The IDG LATAM Immersion 2025 is a four-day in-person gathering convening key stakeholders from Latin American Inner Development Goal (IDG) ecosystems — including government, academia, private sector, and civil society — to accelerate the integration of inner development and human flourishing into regional development frameworks.

The IDG Framework consists of five dimensions (Being, Thinking, Relating, Collaborating, and Acting), encompassing 23 skills for inner growth and human development. This project, led by Gloria Figuera with Beatriz Escobar managing project administration and Åsa Jarskog serving as consultant, builds on the success of an earlier TWCF-funded initiative led by Jarksog, “Inner Development and Human Flourishing Ecosystems to Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals.” That project aimed to foster the spiritual development of leaders and to establish strong local and regional ecosystems that integrate key human flourishing competencies such as self-awareness, empathy, resilience, and systems thinking.

The immersion this project facilitates aims to deepen work in Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, and Chile, while serving as a prototype for similar initiatives across the Global South. The event will blend contemplative and regenerative practices with intercultural learning and co-creation, creating a transformative space for dialogue and roadmap development.

Participants will engage in storytelling and case-sharing across national contexts, Indigenous-led practices, thematic keynotes from global leaders in human flourishing (including TWCF grantees), and collaborative sessions to co-design a shared roadmap. These experiences are designed to cultivate spiritual depth, relational intelligence, and systems thinking among institutional leaders.

Expected outputs include a co-designed IDG LATAM Roadmap (2026–2030) for institutionalizing inner development and human flourishing, a suite of regenerative and intercultural practices for use by other ecosystem hubs, and a replicable immersion model for the Global South. In the short term, the gathering will foster trust and shared purpose. In the long term, it aims to catalyze policy alignment, cross-sector partnerships, and new regional hubs.