La pauvreté en rural ; quels acteurs, quelles actions pour quels projets ?L’exemple de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Abstract

EnglishConcerns about poverty and precariousness phenomena in rural areas are being increasingly recognized ; nevertheless, the heterogeneity among rural areas constitutes an obstacle for taking care of them. And yet, some difficulties are specifically rurality-related matters. Deterioration of travel conditions reinforce the difficulties and limit access to basic human rights. Access to affordable housing and a strong inter-knowledge are additionnal factors compelling us to reconsider the best way to intervene in rural areas. Regarding poverty as well as the complexity of the forms it can take, actions aimed at improving the situation of people in precarious situations are diverse and mobilise a wide range of stakeholders in various fields with their very own scope of intervention. In order to adapt more efficiently to the specific features of their regions, stakeholders dealing with these issues are testing more territorialised and collaborative actions, often at the scale of inter-municipal associations. Innovative approaches are emerging. Although some territories and measures embed the fight against poverty within local projects and community development, these actions remain minimal. francaisDans un contexte ou les phenomenes de pauvrete et de precarite en milieu rural sont evoques de maniere croissante, l’heterogeneite des espaces ruraux constitue une entrave a leur prise en charge. Or, certaines difficultes apparaissent comme specifiques a la ruralite. Les conditions de deplacement qui renforcent les difficultes et freinent l’acces aux droits, le logement ou la forte interconnaissance sont autant d’elements qui invitent a reconsiderer la facon de penser les modes d’intervention dans les espaces ruraux. Face a la complexite des formes de pauvrete, les actions visant a ameliorer les situations des personnes qui vivent la pauvrete sont diverses et mobilisent une grande diversite d’acteurs aux perimetres d’intervention variables. Afin de s’adapter aux specificites de leur territoire, les acteurs qui œuvrent sur ces questions experimentent des politiques plus « territorialisees » et plus « collaboratives », souvent a l’echelle des intercommunalites. Des demarches innovantes emergent. Meme si quelques « territoires » et dispositifs integrent la lutte contre la pauvrete a des projets de developpement local, ils demeurent encore rares.