Thirteen candidates sign a governance agreement for the City of Lima

On the 2nd February 2015, the IDI (Civil Society Alliance in Peru) published a governance agreement for the city of Lima as part of the efforts of the consensus building forum for the fight against poverty in Lima, Peru. The consensus building forum, comprising civil society organisations, church based organisations, state institutions and organisms promoting development, achieved 13 candidate signatories on a governance agreement for the next 3 years. The signed agreement is now publicly available and will be a basis for holding elected officials to account on delivering their commitments for the city of Lima.

The agreement focuses around 4  priority pillars of the concerted regional development plan for Lima and commits signing candidates to work in a coordinated and concerted manner with representatives from civil society, state sectors, and the citizens to improve the quality of life of all. They commit to do so by formulating policies, developing inclusive programmes ensuring budget allocation to enable their implementation with a specific focus on vulnerable groups and people living in poverty.

The 4 priority pillars, which include nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive goals are:

• Lima is an intercultural, inclusive, healthy, and educational city where its citizens, men and women, develop their capacity and potential
• Lima is a polycentric, articulated and sustainable city that redefines the use of land in harmony with its surrounding ecosystems and that brings adequate services without discrimination
• Lima is a city of knowledge, competition, and promotion of national industrialisation, capital of tourism and centre of specialised services, whose entrepreneurial population is able to access diverse markets
• Lima is a city and region that counts with a participatory and efficient metropolitan government

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