With this project, we are positively contributing to the United Nations 2030 Agenda with the following SDGs:
With this project, we are positively contributing to the United Nations 2030 Agenda with the following SDGs:
The closing ceremony for the Community Empowerment Program's sustainable settlements event was held in Cartagena, Colombia on April 27th, 2019.
We carried out this initiative with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), with whom in 2018 we signed a global agreement to facilitate and strengthen collaboration for the development of communities and the protection of human rights, contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Sustainable Settlements program sought to implement sustainable development strategies for the residents of the Villas de Aranjuez and Ciudad del Bicentenario neighbourhoods, with the aim of improving their living conditions through inclusive models for income generation, employability, job training, and citizenship building, and safe living spaces, which would allow them to maximize their capabilities and opportunities.
It is important to note that the two neighborhoods in which the Sustainable Settlements programe was carried out are part of the National Government's 100,000 free housing projects, a project that seeks to provide free housing for displaced households, vulnerable households, and those affected by the winter wave, among others. In total there are 21,000 victims of this situation.
The project followed a four-pronged approach:
Its objective was to enhance the productive capacities of the community, expanding their opportunities in terms of income generation, so that they can autonomously exercise their rights as citizens and improve their quality of life. In this way, the aim was to strengthen and formalise local suppliers, foster productive chains with a shared value approach, promote inclusive markets, improve the technical capacities of entrepreneurs and business people, and develop cultural projects of the orange economy.
Therefore, the following programmes were created: Supplier Development Programme, Incuba Route, Start-up Route, Micro Franchise and Orange Economy (including Vive Bailando).
This consisted of providing qualified and relevant training, through accredited entities, to people in situations of poverty and vulnerability. A total accompaniment was provided: from the technical training of those selected, to their integration into the labour market.
The aim was to implement a productive space for urban agriculture, based on bio-intensive vegetable gardens and designing an inclusive business model through the entire value chain (training, sowing, harvesting and storage, and distribution/marketing). In this way, an enclosed nursery was built on a 33-metre lot to install hydroponic technology, tanks and underground irrigation systems for harvesting vegetables such as lettuce, tomatoes and onions.
Its main objective was to formulate the Ciudad del Bicentenario Development Plan for the 2017-2019 period, which would become the map for the community to have in their hands an instrument with the basic information to define all the management required to satisfy the basic needs of the community.
With this project, we are positively contributing to the United Nations 2030 Agenda with the following SDGs: