ORU Fogar Assembly and LED Forum in Argentina

The annual meeting of ORU Fogar will be held on December 1st in the framework of the V Global Forum on Local Development 2019 to be held from the 2nd to the 4th of December in Cordoba, Argentina. The assembly, sponsored by Governor Juan Schiaretti and the province of Cordoba, will address the election of the president and Bureau of ORU Fogar and discuss the 2020-2030 Strategic Plan, while the Forum will address employment and development policies under the title "Innovation in the territories for a better quality of life".

The Led Forum, as we know, is organized by a coalition that includes ORU Fogar and UCLG, but also UN agencies such as UNDP Art and ILO. With this fifth call, Cordoba will be on the path initiated by the first Forum in Seville, Spain, which was followed by Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, the city of Turin, Italy, and the government of Cape Verde. It is the first time, however, that it has been hosted, along with a municipality, by an intermediate government such as the Province of Córdoba. It is thus presented as a great opportunity for discussion, with the presence of all the territorial actors.

The forum, on the other hand, takes place in the context of a fully industrial and services economy, thereby enabling the major challenges and opportunities of the contemporary industrial economy to be addressed. With the support of the national government, the event will feature exhibitions on topics related to territorial development, circular economy, social inclusion, employment and the role of sectors in new local scenarios. And, for the moment, it is structured in three well-defined spaces: “The territory as the basis of social, economic and environmental innovation”; “Territorial economic and productive models to face inequality”; and “The future of employment and the employment of the future from a territorial perspective”.