The event will contribute to the dissemination of the
housing and local socio?economic development project ‘Cuna de la Paz’,
designed collectively by 62 families organized in mutual help housing
cooperatives from the urban area of La Palma, Chalatenango, El Salvador,
accompanied by the technical support of FUNDASAL. It includes the construction
of housing and community spaces that become part of the families’ integrated
settlement, so that it turns into a socio?spatial source of livelihood and well?being. It has been designed to guarantee the sustainability of social
cohabitation as much as the economic prosperity of families in the future,
focusing on environmental sustainability and adaptation to climate change. The
buildings will use alternative construction systems that utilize local
materials, in order to maintain a respectful relationship with the environment.
Economically, it would have a positive impact on local development through
solidarity initiatives that generate income, in coherence with the ecotourism
development strategy contained in the Cayaguanca Region Development Plan, where
La Palma is located and the production agroecological gardens, local crafts and
ecotouristic activities will take place. And since said regional plan is part
of the Trifinio Development Plan, the articulation of the project with a macro?regional and national policy is guaranteed. This coincidence of efforts
has allowed cooperatives to become key development actors on La Palma’s
territorial development with the support of local authorities. From a social
perspective, the project also inclusive given that families are composed mostly
of women, youngsters and children. Moreover, the project administration is self?managed the cooperatives, therefore involving the democratic
participation of all families in all decision?making processes. Currently, they have built their communal room and a
rainwater harvesting system, since the project’s scope is grounded on
integrality and progressive development: housing ? development ? social and community infrastructure ? sustainable ecotouristic and productive spaces. By sharing this
project’s proposal, we are aiming to contribute to the global discussion on how
important it is to direct support and resources from many stakeholders, mainly
State institutions, to leverage social production of habitat processes that
ensure access to housing and the city for the poorest population, as a human
right, because proposals of this kind abide to all of the New Urban Agenda’s
main commitments on housing policy, such as: first, to eradicate poverty by
facilitating access to adequate, safe and affordable housing for lowest?income populations, in order to guarantee their human right to an
adequate livelihood, especially for most vulnerable groups, and by connecting
human settlements to urban development and all its basic and public goods and
services; and second, to strengthen an inclusive local governance system that
relies on the active participation of citizens for the implementation of
regional and national territorial development plans. We would altogether
contribute to the achievement of the 11th SDG, given that ‘making cities and
human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’ needs to know how
sustainable human can be built from integral habitat project.
housing and local socio?economic development project ‘Cuna de la Paz’,
designed collectively by 62 families organized in mutual help housing
cooperatives from the urban area of La Palma, Chalatenango, El Salvador,
accompanied by the technical support of FUNDASAL. It includes the construction
of housing and community spaces that become part of the families’ integrated
settlement, so that it turns into a socio?spatial source of livelihood and well?being. It has been designed to guarantee the sustainability of social
cohabitation as much as the economic prosperity of families in the future,
focusing on environmental sustainability and adaptation to climate change. The
buildings will use alternative construction systems that utilize local
materials, in order to maintain a respectful relationship with the environment.
Economically, it would have a positive impact on local development through
solidarity initiatives that generate income, in coherence with the ecotourism
development strategy contained in the Cayaguanca Region Development Plan, where
La Palma is located and the production agroecological gardens, local crafts and
ecotouristic activities will take place. And since said regional plan is part
of the Trifinio Development Plan, the articulation of the project with a macro?regional and national policy is guaranteed. This coincidence of efforts
has allowed cooperatives to become key development actors on La Palma’s
territorial development with the support of local authorities. From a social
perspective, the project also inclusive given that families are composed mostly
of women, youngsters and children. Moreover, the project administration is self?managed the cooperatives, therefore involving the democratic
participation of all families in all decision?making processes. Currently, they have built their communal room and a
rainwater harvesting system, since the project’s scope is grounded on
integrality and progressive development: housing ? development ? social and community infrastructure ? sustainable ecotouristic and productive spaces. By sharing this
project’s proposal, we are aiming to contribute to the global discussion on how
important it is to direct support and resources from many stakeholders, mainly
State institutions, to leverage social production of habitat processes that
ensure access to housing and the city for the poorest population, as a human
right, because proposals of this kind abide to all of the New Urban Agenda’s
main commitments on housing policy, such as: first, to eradicate poverty by
facilitating access to adequate, safe and affordable housing for lowest?income populations, in order to guarantee their human right to an
adequate livelihood, especially for most vulnerable groups, and by connecting
human settlements to urban development and all its basic and public goods and
services; and second, to strengthen an inclusive local governance system that
relies on the active participation of citizens for the implementation of
regional and national territorial development plans. We would altogether
contribute to the achievement of the 11th SDG, given that ‘making cities and
human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’ needs to know how
sustainable human can be built from integral habitat project.
