Rural development experiences with a territorial approach

1. Rural development experiences with a territorial approach Lessons from Mexico and Brazil Antonio Ruiz García OECD 7th Annual Rural Development Conference "Developing rural polices to meet the needs of a changing world” Quebec, Canada, 13-15 October

2. Contents • Rural development in Mexico at the OECD • Ibero-American Cooperation Program in Territorial Management PROTERRITORIOS • Rural development experiences with a territorial approach • Challenges and lessons

3. Rural development in Mexico at the OECD • Mexico Rural Policy Review, 2006Territorial vision of poverty and of productive rural policies • Mexico’s role in Rural Policy Review of Spain: Similarities in territorial vision, sustainability, concurrence and decentralized management • Significance of OECD territorial approach in rural development policies; Relevance of the territorial approach to understanding rural development

4. Ibero-American Cooperation Program in Territorial Management PROTERRITORIOS • Intergovernmental initiative and horizontal cooperation among countries: Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Peru, Bolivia, Chile • The program recognizes knowledge and capacity development in territorial management as an international public good • The program framework includes: analysis of comparative policies; exchange of experiences in institutional and legislative development; lessons learned in policy evaluation; documenting experiences; and development of human capital for territorial management

5. Rural development experiences with a territorial approach: Mexico and Brazil

6. Economic sectors as % of GDP in Mexico and Brazil

7. Rural & Urban Populations in Mexico and Brazil Rural Urbanlocal Urbanregional Urbanmetropolitan

8. Territorial approach: Brazil

9. Territorial approach: Brazil

10. Territorial approach: Mexico

11. Territorial approach: Mexico

12. Concurrent Investments for Rural Develoment

13. 10 lessons and challenges 1. Policy focus • From:Rural development policies geared at agriculture and vulnerable groups • To:Development policies for rural areas from an integrated perspective focusing on the multiple dimensions of territories (social, economic, natural and human)

14. 10 lessons and challenges 2. Policy vision • From: Policies centered on production targets and on attention to poverty in rural areas • To:Productive and social policies interlinked with other public affairs dimensions of governance, environment and culture

15. 10 lessons and challenges 3. Definition of rurality • From: A definition of rural based on size of population and agriculture as main economic activity • To:A definition of integrated spaces, recognizing rural-urban linkages, defined by territorial typologies (municipalities in Mexico, Territories of Citizenship in Brazil) and population density criteria

16. 10 lessons and challenges 4. Productive economic emphasis • From: Expanded agriculture and agri-food chains • To:An economy of diversified productive clusters and recognition of the importance of non-farm activities for economic diversification

17. 10 lessons and challenges 5. Policy Type • From: Sectoral policies of economic and social nature • To:The articulation of policies across sectors and territorial land administration

18. 10 lessons and challenges 6. Social objectives • From: Competitiveness and generation of private wealth and income redistribution • To:Economic efficiency based on territories offering competitive advantage to enterprises, with positive multifunctional outcomes reflected in social benefits

19. 10 lessons and challenges7. Institutions responsible for rural development • From: Agriculture and Rural Development Ministries • To:Complex inter-ministerial structures, coordination and cross-sector linkages, supra-ministerial bodies and coordination between Federal and State (Province) governments

20. 10 lessons and challenges 8. Role of social actors • From: Recognition and participation in policy and project management • To:Negotiation and consensus-building for strategies and investments, improving their legitimacy with progress in participatory planning models

21. 10 lessons and challenges 9. Public investment emphasis • From: The financing of productive projects, private transfers and semi-public or public goods • To:The funding of strategic territorial projects incorporating multiple sectoral components and territorial public goods

22. 10 lessons and challenges: 10. Planning model • From: Sectoral participatory planning • To:Strategic territorial planning through linkages among government and social actors at territorial level in order to establish commitments, agreements and pacts