Developing Competencies for Rural Development Project Management through Local Action Groups: The Punta Indio (Argentina) Experience

Ignacio De Los Rios-Carmenado, Ricardo Stratta Fernandez and Miriam Lopez Gonzalez

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Abstract: This chapter provides the foundations for a new approach in competence development for rural development project management, involving the role of higher education in the solution of real-life problems. This experience took place in senior courses at La Plata University and included the participation of students from this university. The research was carried out in Punta Indio, which is affected by rural depopulation, as are the rest of the territories inside the Buenos Aires Province. The process is developed through project-based learning (PBL) and the basis of the working with people (WWP) model, involving project management competencies according to the International Project Management Association (IPMA) standards. In the formation of local action groups (LAGs,) elements from the LEADER (Liaisons Entre Activités de Developement de l'Economie Rural) rural development model--applied in the rural territories inside the EU--were taken into account.

Keywords: project-based learning; rural development; professional competencies; project management; working with people; higher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/67046

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