[Why must we ‘master’ trust between all parties, in order to cultivate a process of sustainable local development?]

A sustainable territorial development process represents a society characterized by its uniqueness to the territory of implementation. This notion of territory constitutes a fact of human nature, the development of which integrates collective and individual wellbeing through an intersectoral and multidisciplinary process. When carrying out joint projects, the partnership dynamic can transform interpersonal relationships and encourage the development of trust at the very core of the sustainable local development process. This trust enables the creation of a collective territorial intelligence, based on individual and sectoral knowledge and on know-how that form a shared, intangible heritage for each of the stakeholders in the sustainable territorial development process; however, as a fact of human nature, this trust remains fragile.