Annual Report 2014

INCORPORATION OF OTHER STAKEHOLDERS Based on the workshops, eight projects submitted by the residents were approved, but these have also been used to resolve some more profound problems that required coordination between several stake- holders. In exchanges with the residents, common themes were identified to be addressed across the entire area. As a result of the identification of these common problems, the Foundation brought in various public agencies to work on projects that respond to the

needs of various communities. Magdalena Ibáñez, President of the UPM Foundation, explains that “the Foundation has received various projects developed by the residents of these communities, but it also played a key role as a coordinator, acting as a brid- ge between public or private bodies and the local representatives”. A TOWN OF GOOD WOOD The last workshops of 2014 were held with residents in the Piedras Coloradas area. This is a town located in the south-west of the Paysandú department

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