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IICA participates on strategic planning workshop with the National Garifuna Council in Dangriga

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The National Garifuna Council in collaboration with the Central American Agriculture Council, held a two-day workshop for the Territorio Afin Garifuna Strategic planning, in which stakeholders including IICA/SECAC, Belize Rural Area – Based Development Strategy (BRADS), Garifuna leaders from Guatemala, Honduras and Belize were present.  This activity revolved around the needs to develop a strategic plan to address needs on specific issues in the Garifuna community.  The specific issue are institutional, economic, environmental, territorial, social, education, and culture. The draft strategic plan was revised and discussed and ideas to improve the plan resulted from the meeting.

 

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