Annual Report 2014

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.

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.

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