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The recent systematization publications on the methodology applied by the Sustainable Territorial Development Project PDTS VRAEM of Agro Rural executing unit of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation Midagri with the support of the International Agricultural Fund IFAD for 05 years were recognized as successful by experts in territorial development despite factors such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic which did not alter the achievement of their objectives.In this context in the peasant and native communities located in the area of influence of the VRAEM where the project intervened family and interfamily competitions were implemented to revalue their ancestral knowledge valuing their knowledge of respectful coexistence with the natural environment and ecosystems reassessing in turn the communal work through which they implemented the visions foreseen by the communities in their territorial development plans. community and life plans.The publications of the systematizations seek to answer to what extent the sustainable strategies and practices of the communities promoted and strengthened by the project have contributed to increasing the stock of natural assets in family farming explained the executive coordinator of the PDTS VRAEM Jorge Arreluc Delgado.In addition he pointed out that the 175 territorial development plans implemented in Andean communities of Apurimac Ayacucho Huancavelica and Junn and the 29 life plans implemented in Amazonian communities of the districts of Echarate and Megantoni of the province of Concepcin in Cusco They allowed the development of individual and collective visions of territorial development thus strengthening the capacities of families communities and municipalities in the design and operation of territorial development strategies.Juan Diego Ruiz head of IFADs cluster office in Peru said that it has been a highly positive and successful initiative having collected high evidence of the achievement of the project for the benefit of more than 50000 families in a complex area such as the VRAEM he also commented that these publications collect a series of lessons learned and good practices rescued from the implementation of this project that should serve to inspire the expansion of scale not only in the VRAEM but in other regions facing similar problems putting people at the centre of development.EXPERTS IN TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT During the recent presentation of the publications of the PDTS VRAEM project several national and foreign experts participated in order to highlight this initiative and guide its replication andor scale-up as well as promote them in the policy dialogue at the local and national levels.Peasant communities have the right to use the water on their land This is key to sustainability If the communities reacted positively to this project it is key to reflect on what potential there is to be able to explore new areas new spaces and make the communities themselves multiply these learnings said the Design Monitoring Evaluation and Global Learning Officer Hivos of Ecuador Alejandro Ibarra Salgado.From the academic side Daniel Diez Canseco Terry corporate vice president of Entrepreneurship at USIL indicated that this model serves as a benchmark methodological approach for future interventions in communities. He stressed that this systematization serves as a model for civil society actors and the private sector for future interventions.In diversity is the richness of a country in diversity is the possibility of finding multiple elements of value that make us richer as a whole and this is also something important that the project has done is to address a territorial issue. That makes us reflect how we look for creative solutions for territories said Antn Willems Delanoy Executive Director of Profonanpe who finally indicated I am also left with a question and that is how the state and public policies can finally learn from these projects to develop tools and instruments that have continuity over time.For her part Roxana Orrego Moya coordinator of the publications presented highlighted the importance of knowing the experience and evaluating the scalability of the project given that in the five years a 100 execution was achieved exceeding the programmed goals which is not usual in projects executed by the State He also stressed that the systematizations reflect a comprehensive approach to the territorial dynamics of the VRAEM allowing the central executing nucleus NEC modality to prioritize the demand of the communities through consultation assignment and participatory supervision which represented high returns with the incentives given.The dialogues were attended by community leaders from Huancavelica and the Amazon of Cusco various authorities from MIDAGRI the Bartolom de las Casas Center the National University of Buenos Aires CONVEAGRO UNALM among others.
