Tehran – Villagers and Nomads National Day will be held in Tehran on October 6th and 7th, with a focus on integration, participatory and technical governance.
October 7, 2013, was registered in the National Calendar as a National Day for Villagers and Nomads to highlight the important role of villagers and nomads in the country’s political, economic and social development.
This year, the event includes a series of conferences, exhibitions and cultural and professional festivals, ISNA reports.
Several 31 states have participated in the event, laying grounds for presenting development and empowerment projects, presenting the success of participatory models, investment capabilities, latest ideas and techniques for villages and nomads, and mitigation of deprivation.
For the event side-jobs, there are exhibitions of state achievements, governance ecosystems, and rural innovation and technology.
“Essential” to strengthen the power of rural communities
In February, Zahra Behrouz-Azar’s vice president of women and family affairs said strengthening the power of rural communities is a prerequisite for the country’s economic and cultural development.
Referring to the differences in the concepts of villages and communities, officials said, “Economic activities in rural areas include agriculture, animal care, crafts and natural resources.
However, communities have a broader concept, including a wider group of people, not just in rural areas, but also in urban areas, nomads, and even digital communities. Communities rely on sharing social interactions, traditions, beliefs and relationships. ”
Authorities made their remarks on video conferences, dealing with the event “empowering universities, social responsibility and local communities,” Mehr News Agency reported.
In villages, the development of agricultural infrastructure, animal care, health and education are fundamental needs, and issues such as cultural maintenance, fostering social interactions, and strengthening support networks are important in local communities.
Referring to the fact that only 30% of the country’s population lives in villages, Behrouz-Azar said that the withdrawal of rural areas loses a significant proportion of cultural heritage, art, language and lifestyle.
Officials have urged universities and education centres to leverage knowledge and modern technology to address current challenges in rural communities, increase productivity and improve the quality of life of farmers, especially women farmers.
World Rural Development Day
Declared by the United Nations General Assembly as World Rural Development Day, July 6 highlights the important role of rural communities in agricultural development, food security and ecological management, calling for their empowerment through access to land, decent work and inclusion in decision-making.
Reaffirms the General Assembly’s unwavering commitment to the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
The declaration is deeply ingrained in the spirit of international solidarity, recognizing the deep-rooted challenges of rural poverty and the need to address it as a prerequisite for achieving broader goals of economic, social and environmental sustainability.
The solutions drawn from the lineage of global declarations and resolutions, from the universal declaration of human rights to Addis Ababa’s Action Agenda, are seeking to shine a lasting light on life and struggle to the soil, harvest the oceans and grow lands on the corners of the world’s countryside.
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