IACD PRACTICE EXCHANGE 2017 – SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, CHILE 11-19 OCTOBER, 2017
“Andean – Amazonian knowledge and ancestral practices in agricultural systems: potential and challenges”
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 11-19 October, 2017
Following our highly successful 2016 Practice Exchange professional development programme to India and Nepal, IACD is delighted to be teaming up this year with REDAR Perú and CONDESAN and the Pueblo Likanantay de San Pedro de Atacama de Chile, to offer a Practice Exchange programme to South America in October, 2017.
Andean men and women possess an ancient wisdom based on the ancient knowledge for managing soils, water and productive systems, management of cultural diversity. However, adverse policies erode that knowledge, causing a misuse of the soil, concentration of land in a few hands, privatization and pollution of water and the change of the land use for indiscriminate urban growth and extractive activities such as mining. The consequence is the transfer of the poverty of the countryside to the city.
Who can participate?
The Practice Exchange is open to members of IACD who are working in the field of rural development, researchers, indigenous leaders and representatives of civil society as well as international development advocates, with a particular interest/expertise in such issues as sustainable development, environmental protection, water management and work with indigenous cultures. Joining the Exchange will also be people working in rural communities from Northern Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.
The cost of the 2017 Practice Exchange is just US$1,200.
This cost excludes international travel to get to Calama airport. The cost is based on a clean budget hostel with shared bedroom. It includes all food, airport transfer, transportation to local communities and translation.
The aim of the 2017 Practice Exchange is to:
- Provide a space for Exchange, discussion and analysis about the Sumaq Kawsay or good living.
- Analyse the problem of water depletion and management in the territory through the exchange of experiences as a critical element for the sustainable socio-economic development of countries.
- Generate and promote synergies between the institutions that are committed to the research and development of the Andean region through shared activities.
What is this Practice Exchange About?
This will be an event to share and exchange experiences between community developers from Andean countries and internationally.
