Tag: Desarrollo sostenible

Currently, the world faces complex global problems, which require new actors and partnerships that support the creation of adaptation solutions to these challenges. We have recently observed that non-traditional and innovative methodologies and actors, such as start-ups and other members of innovation ecosystems, are increasingly supporting international cooperation. They have been able to identify and create new opportunities for the generation of disruptive solutions for the sustainability of development.

Thus, in 2020 the project Enhancing the Coherence of Climate and Energy Policies in Mexico (CONECC), together with the Raw Materials and Climate (MaPriC) project in Colombia, coordinated the work of the Regional Dialogue on Innovative External Cooperations Workstream in the framework of the Sector Network for Environmental Management and Rural Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (GADeR-LAC) of GIZ. The work of this group focused on the development of research on sustainable development programmes and projects that use or have used innovative mechanisms in their planning, development and implementation processes. The purpose is to perceive the impact that external actors generate, as well as the innovative tools for the sustainability of international cooperation, and their influence on the work carried out by GIZ in the Latin American region.

 

GIZ / Elaboration Laguna. Infographic What are innovative external partnerships.

The study began with an incubation process, which later gave rise to research through exchanges and interviews with actors and internal and external projects in Latin America and Germany. These actors are distinguished by: the use of innovative methodologies that permit collective decision-making and the design of collaborative and agile strategies; collaboration with private actors that contribute to the work of GIZ as hubs and innovation laboratories, start-up accelerators, and more and, finally, in the identification of environmental, social and economic impacts–the results of which are derived from the first two categories. From this, 32 actors and projects were selected for research. The work carried out in this work stream was developed between April and March 2021 with the support of Hevas Innovation.

GIZ / Elaboration Laguna. Actors who participated in the investigation

This resulted in these collaboration schemes and examples of inspiring and innovative stories within GIZ: the Bolivian Innovation Fund, the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Alliance in Ecuador and the Technological Innovation Hub in Querétaro HUBIQ, as well as projects external to GIZ such as Koga, nuup and Viwala, among other actors.

GIZ / Elaboration Laguna. Infographic – Cooperation with external agents in GIZ.

 

GIZ / Elaboration Laguna. Infographic – Emerging Innovation at GIZ

 

Finally, the webinar Regional Dialogue on Innovative External Cooperations took place: a space for exchange between GIZ and external projects, to present the results of the study. The event was attended by 30 people, who discussed the lessons learned from working with other types of actors and innovative methodologies, as well as their implications for international cooperation regarding sustainable development.

 

GIZ / Elaboration Laguna. Infographic – New horizons for International Development Cooperation.

For more information on the work and the results of the work stream Regional Dialogue on Innovative External Cooperations please download the complete study.

Contact: Juan Carlos Mendoza, Technical Advisor of the CONECC project.

Get to know the Secretariat of the GADeR-ALC Sector Network to learn more about this and other work streams in the Latin American region.

Within the framework of the MGI project, the on-site assessment of the city is a key activity to acquire deeper and more specific knowledge about the performance of Saltillo in the selected work sectors: water, mobility and energy. This evaluation allows the elaboration of the roadmap with relevant projects that bet on the sustainable development of the city. Due to travel restrictions imposed by Covid-19, the on-site assessment format was adapted to be developed digitally.

Representative photo of the project. Morgenstadt Project Communications team.

Between September and November 2020, approximately 40 online interviews were conducted with local experts from the public, private and academic sectors. Online workshops were also organized, encouraging reflection and discussion on the information collected in the interviews. The planning and execution of the digital evaluation of Saltillo was possible thanks to the joint work of the University of Stuttgart and the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, as well as key partners in Mexico such as the Municipal Planning Institute of Saltillo (IMPLAN) and the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM).

The activities carried out during the digital evaluation made it possible to confirm hypotheses of the preliminary research stage of the project. Likewise, new and valuable knowledge was acquired about the challenges and opportunities of Saltillo in the study sectors, and fields with potential for sustainable development and possible reduction of CO2 emissions in the city were identified.

Photo of the inter-sectoral online workshop held in December 2020. Catalina Díaz

At the end of all the interviews, an inter-sectoral online workshop was held in December 2020 with the project’s team of experts in Germany and Mexico. The main objective was to review and discuss the project ideas generated in each sector and identify possible synergies and interrelationships between them. Among the next activities are the scientific assessment and development of project ideas, as well as the execution of a pilot project in Saltillo in the final stage of the MGI.

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