Presentation by Ligia María Mejia Díaz, M.Sc in environmental planning and watershed management, Research Group of Basins, Tolima University Session: Strengthening Grassroots Engagement in ARD Policy Processes on 5 Nov 2013 ICT4Ag, Kigali, Rwanda

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Session 24: Strengthening Grassroots
Engagement in Agricultural and Rural
Development (ARD) Policy Processes

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PGIS. Tool that contributes to
empowerment and governance
of communities for the benefit
of sustainable development

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PGIS: EXPERIENCE IN COLOMBIA
Anaime - Chili páramo Complex
Delimitation
• Facilitators:
Watershed Research Group
Tolima University
• Support:
CORTOLIMA, Semillas de Agua
• Stakeholder: Anaime – Chili Comunity,
civil society, government sector
private sector, academy

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Localization of study area
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South America
Colombia
Tolima Departament
Cordillera Central: Buffer
betwen Los Nevados and
Las Hermosas Parks
• Anaime – Chili Paramo
• Area: 57197 has

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Anaime –Chili Paramo

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PGIS. METHODOLOGY > Empowerment, governance

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Key Take-Aways
• PGIS is a functional tool which contributes to
the empowerment and governance in
communities that have been marginalized in
decision-making concerning the development
of a region.
• PGIS optimizes planning, spatializes
agricultural and livestock activities in a region,
in line with sustainable development, providing
validity to the process.
• PGIS can recover and preserve the history and
traditions of the communities, both in the
productive sector, and cultural.

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