| Implementing partner: Fedesarrollo |
| Implementation period: February 2021 - February 2023 |
| Sector: Low-carbon policy |
This project carried out an analysis of territorial planning in Colombia to identify possible improvement to land use and territorial planning policies from a sustainability perspective. The first year of the project concluded with a reform proposal, including administrative and legal reforms, for the Colombian territorial and environmental planning framework. The recommendations seek to reduce the impacts of urban expansion and deforestation in GHG emissions.
The project's extension developed these recommendations, seeking to include them in the country’s National Development Plan and within an independent bill to be presented to Congress.
"The National Development Plan prioritized territorial Planning, which was a great success. For this, it took the products developed by the project as inputs. This advance, in prioritizing territorial planning is very important to comply with the Paris agreement. It is important to continue working on the revision of the regulations and Law 388, emphasizing the maturation of projects and tools that develop them, the governance of the Regional Autonomous Corporations (CAR), and the pending complementary agenda of the territorial planning."
- Víctor Saavedra, Project Manager, Fedesarrollo
