José Ferreira — international consultant in territorial diagnostics

Territorial Diagnostic
in Four Weeks

From reading the landscape to a locally validated project, with those who live in and make decisions about the territory.

One month of work structured in four connected stages, each opening the door to the next: from observing the territory to a project ready for negotiation with local institutions. The method has been applied and refined over nearly twenty years of territorial diagnostics in more than ten countries.

WHAT IT'S FOR

To help farmers, small business owners, support organizations, and other local stakeholders turn opportunities into viable projects by connecting knowledge, institutional expertise, and diverse perspectives on the territory.

The landscape raises questions

Reading maps and directly observing the territory reveal contrasts that guide the fieldwork.

Local communities identify trends

Conversations with those who live and work in the territory bring to light what is changing, and why.

Key informants point out possibilities

Discussing these trends with those who have a broad view of the territory transforms observation into a concrete possibility for change.

Local institutions formulate the project

The possibility of change is brought to institutional representatives, who translate it into a project ready for negotiation and funding.

Curriculum vitae: 2 pages · 4 pages · Selected works

Nearly 20 years
of territories.

Diagnostics in more than ten countries, always with the same conviction: stronger projects are born when local knowledge takes part in the decision.

Work for

FAO/ESP · EMBRAPA Alimentos e Territórios · ActionAid International · Instituto Camões · ACTUAR · ABIO

01 Angola

02 Bolivia

03 Brazil

04 Cape Verde

05 Gambia

06 Guatemala

07 Mozambique

08 Nicaragua

09 Portugal

10 São Tomé and Príncipe

Shall we talk about your territory?

Talk about your territory