The Municipality of Concordia participated in the Second Internationalization Conference of the Province of Santa Fe, a space for exchange and reflection that focused on the construction of territories capable of facing the environmental, climatic, productive, and social challenges of the present.
Under the slogan “Territories that dialogue with the world: climate governance, adaptation, and resilience for sustainable territorial development,” the conference brought together representatives from academic institutions, public agencies, and various actors linked to territorial development and international cooperation.
The conference featured the participation of the UNL, represented by its Director of Internationalization, Marta Paris. Prominent figures from international financing sectors who spoke on panels also participated.
The presence of representatives from the FICH is especially significant due to this academic unit's experience in water resource management, territorial planning, risk prevention, and technological linkage, with a history of work developed alongside public agencies and local governments.
During the meeting, the Secretary of Productive Development Sebastián Arístide highlighted the importance of generating links that allow for the incorporation of knowledge, innovation, and new tools into local public policies: “for Concordia it is very important to participate in these spaces because we understand that productive development cannot be thought of in isolation. We must generate links with universities, public agencies, institutions, and other territories to share experiences, incorporate knowledge, and build solutions that respond to the concrete challenges of our communities,” noted the Secretary of Productive Development.
In this sense, Arístide remarked that internationalization also represents an opportunity to strengthen local capacities. “When we talk about internationalization, we are not only talking about looking outward, but also about valuing what we have and generating the conditions so that Concordia can connect, learn, cooperate, and show its capabilities. The challenge is to transform those links into concrete opportunities for the productive and sustainable development of our city,” he maintained.
The official also referred to the need to incorporate the environmental and climatic dimension into development strategies, maintaining that “environmental and climatic challenges are already part of the productive agenda. Adaptation, resilience, and territorial planning are issues that we must address in an articulated manner between the State, the productive sector, universities, and the community. These meetings allow us to learn about experiences and think about how to bring those tools to our territories,” affirmed Arístide.
COOPERATION FOR TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
The participation of Concordia is part of a strategy aimed at strengthening institutional articulation and generating new opportunities for cooperation, especially in areas linked to productive development, innovation, sustainability, and territorial planning.
The conference allowed for the exchange of experiences regarding the challenges currently faced by cities and regions and the importance of building governance models capable of articulating different levels of the State with universities, productive sectors, and civil society organizations.
For Concordia, these spaces constitute an opportunity to advance an agenda of cooperation that allows connecting local capacities with regional, national, and international networks, promoting new tools for economic growth and sustainable development.
The Municipality will continue working on strengthening these links, understanding that productive development increasingly requires knowledge, innovation, cooperation, and the capacity for adaptation to generate opportunities in the territory and face upcoming climatic challenges.
Under the slogan “Territories that dialogue with the world: climate governance, adaptation, and resilience for sustainable territorial development,” the conference brought together representatives from academic institutions, public agencies, and various actors linked to territorial development and international cooperation.
The conference featured the participation of the UNL, represented by its Director of Internationalization, Marta Paris. Prominent figures from international financing sectors who spoke on panels also participated.
The presence of representatives from the FICH is especially significant due to this academic unit's experience in water resource management, territorial planning, risk prevention, and technological linkage, with a history of work developed alongside public agencies and local governments.
During the meeting, the Secretary of Productive Development Sebastián Arístide highlighted the importance of generating links that allow for the incorporation of knowledge, innovation, and new tools into local public policies: “for Concordia it is very important to participate in these spaces because we understand that productive development cannot be thought of in isolation. We must generate links with universities, public agencies, institutions, and other territories to share experiences, incorporate knowledge, and build solutions that respond to the concrete challenges of our communities,” noted the Secretary of Productive Development.
In this sense, Arístide remarked that internationalization also represents an opportunity to strengthen local capacities. “When we talk about internationalization, we are not only talking about looking outward, but also about valuing what we have and generating the conditions so that Concordia can connect, learn, cooperate, and show its capabilities. The challenge is to transform those links into concrete opportunities for the productive and sustainable development of our city,” he maintained.
The official also referred to the need to incorporate the environmental and climatic dimension into development strategies, maintaining that “environmental and climatic challenges are already part of the productive agenda. Adaptation, resilience, and territorial planning are issues that we must address in an articulated manner between the State, the productive sector, universities, and the community. These meetings allow us to learn about experiences and think about how to bring those tools to our territories,” affirmed Arístide.
COOPERATION FOR TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
The participation of Concordia is part of a strategy aimed at strengthening institutional articulation and generating new opportunities for cooperation, especially in areas linked to productive development, innovation, sustainability, and territorial planning.
The conference allowed for the exchange of experiences regarding the challenges currently faced by cities and regions and the importance of building governance models capable of articulating different levels of the State with universities, productive sectors, and civil society organizations.
For Concordia, these spaces constitute an opportunity to advance an agenda of cooperation that allows connecting local capacities with regional, national, and international networks, promoting new tools for economic growth and sustainable development.
The Municipality will continue working on strengthening these links, understanding that productive development increasingly requires knowledge, innovation, cooperation, and the capacity for adaptation to generate opportunities in the territory and face upcoming climatic challenges.