UPM Forestal Oriental Annual Report 2022

A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH SARANDÍ DEL YÍ AND ITS COMMUNITY

The start of operations for our new nursery in Sarandí del Yí was an important milestone for the community. By working together with local leaders and institutions, we promoted different activities and training to prepare the community for the new job opportunities surrounding the new nursery. For over 15 years, UPM Forestal Oriental has been present in Sarandí del Yí with forestry operations in the area and has spent the last six working on community involvement through a group of leaders who meet periodically. Their goal is to look for proposals that contribute to the development of the community, and help keep them informed of the company’s

and obligations, and employment sustainability. Once the onboarding process began for the first nursery workers, we promoted a project in coordination with UN Woman and The National Institute for Women’s Affairs (INMUJERES) aimed at 60 operators, supervisors, foremen and forewom e n. The aim of this project was to support workers in the first steps in their working experience looking to have a stable team. This project included seven face to-face workshops that worked on assertive communication, finding balance between personal and professional life, and gen d e r issues among others.

operations. It also creates another opportunity to receive suggestions and concerns. This group of leaders is made up of people from different sectors including production, education, health and society. This space helped raise the concern from wom e n in the area interested on working on their skills in preparation for the arrival of the new nursery. For this we promoted a course called “Forging encounters: women in action” which included eight different workshops with more than 80 women. The workshops covered topics such as commitment, self-awareness, patriarchal models and gender roles, assertive communication, family dynamics, worker’s rights

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