Newsletter Latin American and Caribbean Forum on Territorial Economic Development

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NEWSLETTER LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN FORUM ON TERRITORIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT May 18th to 19th, 2015, Quito (Ecuador) The Latin American and Caribbean Forum on Territorial Economic Development took place in Quito, Ecuador, from the 18th to the 19th of May 2015. The aim of this event was to facilitate the dialogue and the exchange of successful experiences on Territorial Economic Development (TED) between local, national and international actors, tackling in particular the challenges faced by the Latin American and Caribbean region. In addition, the results achieved during the forum allowed unifying and harmonizing the voice, points of view and positioning of Latin America and the Caribbean towards the 3rd World Forum of Local Economic Development (LED) to be held in Turin, Italy, from the 13th to the 16th of October 2015. The regional forum was organized by the National Secretariat of Planning and Development of Ecuador (SENPLADES), the Consortium of Provincial Governments of Ecuador (CONGOPE), the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, the Regional Decentralized Government of the Pichincha Province (GADPP), the Central University of Ecuador (UCE), the Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUAL), together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ecuador and with the support of the UNDP ART Initiative. Moreover, the forum relied on the support of the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The Forum counted with the attendance of over 350 participants from 23 countries, representatives of national and sub-national governments and their associations, social and economic actors of the territories, academia and multilateral agencies. The success of the event demonstrates the importance of the theme in the region, where the TED is appreciated as a useful means to address many of the fundamental challenges faced by Latin America and the Caribbean, such as inequality, the creation of employment possibilities, sustainable development, social inclusion and economic empowerment of traditionally excluded groups. Being 2015 a pivotal year for the debate on development commitments at the global level with the definition of the future Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the Forum also focused on how the TED can be an effective means for implementing the future SDGs in the territories. The plenary sessions and workshops of the Quito’s Forum enabled a discussion and a sharing of the richness of approaches, practices and instruments related to TED, developed in the region over recent years, with important lessons learnt on integrated TED strategies, mainly focusing on four cross-cutting themes : Theme I: The role of Territorial Development in the process of changing the productive matrix: Policies and lessons learned; Theme II: Popular and Solidarity Economy: Social inclusion and territorial


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