Scaling-Up Integrated Local Development Innovations

Supporting transformational change: country case studies

Scaling-up integrated local development innovations is key to achieving sustainable and equitable development, especially when these innovations are driven by national and local governments and actors. In order to best support countries to scale up proven local successes and achieve transformational changes, the UNDP Poverty Practice of the Bureau for Development Policy (BDP) works to build a solid knowledge base and to uncover systematically the enabling environment and drivers for scaling up. In this context, together with the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation we have jointly initiated a series of case studies of “scaled up” development cases. Learning from these country cases, we aim to identify key policy, institutional and political enablers and drivers for a successful scaling up process, and to inspire development partners to transform innovations into sustainable development results.

¿Qué entendemos por Turismo Sostenible?

En el año 1993 la Organización Mundial del Turismo (OMT) definió que “el desarrollo sostenible del turismo es aquel que atiende las necesidades de los turistas actuales y de las regiones receptoras y al mismo tiempo protege y fomenta las oportunidades para el futuro. Se concibe como una vía hacía la gestión de todos los recursos de forma que puedan satisfacerse las necesidades económicas, sociales, estéticas, respetando al mismo tiempo la integridad cultural, los procesos ecológicos esenciales, la diversidad biológica y los sistemas que sostienen la vida”.

What sustainable tourism can do: Oakridge, Oregon, Usa

It is amazing to watch this video and to remember why I like so much sustainable tourism as a development factor, a huge opportunity to rebuilt the future of local community. Different places of the world are investing on it, they are solving their problems planning and organising a sustainable tourist offer! I love that!