Active community participation is essential to identify and prioritize the needs of their municipalities.
The governor of the department, Jorge Octavio Guzmán, and his government team arrived in the eastern Cauca subregion to, together with the communities, begin the construction process of the Development Plan for the period 2024-2027 of the municipality of Inzá.
This meeting marks an important phase in the development of the department of Cauca, with the active participation of the community, which is essential to identify and prioritize local needs, in addition to designing effective strategies that promote socioeconomic growth.
During the visit, the regional leader expressed his firm commitment to the well-being and progress of the department: “In this eastern region, four municipalities converge in this dialogue that has allowed us to advance significantly in lines of action. We are reviewing commitments with previous governments, in order to build on what was built. […] Today the rural sector has a different connotation, which is transformation through innovation, agribusiness and export to generate greater income and improve living conditions. In this journey through eastern Cauca we are creating synergy that will allow us to build in a participatory manner, but also aligned with the National Development Plan,” he stated.
Likewise, the need to create a comprehensive Development Plan that addresses priority issues such as peace, social inclusion, economic development, education, health, environmental protection, among other fundamental aspects for equitable growth, was emphasized. from the Department.
During the months of February and March, various working groups, community meetings and public consultations will be held to collect the ideas, proposals and aspirations of each and every Caucano with the aim of designing a Development Plan that reflects the real needs. of the population.
Likewise, José Ricaurte García, Captain of the Afro Captaincy of the municipality of Páez, joined this feeling of the communities. “The participation of Afro communities in the formation of the new Development Plan is very important, since it is the starting point for the department’s investments according to the needs of the different communities. We are working and presenting our needs with great confidence. and hope that we will be taken into account in this new government”
In this way, the Departmental Government will continue to work transparently in each space that is developed during the construction of the new Development Plan for Cauca, this will be a document that will lay the foundations for having an equitable future with social development focused on peace. .