The mission of the Fundación Territorial Paisano in Bogotá is simple: “We work together to build the city of our dreams.” Though still relatively young – having emerged out of the COVID-19 pandemic and formally registering in 2022 – the Paisano team quickly realized the limitations of the traditional development financing system. Rather than supporting its work of collective dreaming and fostering sustainable and autonomous development, the old system, conversely, leads to competition between actors, encourages short-term thinking that doesn’t incorporate a wider systems view, and reinforces harmful power dynamics. Seeing no need to try and fit into this outdated...
The mission of the Fundación Territorial Paisano in Bogotá is simple: “We work together to build the city of our dreams.” Though still relatively young – having emerged out of the COVID-19 pandemic and formally registering in 2022 – the...