As part of its multi-stakeholder dialogue strategy aimed at fostering joint collaboration for collective impact, CREER has begun working with the Dutch organization IDH (The Sustainable Trade Initiative, www.idhsustainabletrade.com) to promote agreements and pacts for Production, Protection, and Inclusion (PPI) in three departments of Colombia: Cesar, Magdalena, and Huila.
These agreements are grounded in IDH’s Sustainable Landscapes approach, which promotes a holistic model to improve the production of various commodities while encouraging environmentally friendly practices, protecting natural ecosystems, and advancing social inclusion and improved livelihoods for producers in the territory.
Building on CREER’s own methodologies for multi-stakeholder engagement, this project seeks to:
Create spaces for dialogue among diverse stakeholders where shared interests can be identified and formalized through mutual agreements, both during the process and in the final outcome (the signing of PPI pacts).
Encourage productive diversification in municipalities across the departments of Cesar, Magdalena, and Huila, by promoting competitive, stable practices among small- and large-scale producers.
Reach agreements on the best ways to conserve the environment and use natural resources sustainably, through the development of inclusive and viable productive projects.
Foster participatory processes among smallholder farmers, associations, cooperatives, and large companies, with the goal of creating or strengthening agricultural value chains in these three departments. These processes are rooted in mutual recognition, agency, and reciprocity, while embracing and respecting diversity.
Integrate local and national institutional realities into the content of the multi-stakeholder agreements—throughout both the process and the outcome (the signing of PPI pacts).
For more information, visit www.pactosppi.com
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