IN PRACTICE
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ART GOLD SRI LANKA: CONNECTING PEOPLE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
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Andrei Rami Rodan [*] The ART-Gold Sri Lanka (AGSL) Programme was initiated in the aftermath of the tsunami of 2004 not only to support the immediate recovery phase but also to facilitate a sustainable longer-term development process, by reinforcing the ability of local actors to plan and manage territorial development. Within the Southern Province - one of the hardest hit areas - AGSL supports the creation of an enabling framework, facilitating a multitude of actors to work jointly towards the Millennium Development Goals through an area-based approach to governance and human development. AGSL's interventions concentrate on several aspects of local development: governance, education, health and sanitation, historical and cultural heritage, environmental protection and local economic development (LED). Through its LED component, AGSL aims at reinforcing the competitive economic potential of the Southern Province through capacity building, skill development and the organization of a comprehensive service system for provincial economic development and sustainable job creation. An important initiative within this component is the construction of a new market place in the Angunukolapallessa Pradesihiya Sabawa in Hambantota. Angunukolapallessa is playing a crucial role in the economic development in the Southern Province by producing and supplying a considerable amount of agricultural products to the provincial market. This video was filmed in Sri Lanka over a period of 6 weeks in September and October 2008. The film documents some of the processes of development implemented in the south of Sri Lanka among which are: the opening of the New Market Place in Debokawa, the home gardening project in Neluwa region, the establishment of the R.U.E.D.A - the Ruhuna Local Economic Development Agency and the project to solve irrigation problems for agricultural use in the southern regions. |
Universitas Forum, Vol. 1, No. 1, December 2008
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