Latin America to meet in the Trentino region and discuss innovative policies and projects across continents for community development. The capacity building process of the Summer School is articulated around concrete local development case studies submitted by participants. Their experiences provide a rich base of good practices, as well as pitfalls to avoid. The Summer School, which is now awarded as the EAFIT University’s International Degree in Local Development and Territorial Capital, enables Latin American professionals working in development projects to conduct a review of the strategies for change implemented in their territories. It is a multidisciplinary approach meant to help participants develop new capabilities and equip them with the skills they need to confirm, adapt or change their work practices when they go back to their places of origin. The present Compendium is a collection of 49 selected cases building on the experiences of 270 local development professionals from Latin America and the Caribbean attending the first nine editions of the Summer School. This report documents, systematises and capitalises on those experiences, stemming from the real and tangible initiatives in which participants directly took part. COMMUNITY AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT BUILDING CHANGE STRATEGIES FOR PLACES © OECD 2019 4 Acknowledgements This report was prepared by the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development, supervised by Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Deputy Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director. It supports the Programme of Work of the OECD’s Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme. The report was developed in close collaboration with the Centre for International Cooperation (CCI) from Trento and the EAFIT University of Medellin (Colombia), partners of the Summer School “Community and Local Development for Latin America and the Caribbean”. The project was directed by Alessandra Proto, Acting Head of the OECD Trento Centre. The work was co-ordinated by Paolo Rosso, Policy Analyst at the OECD Trento Centre. The report was written by, in alphabetical order, Lorena Aldana (expert), Natalia Fenizi (expert), Stefano Marani, (expert), Mario Vargas Saenz (EAFIT). The OECD Trento Centre would like to extend its sincere gratitude to the participants from the 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions of the Summer School who provided their case studies and the case study revision exercise carefully carried out by Lorena Aldana, Natalia Fenizi and Stefano Marani. Finally, we would like to acknowledge the contribution of various OECD Trento Centre colleagues to each of the phases of the project, particularly Elisa Campestrin of the OECD Trento Centre who was of invaluable assistance in editing and preparing the drafts and the final release of the report. COMMUNITY AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT BUILDING CHANGE STRATEGIES FOR PLACES © OECD 2019 5 About the organisers of the Summer School OECD Trento Centre for Local Development The OECD Trento Centre for Local Development is part of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). The mission of the Trento Centre is to build capacities for local development in OECD member and non-member countries. The Trento Centre’s work is structured around two dimensions: i) providing capacity building for people, places and institutions on issues related to local development; ii) developing a policy lab on issues related to spatial productivity (Spatial Productivity Lab). More info www.trento.oecd.org The International Cooperation Centre – CCI (Trento, Italy) The International Co-operation Centre is an organisation dedicated to improving the knowledge and skills of individuals and organisations engaged in international cooperation at the territorial, national and international levels. Through training, research and information, the Centre's action focuses on the issues of the economy and international cooperation, European integration, the promotion of human development, peace and human rights, within the scope of the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, adopted by the United Nations. The Centre is an association established in May 2008 by: the Autonomous Province of Trento; the Federation of Trentino Cooperatives; the “Opera Campana dei Caduti” Foundation; the University of Trento with the participation of the OECD Trento Centre, the Trentino Peace and Human Rights Forum, and the Trentino international solidarity associations. The ICC belongs to the PROFADEL International Network, which