The objective of the project was to articulate, systematize and influence Chile’s constituent process by making the voices of rural communities visible so that they could be heard. This was done through debate, with emphasis on water and food security.

The initiative funded by Avina Foundation was aimed at:

• To make visible and promote the incorporation of a rurality, water and food security agenda into the agenda of the constitutional debate.
• Strengthen the role of organized rural voices in at least two regions of the country, O’Higgins and Los Lagos, in relation to the issues of the right to water and food security.
• Expand the capacity for agency and advocacy of rural stakeholders through the strengthening of networks and linkages with the constituent debate.
• Increase the involvement of the rural world in the country’s electoral and political decisions.

Rimisp proposed the following decalogue for a Constitution with a rural territorial development approach: