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Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecorregion Andina

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Biodiversity Climate Change Environment Information Social Development Sustainable Development Water Women/gender Equality Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Women and poverty Women and the environment Women in power and decision-making Social Development: Conflict Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Sustainable Development: Agriculture Biodiversity Climate change Consumption and production patterns Disaster management and vulnerability Energy Forests Freshwater Gender equality Indicators Information for decision-making and participation Institutional arrangements Integrated decision-making International cooperation for an enabling environment Land management Mountains Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Geographic scope:	Regional Latin America and Caribbean
Country of activity:	Colombia Peru Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Ecuador Argentina Chile Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Millennium Development Goals:	Promote gender equality and empower women Ensure environmental sustainability
Mission statement:	The Consortium for Sustainable Development in the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN) is a diverse and dynamic group of partners from the public and private sectors who have been working together since 1993, with a shared focus and a synergy of efforts, capacities and resources, to make and assist with concerted efforts in research, training, development, and policy initiatives that promote sustainable socioeconomic progress with the goal of contributing to the equality and well-being of the Andean ecoregion�s population. CONDESAN�s contribution is based on the diverse work of its partners throughout the Andes. This includes activities related to production systems, value chains, watersheds, and ecosystems within the Andes. From an institutional viewpoint, the partners� activities cover all municipal, provincial, and national levels, from rural small-farm and indigenous communities and producer organizations to international concerns. The issues addressed by partners are equally diverse, such as preserving and valuing biodiversity; generating production and post-harvest technologies; giving small-scale farmers access to export markets; strengthening local governments; designing public policies for agricultural, rural, and environmental development; promoting ecotourism; managing water resources; or facilitating multi-player and social learning coordination processes. Partners research, advise, educate, and train, seeking to affect the public policy design and management. This practice by its partners and the reputation associated with it make it possible for CONDESAN to do its work and fulfil its mission. CONDESAN is truly a consortium in which diverse disciplines, priorities, and perspectives are represented. CONDESAN�s effort has always focused on ways to stimulate and take advantage of its partners� ideas and experiences in order to generate new development options in the Andes, with priority given to social equality, economic growth, and environmental preservation.
Year established:	1992
Year of registration:	2009
Organizational structure:	General Assambly Board of Directors Executive Director Regional Initiatives (projects)
Number and type of members:	* Fundacion para el Ambiente Natural y el Desarrollo Sostenible (Argentina) * Proyecto Cultivos Andinos (Argentina) * Unidad de Gestion de Cuencas H�dricas (Argentina) * Universidad Nacional de Jujuy (Argentina) * Agua Sustentable (Bolivia) * Asociacion para la Investigacion y el Desarrollo Andino Amazonico & Voluntarios al servicio de los demas (Bolivia) * CENTRO AGUA (Bolivia) * Comisi�n para la Gesti�n Integral del Agua en Bolivia (Bolivia) * Red de Instituciones vinculadas a las Capacitacion en Economia y Politicas Agricolas en America Latina y el Caribe (Brazil) * Grupo para la Autosustentacion de las Organizaciones del Sector Civil (Chile) * Observatorio Ciudadano (Chile) * FUNDESOT (Colombia) * Fundacion Cerro Bravo (Colombia) * Fundacion Eduquemos (Colombia) * Fundacion Humedales (Colombia) * Fundacion Pangea (Colombia) * Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt (Colombia) * Universidad Nacional - Sede Medellin (Colombia) * Universidad de Caldas (Colombia) * Consorcio Randi Randi (Ecuador) * Corporacion para la Investigacion, Capacitacion, y Apoyo Tecnico para el Manejo Sustentable de los Ecosistemas Tropicales (Ecuador) * Fundacion Arco Iris (Ecuador) * Fundacion Ecuatoriana de Estudios Ecologicos (Ecuador) * Programa Regional ECOBONA (Ecuador) * Red de Interesados en Servicios Ambientales (Ecuador) * Asociacion para el Desarrollo Rural de Cajamarca (Peru) * Centro Ecumenico de Promocion y Accion Social NORTE (Peru) * Centro de Investigacion de Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente (Peru) * Consorcio Interinstitucional para el Desarrollo Regional (Peru) * Caritas Arquidiocesana del Cusco (Peru) * Instituto de Promocion para la Gestion del Agua (Peru) * REDAR-Peru (Peru) * The Mountain Institute (Peru) * Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Peru) * Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales - Universidad de los Andes (Venezuela) Other intergovernmental organizations: * Comunidad Andina (Peru) * World Bank (United States of America) UN System: * United Nations Environmental Program (Panama) Major Groups: * International Potato Center (Peru) * Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (Colombia) * World Wild Fund (Colombia) * CGIAR (Italy) * Learning Innovation Knowledge - LINK (Netherlands) * University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) * GTZ (Peru) * University of Bristol (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) * University of Wisconsin (United States of America) Governments: * Government of Argentina - Provincia de Jujuy * Government of Canada - International Development Research Centre * Government of Colombia - Agencia de Desarrollo Regional del Oriente de Caldas * Government of Switzerland - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Mountain Partnership, International Mountain Society, Mountain Forum
Funding structure:	Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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