• Cajamarca is the second region in the country, after Moquegua, to initiate the process of building a territorial agenda with the support of Rimay.

Cajamarca’s Vision of Concerted Regional Development includes about forty short-, medium-, and long-term strategic projects to be implemented by 2030. This vision encompasses Cajamarca citizens’ contributions and the lines of action of the main local public management instruments.

This was stated by Diana Méndez, executive director for Latin America and the Caribbean of Insuco, in the context of Rumbo a PERUMIN, an event organized by the Peruvian Institute of Mining Engineers (IIMP), which will be held from February 7 to 9, 2023. This event will be attended by different specialists linked to the mining sector.

"The objective is to strengthen the regional development agenda with citizen input and public management and civil society instruments, and to propose a portfolio of projects that can be implemented to address the set priorities and capitalize on the possibilities of articulation among local stakeholders in order to aid territorial development," referred Diana Méndez.

Diana Méndez emphasized the need to implement this territorial approach to understand the challenges of coexistence among the different stakeholders, including the mining sector, which is considered just another actor within the ecosystem, but with a very clear role as a catalyst and promoter of sustainable development.

She explained that mining integrated to the territory helps to see it as part of the productive economic scenario of the region, as well as to create a space for interaction and generation of trust among local stakeholders, based on a common agenda.

She also mentioned that one of Rimay Cajamarca's key axes is the creation of the Grupo Impulsor (Driving Group), whose objective is to promote and drive the process in the region, recognizing the potential of working in an articulated manner and making citizens’ demands for the prioritization of a development agenda be heard.

"This multi-stakeholder group was not created to define the agenda, but to accompany this process. It played a fundamental role so that, based on the prioritization of the citizens’ voice, we can suggest strategic actions and projects that can address this agenda," she said.

Citizen Input

Diana Méndez highlighted that through virtual workshops and itinerant in-person roundtables in Cajamarca, citizens participated directly in the prioritization of key points for the implementation of a roadmap for Cajamarca’s regional development, with a view to 2030.

More than three hundred citizens participated in this process, in six rounds of workshops with young people from the north, center and south of Cajamarca and five itinerant tables in Cajamarca, Jaen, Chilete, Bambamarca, and San Marcos. The vision of Cajamarca’s development prioritizes four axes and establishes fourteen proposals for strategic actions.

These four axes are the following: access to quality public services for the urban and rural population; increase of productivity to promote growth and development; management of natural and water resources; and governance and multi-stakeholder articulation.

Cajamarca is the second region in the country, after Moquegua, to initiate the process of implementing a concerted regional development vision, promoted by the Center for Convergence and Good Mining and Energy Practices (Rimay), made up of representatives of the State, companies, academia and civil society.

Rumbo a PERUMIN

Rumbo a PERUMIN is an initiative of the Peruvian Institute of Mining Engineers (IIMP) and the Executive Committee of PERUMIN 36. It includes an agenda of virtual activities that seek to generate spaces for analysis, knowledge and debate on mining.