Findings of a communication research and development in the Colombian Andes

The article reports on the overall results and key findings of an investigation agency in the area of communication and development, done by teachers of social communication programs of the National Open University and Distance (UNAD), the Santo Tomas University and the University.

Minuto de Dios, whose objective at an early stage was to map these experiences to identify what, how and where they are. Finally, 250 were found, of which 112 answered to a survey designed by the research team.

In a second phase, we selected 10 of those experiences, to case-studies and life stories of leaders, which are located in Mutiscua (Norte de Santander), San Vicente de Chucuri (Santander), San Antonio del Prado, Medellin (Antioquia), Tibasosa (Boyaca), Sibate (Cundinamarca), Montenegro
(Quindio), Neiva (Huila), Guadalajara de Buga (Valle del Cauca), Pitalito (Huila) and Popayan (Cauca).

In sum, the research combines quantitative and qualitative methodologies to map and understand communication and development experiences related to the care and optimization of natural resources and environmental issues in general, generate conflicting implications of development policies, from the viewpoint industrial and technological. It aims at getting a clear idea of the communication processes that seek to manage environmental issues through the interaction of various social actors with their potential, for the sake of common goals and the consolidation of a sense of public versus to environmental conflicts.