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Local Development and Community Participation The equity and the social inclusion are the guiding principles of the process of local
development shaped as an environment and a set of tools to strengthen the local management,
the democratic participation of the citizenship in the decisions that affect and define the
health conditions and quality of life in the context of a reflexive public sphere, dynamic
and that responds to the needs and aspirations of the population. The public policies are a
motor for the development with equity, while the participation and the citizen empowerment
are the inspiration and the creativity for the sustainable social development.
Four strategic actions are fundamental in order to strengthen the processes of local development:
- Expansion of the capacity for articulation of PAHO internally and with other organizations in
order to promote the sustainable local development.
- To promote the convergence of related agendas in order to implement locally the strategies of health
promotion, the Millenium Declaration for theDevelopment and agenda 21 for the environment.
- Construction of local observatories as an exercise to strengthen the social pacts by the health in
urban areas and rural communities.
- Implement the strategy of municipios and healthy communities, articulating the aspects of productivity,
economic and social development with primary care and the health promotion in order to promote the improvement
of quality of life.
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