Territories of Collective empowerment

The new model for territorial development (as opposed to the existing neoliberal) proposed on this event,

is based on identifying new group with high participation rates as a starting point, as well as its influence

areas.

To achieve this, areas with high marginality are located upon the lack of infrastructure and facilities,

afterwards, a map of social participation is overplayed in which highly participated communities are

shown.

The first case-study, Altos de San Pablo on the Epigmenio Gonzalez county in Queretaro, the 'La

Esperanza' community was identified, a place where a group between 150 and 200 people, gathered

every wedges day for community purposes. the the identification of their homes was mapped to define

the potential area for interventions

Once a community with high participation rates and its influence area was identified, the model continues

with the 'empowerment' of that same community (Base Community) through the execution of a project in

four months, therefore not only the participation of the Base Community grows, but also new participation

arises on communities around (Second-Degree Communities), which were inactive before, because of

the relationship between those communities and their connected members.

The process is repeated with Third-Degree Communities and Fourth-Degree Communities with executed

projects in short periods until the time when more ambitious projects gathering multiple of these

communities. This model not only allows the construction of projects needed for each neighborhood, but

also the projects between different communities could complementary, communities can support each

other and finally build infrastructure projects of bigger scales.

The project works on an 'open' way, there is not a preexisting plan or project, the interventions of

communitarian scale are developed based on the request of the empowered communities that show solid

proofs of organization and conviction of the work.