Commons Event In El Salvador On World Commons Day

Internal Presentation of Work on the Idea of the Commons in Regional Governance in El Salvador
Sarah Scholz
October, 15, 2010.

On the occasion of the first World Commons Day I`ll present my current work on the Commons in Regional Governance in El Salvador. It´ll be an internal event for the German Development Agency (GTZ) where I´m doing in internship and writing my tesis. The GTZ here in El Salvador is cooperating with the Asociation of Municipalities Los Nonualcos (Asociación de Municipios Los Nonualcos, ALN) which is a rare example of cooperation above party lines in the country.
Since nearly ten years this association is providing a space of public participation and cooperation between municipalities in topics ranging from regional economic development (through tourism amongst others) to natural risk and waste management.

In a centralized country like El Salvador, this effort of institutionalized local cooperation can be seen as an re-appropiation of their own territory by these 16 municipalities. Through their colective work on a wide range of topics concerning the management of their territory, they are using and constructing the concept of the Commons.

That is why I decided to apply the Design Principles for Institutions of Collective Actions that Elinor Ostrom formulated in “Governing the Commons” to the case of the ALN. In this presentation I´ll show my first findings and conclusions of the research.

Sarah Scholz
Sarah.Scholz [at] chilp.de

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