Purpose
This paper aims to propose future public policy guidelines (FPPG) in sustainable regional development for Guaviare (Colombia) – a territory affected by environmental and social distress – for the year 2035.
Design/methodology/approach
Following collective action theory and sustainable regional development literature, a foresight exercise was conducted using site focus groups and semi-structured interviews with local participants to identify future strategic change drivers and the most relevant social actors for the attainment of economic, social and environmental development in the Guaviare through FPPG.
Findings
The findings suggest that the development of public policies regarding building consensus around Guaviare’s economic, environmental and social issues, reducing conflict between the region’s cultural and environmental ways, decreasing isolation from the centers of decision-making, increasing the transparency of public institutions and reducing insecurity to attract investments are all crucial to attaining sustainable regional development.
Originality/value
Interdisciplinarity is implicit in the local perspectives on the problem that impedes sustainable development in San José del Guaviare. The paper’s main contribution is the long-term vision that breaks away from the traditional short-termism in public policy guidelines in a Latin American context. Methodologically, the significant contribution is the convergent alignment of specific foresight methods toward public policy guidelines’ analysis and design processes.
El objetivo del presente artículo es doble. Por un lado, se introduce el concepto de economía circular (EC); un término que está cobrando relevancia tanto en la academia como en la práctica. Por otro lado, se describen los principales modelos de negocio mediante los cuales ésta se manifiesta. Por medio de una investigación documental y una revisión de fuentes secundarias, primeramente, se enlistan y analizan algunos conceptos de economía circular y se hace un breve recuento de las escuelas de pensamiento que la preceden. Adicionalmente, se resalta la relevancia actual de la EC en la agenda pública latinoamericana. Posteriormente se identifican y describen las categorías de modelos de negocio circulares en las cuáles se puede enmarcar la EC. Seguidamente se identifican empresas latinoamericanas con modelos de negocio circulares. A manera de conclusión, se enumeran una serie de reflexiones y recomendaciones para implementar los principios circulares en las organizaciones.
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