The social responsibility in healthy municipalities for the peace strategy. case study

Abstract

During 1987 and having as main motivation the need to solve a series of social problems suffered by the population, the municipality of Versalles in the Valle of the Cauca began to develop a work very close to the strategy of "Healthy municipalities for the peace", even through it was not properly framed within that strategy at that movement. In 1992 Pan American Health Organization began a technical cooperation program with the municipality, which was aimed to favor the work towards the consolidation of the town as a "Healthy town". A process that in 1995 resulted in the fact that the town of Versalles became classified as a Healthy Municipality by the Peace"; from then on Versalles has been recognized like a model municipality, and its experience has been presented at international level as one of the most successful of the strategy. The process in Versalles has like a key of success the importance that was given to its community and the educational work looking for the development of social abilities both at individual and cultural level. The basic aim of the strategy of Healthy Municipalities for the peace in this town has been the generation of richness in the society, both in social and cultural terms, a process in which the social and ethical values were at the center of all the actions that have been doing.

En 1987 y teniendo como principal motivación la necesidad de solucionar una serie de problemas que aquejaban a la población, el municipio de Versalles en el Valle del Cauca empieza a realizar un trabajo que sin estar enmarcado en la estrategia "Municipios Saludables por la Paz", tenía todas sus características. En 1992 la Organización Panamericana de la Salud inicia la cooperación técnica al municipio, lo que favorece el trabajo hacia la consolidación como Municipio Saludable; lo que conlleva a que en 1995 el municipio sea catalogado "Municipio Saludable por la Paz"; desde entonces ha sido reconocido como municipio modelo, y su experiencia ha sido presentada a nivel internacional como una de las más exitosas de Municipios Saludables, que tiene como clave del éxito la importancia que le ha dado a su comunidad y la labor educativa para el desarrollo a nivel individual, cultural y de habilidades sociales. El interés básico con la estrategia de Municipio Saludable por la paz en éste municipio es la generación de riqueza en la sociedad, una riqueza social y cultural, proceso en el cual todas las acciones se constituyen como factor fundamental ya que se operan a través de unos valores y una ética social responsable.