Agro-biodiversity and management of the commons goods: the role of community and social pedagogy

The increasing complexity of social phenomena requires the inclusion of different actors in decision-making processes whereparticipation is the condition for the effectiveness of the design, implementation and evaluation of policies, programs, inte rventions,services. New social, economic and cultural actors express a complex mapping made of needs, ideas, skills, competencies, local andtraditional knowledge, all requiring citizenship. These instances of participation concern the management of local resources(immaterial and materials) connected to the issue of agro-biodiversity, food sovereignty, access to natural resources, local andtraditional knowledge, rural development of communities.In this scenario, the negative impact of TRIPs has been quiet but forceful systemic relapses not limited to agricul tural policy but alsoreferred to economic and social policies in many EU and extra-EU countries (access to treatment and prevention of health, agrobiodiversityandlocalknowledge,localseedsandthesystemofpatents).Onthe other hand, a counterweight is provided by the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Protocol of Nagoya, the Treaty onPlant Genetic Resources underlining the management of agro-biodiversity considered as a common good. In this sense, localcommunities and stakeholders could search for new organizational models for the management of the agricultural and culturalresources. Moreover these documents inform about many areas of cross-sectional policies in an attempt to promote a sustainablemodel of community development in a systemic way. In this direction it’s possible to think across to different policies andinterventions through integrated services based on common goods with an high relational dimension.The discussion is focused on best practices of learning communities in a knowledge based society. These innovative experiences alsopractice forms of multi-level governance toward an integrated perspective of subsidiary local policies. These experiences of territorialgovernance of the commons goods are strengthening relationship trough territorial pacts and local networks between citizens, thirdsector operators, farmers, locale groups, associations, institutions putting in value the cultural and agricultural specificities of eachcommunity.