Since 1996, over almost 20 years of operation, the Foro has promoted and implemented the environmental urban development process (LA21) in 15 cities in Peru with citizens’ participation.

It has also promoted the design and adoption of various laws and environmental standards. FORO has contributed, along with other networks and institutions, discussion etc., to the elaboration and the approval of several legislative proposals at national level related to sustainable development and local environmental management, which can be seen in the following table:

Table Nº 1: Contributions of  Foro to National Legislation on Sustainable Development and Local Environmental Management

In addition, at the local level, FORO has contributed to the development of several standards and instruments of environmental management in the municipalities.

One of the main contributions of the Cities for Life Foro has been Capacity Development for Environmental Management.

FORO has helped to train more than 12,600 professionals nationwide, specializing them in environmental issues (Environmental Management, Sustainable Construction, Climate Change, Land Use Planning) through Master’s Degrees in Urban Environmental Management, a Decentralized Diploma and an online course about the RedAL21 (Local Agenda 21 Network) and other international and national post graduate courses have been taught in the recent years to public officials, representatives of NGOs and social leaders.

One of the main concerns of FORO has been the need to generate learning experiences from the processes that have been promoted. To this end collective management of knowledge through case studies has been provided by the members themselves in a comparative way thus capitalizing on the experience and particular focus of each one.

 Subsequently the diffusion of results of evaluations and the systematization of experiences (Case Studies (1) and Pilot Projects (2)) were emphasized. This has allowed many actors to get to know other experiences that enrich their own, facilitating access to information regarding new practices and innovative processes.

 Furthermore, FORO has recently maintained an average rate of three annual publications (from manuals to books) which have served as a support for the specialization courses and developed training workshops. Part of the accumulated knowledge was spread through printed and electronic publications that have been placed on the institutional website to facilitate its dissemination and widespread use, which can be seen in annex 1.

 This does not include the numerous studies, work documents and materials from expositions, which have been developed specifically for these specialized courses, training workshops and exhibitions that have been delivered to the participants for a better understanding of the issues addressed.

 In conclusion, we promote activities which address the solution of critical urban environmental problems.