CES Resolution: RPC-SO-13-No. 194-2019

Admission Profile:

It is aimed at professionals with a third-level degree registered in the National Information System of Higher Education of Ecuador, preferably in: administration, finance, accounting, economics, journalism, communication, law, civil engineering, industrial engineering, environmental engineering, architecture, sociology, anthropology, tourism, education, and computer systems.

Graduate Profile:

Postgraduates who graduate from the Master"s in Local Development, with a specialisation in Planning, Development and Land Management, or in Social and Solidarity Economy, will consolidate their knowledge in the local development process, demonstrating the following capabilities:

KNOWLEDGE:
Describes the cultural diversity, economic, political, and social environment at the local level, contextualising conceptions, knowledge, and the worldview of sustainable development, based on interculturality and the contribution to the well-being of peoples, through the application of methodologies and tools for transforming economic and social reality, from a humanistic perspective of the earth and the human being, analysing each of the conceptual aspects.

KNOW-HOW:
Interprets the issues of the territory, resource management, and local dynamics, with a handle on the legal framework related to local development management in urban and rural areas; planning local development processes from a sustainability approach, with prospective techniques and taking into account the interculturality of the territory; carries out evaluations of public and private projects in the territory based on planned economic, social, and natural indicators. Designs policies that stimulate the development of the social and solidarity economy according to local, regional, and national realities. Applies quantitative and qualitative research methods in the study of the social and solidarity economy.

KNOWLEDGE OF UNDERSTANDING:
Explains theoretical-conceptual aspects of economic, social, and political dynamics at the local level, with the appropriate orientation of sustainable development, sensitised to the multicultural dynamics of the country, spaces for meeting and constructing proposals for social and knowledge networks; defining each of the development processes of the social and solidarity economy sector, interpreting the issues of social and solidarity enterprises within the framework of sustainable local development. Describes social and solidarity economy models for their application in sustainable local development policy, and investigates the behaviour of organisations in the social and solidarity economy sector to contribute to their efficiency and effectiveness.

BEING:
Acts with a humanistic conduct, contributing to development in the territory through the application of ethical principles and values of respect for nature and society, linking ancestral knowledge to development processes and responsible citizen participation in the social and solidarity economy, associativity, and teamwork in the development of organisations in the social and solidarity economy sector.

General objective

To train professionals specialised in sustainable local development processes, with theoretical and practical mastery of policies, local strategies and cooperation values within the framework of citizen participation and the socio-economic development of localities.

Specific objectives.

• Knowledge and know-how
• To systematically deepen and specialise knowledge related to territorial planning and management and the social and solidarity economy.
• To master the theoretical, practical and technical knowledge on sustainable local development processes that contribute to the integration of resources and actors in geographical, social, economic, environmental and natural spaces, as well as to the use of territorial resources from an ethical and responsible perspective, applying quantitative, qualitative and integrative methodologies.
• Analyse the trends in territorial planning and organisation of the process of sustainable local development.
• Investigate the interpretative practices of local policies and strategies within the framework of sustainability.
• Relevance
• To contribute to the solution of problems and tensions of the local economy through the planning of local and regional development and the social and solidarity economy, the management of sustainable development projects, the interpretation of territorial structures and dynamics, the promotion of spaces for meeting and exchange of knowledge, the integration of social, economic and political actors and public, private and academic participation in favour of life in the territory.
• To propose innovative policies that stimulate the development of the social and solidarity economy in accordance with the local reality.
• To carry out collaborative projects to advise local development organisations.
• To carry out research and development projects for the social, economic and environmental strengthening of society.
• To the apprenticeships
• Design plans, programmes, projects and strategies that promote local and regional development.
• Develop analytical research on real cases of sustainable local development.
• Design and execute economic and social projects that contribute to sustainable local development.
• Plan and manage development and territorial planning policies in accordance with national indicators and regulations in order to resolve problems and tensions in sustainable local development processes.
• Interculturality
• Promote the practice of ethical values in each and every one of the roles, functions and scenarios of the master's performance with social responsibility, equity, interculturality, dialogue of knowledge and inclusion in contribution to the change of the productive matrix and the objectives and guidelines of the PNBV.
• Debate in the subjects of Sustainable local development and Intellectuality, gender and other vulnerable groups and Planning and foresight of intercultural local development.
• Trends in the planning and management of the process of sustainable local development.
• Assess the potentials and limits of the process of sustainable local development throughout the programme.

Schedule of classes

Fridays: 18:00 - 21:00
Saturdays: 08:00 - 14:00
Sunday: 08:00 - 14:00

Modules:

• First academic period - Common core
• The global and Ecuadorian economic and political context.
• Local sustainable development, gender and interculturality.
• Intersectoral relations in local development.
• Research methodology and quantitative analysis.
• Project management and entrepreneurship for local development.
• Degree workshop I.
• Second academic period MENTION: PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TERRITORIAL PLANNING
• Planning and foresight of intercultural local development.
• Models of territorial and environmental development.
• Policies and technical-legal instruments in the decentralisation of local and rural development.
• Territorial analysis and advanced GIS.
• Development planning and land-use planning in Ecuador.
• Degree workshop II.
• Second academic period: SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY.
• Planning and prospective of intercultural local development.
• Models of social and solidarity economy.
• Public policies in the Popular and Solidarity Economy in Ecuador.
• Financing the social economy.
• Organisational strengthening in associative enterprises.
• Degree workshop II.