PLN #13 – Urban-rural policies for the promotion of decent work in intermediary cities
01/2015
Urban-rural policies for the promotion of decent work in intermediary cities

Organizing partners

City of Pasto
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
FINDETER (Financiera del Desarrollo Territorial S.A.)

Hosting city

Pasto, Colombia

Good practices

  • Reactivating the food market network and strengthening  chains of production through The Logistics Platform, the Supply Centre, and Pasto’s Network of Municipal Markets. 
  • Updated land registers, the formalizing tenancy and ownership of land, and geographic information to guarantee access to resources and opportunities for rural development.
  • Strengthening urban-rural relationships by combining economic, sociocultural and work-related factors in a sustainable commercial model.