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Long-term commitment
The Foundation is aware that social transformations require
a lot of time because it understands that a fundamental
part of the solution of these difficulties is empowering the
community itself and involving other organisations present
in the area to resolve them.
Education is the axis of development.
For the UPM Foundation, the development of communities
is based on the development of individual and collective
capacities, abilities and skills. The proposal is based
on promoting the development of capabilities in people
and organisations in order to achieve and strengthen the
abilities and skills needed to sustainably establish and
achieve their development goals. The development of
capabilities is therefore understood in its broadest sense as
ranging from training to a broader perspective that includes
the ability to influence one’s surroundings, to intervene in
community issues and to propose projects
Coordination of stakeholders
This approach also involves other components, such
as establishing alliances and networking, promoting
new organisations or strengthening existing ones to
maximise resources and ensuring that interventions by the
stakeholders involved are more efficient.
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