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Asociacion Civil Wounmain Waneesia

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	Asociacion Civil Wounmain Waneesia
Organization's acronym:	ACWW
Address:	Barrio Torito Fernandez Avenida 111F Local 79L-122 Maracaibo - Zulia Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Phone:	58 4146366344
Fax:	58 261 327 7559
Email:	asociacioncivilww@gmail.com
Web site:	http://festivalcineindigena.blogspot.com/
Organization type:	Indigenous Peoples Organizations
Languages:	Spanish English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Aging Agriculture Biodiversity Business and Industry Children Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Culture Decolonization Development Disabled Persons Economics and Finance Education Environment Extreme poverty Family Financing for Development Food Governance Habitat Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Indigenous Peoples Information Intellectual Property Justice Labour Media Micro-Credit Migration Minority Rights Population Private Sector Refugees Social Development Sports for Peace and Development Statistics Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation Trade and Development Values Volunteerism Water Women Women/gender Equality Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Information and communication technologies Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women Men and boys Millennium Development Goals Policy advice Research Service provision The girl child Trafficking in women and girls Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and armed conflict Women and health Women and poverty Women and the economy Women and the environment Women and the media Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Population: International migration Morbidity and mortality Population distribution and internal migration Population growth Population structure Reproduction, family formation and the status of women Social Development: Aging Cooperative Disabled persons Employment Indigenous issues Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Youth Statistics: Civil registration systems Country or region codes Crime and criminal justice statistics Demographic and social surveys Development indicators Disability Statistics Environmental Accounts Geographical names Household Statistics Informal Sector Statistics International Comparison Programme International Economic and Social Classifications International migration Labour and Compensation Methodological publications in statistics National accounting Official statistics, principles and practices Population and housing censuses Poverty statistics Price and Quantity Statistics Services Statistics Social Statistics and Social Monitoring Statistical activities classification Statistics on international trade in services Time-use statistics Sustainable Development: Agriculture Atmosphere Biodiversity Biotechnology Capacity-building Climate change Consumption and production patterns Demographics Desertification and Drought Disaster management and vulnerability Education Energy Finance Forests Freshwater Gender equality Health Human settlements Indicators Industrial development Information for decision-making and participation Institutional arrangements Integrated decision-making International cooperation for an enabling environment International law Land management Major Groups Marine Resources Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.) Mountains Oceans and seas Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Sanitation Science Sustainable Tourism Sustainable development in a globalizing world Sustainable development of SIDS Technology Trade and environment Transport NEPAD: Agriculture and Food Security Climate Change and Natural Resource Management Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development) Economic and Corporate Governance Human Development Regional Integration and Infrastructure
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	In its charter specifies that the Association is a nonprofit organization, and has as main objective to promote the development and welfare of the indigenous peoples in the social, economic, cultural and educational areas. En su acta constitutiva la Asociación especifica que es una organización sin fines de lucro, tiene como objetivo principal fomentar el desarrollo integral y bienestar del pueblo indígena en el área social, económica, cultural y educativa.
Year established (YYYY):	2006
Year of registration (YYYY):	2006
Organizational structure:	The supreme authority and direction of the Association resides in the General Assembly of associates who perform whenever the Board it demands to do so, and its decisions are binding on all partners, even for those who have not attended them. La suprema autoridad y dirección de la Asociación reside en la Asamblea General de asociados que se realizara cada vez que la Junta Directiva lo crea pertinente, y sus decisiones son obligatorias para todos los asociados, inclusive para las que hubieran asistido a ellas.
Number and type of members:	These statutes were approved by the Constituent Assembly of the Association and the same act was elected the Board, being conformed as follows: Coordination of Media Arts, Production and Research Coordination Literary, Cultural Coordination, Planning and Coordination project Coordination Public Relations and communications, coordination of Finance and General Coordination. Los presentes estatutos fueron aprobados por la Asamblea Constitutiva de la Asociación y en el mismo acto fue elegida la Junta Directiva, quedando conformada de la siguiente manera: Coordinación de Artes Audiovisuales, Coordinación de Producciones e Investigaciones Literarias, Coordinación de Cultura, Coordinación de Planes y Proyectos, Coordinación de Relaciones Publicas y Comunicacionales, Coordinación de Finanzas y Coordinación General.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	The advisory boards of PeruVine/PeruDigital, the Ethnographic Digital Laboratory of the University of Central Florida and the International Ethnobotanical Association, CLACPI, Fundacion Wayuunaiki, Red de Comunicación del Pueblo Wayuu
Funding structure:	Fundraising campaigns Other sources Grants from Governments Fees for education and training services Fees for providing consulting or research services Product sales and business services Donations and grants from domestic sources Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Funds from Religious Institutions Foreign and international grants

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:	Indigenous people Workers and trade unions Scientific and technological communities Children and youth Local authorities Women Non-governmental organization Farmers
Involvement in UN Partnerships:	Yes
If yes, explain in detail:	Our members have had the chance to be scholars for the Indigenous Fellowship Programme (IFP), The Greenland-based International Center of Indigenous Peoples (ITCIP), An exhibition entitled “The Right to Water and Indigenous Peoples” in the Main Gallery of the Visitors Lobby, at United Nations Headquarters, marking the tenth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. V Taller V sub-regional para América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica (CBD), incluyendo cuestiones pertinentes al Artículo 8(j), Conocimiento Tradicional y Acceso y participación en los beneficios, Brasilia, Brasil, del 02 al 04 de Junio de 2010. ( V sub-regional workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), including issues relevant to Article 8 (j), traditional knowledge and access and benefit sharing, Brasilia, Brazil, from 02 to June 4, 2010)
Affiliation with other organizations:	The advisory boards of PeruVine/PeruDigital, the Ethnographic Digital Laboratory of the University of Central Florida and the International Ethnobotanical Association, CLACPI, Fundacion Wayuunaiki, Red de Comunicación del Pueblo Wayuu, Muestra de Cine Indigena de Venezuela, Cineminga, Daupara Muestra de Cine Indígena de Colombia, Revista Yepan, Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu.
Statements or documents submitted Commission on Sustainable Development:	RIGHT TO WATER AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ EXHIBITION AT UNITED NATIONS http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/note6308.doc.htm A dynamic year of indigenous communication http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/10/201210101017176645.html Wayuu Filmmaker Speaks About Indigenous Media in Venezuela http://venezuela-us.org/2012/05/11/wayuu-filmmaker-speaks-about-indigenous-media-in-venezuela/ Indigenous media, participatory democracy and language revitalisation in Abya Yala and Aotearoa: The centrality of language in indigenous transformation http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/events/template/event_item.jsp?cid=444936 2011 Expanding Documentary Conference - Guest Presenters http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/communications/profile/research/expanding-documentary/keynote-speakers New Zealand: In Aotearoa - New Zealand The Communication And Documentary Experience Of Indigenous Wayuu Shared http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13444:new-zealand-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-the-communication-and-documentary-experience-of-indigenous-wayuu-shared&catid=28&Itemid=61 Weaving Networks for the International Year of Indigenous communication http://www.commarts.uws.edu.au/gmjau/v5_2011_2/tokita_starrett_Essay.html

Social Development

Accreditation to:	Indigenous Forum
Affiliation with other organizations:	The advisory boards of PeruVine/PeruDigital, the Ethnographic Digital Laboratory of the University of Central Florida and the International Ethnobotanical Association, CLACPI, Fundacion Wayuunaiki, Red de Comunicación del Pueblo Wayuu, Muestra de Cine Indigena de Venezuela, Cineminga, Daupara Muestra de Cine Indígena de Colombia, Revista Yepan, Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu.