Starting in 2019 and with the support of IDRC and Ford Foundation, Rimisp implements the Territories in Dialogue project, which seeks to improve the well-being of territories excluded from the development process through innovations in both conceptual and practical approaches to development dynamics in contexts of socio-territorial conflict, with a particular focus on youth.

It will be developed in territories of El Salvador, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, supporting the formulation and implementation of territorial development agreements, through the strengthening of transforming territorial coalitions and their leaders, promoting capacities for territorial transformation through dialogue, empowerment, and the ability to mobilize resources; and capturing the voice and perspective of young women and men through innovative social methodologies that deepen our understanding of rural welfare and its dynamics.

In practice, the project will (i) promote processes that facilitate dialogues leading to the formulation and implementation of agreements and governance models for territorial development and (ii) implement a toolbox of action-research methodologies, indicators of daily life, and a social learning platform that accounts for the voices of the territory to document changes in the perception of well-being.

Learn more about the program HERE