Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Sustainable Development:
Biodiversity
Capacity-building
Climate change
Forests
Freshwater
Marine Resources
Mining
Protecting and managing the natural resources
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| Geographic scope: |
National
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| Country of activity: |
Chile
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Ensure environmental sustainability
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2006 |
| Organizational structure: |
We are a non-governmental organization registered in Chile since 2006 as a not-for-profit corporation. The organization is constituted by an assembly of associates which is the deliberative forum and is represented by a board of directors that manage the NGO. |
| Number and type of members: |
-Board of Directors and Affiliations Directors: Fernando Dougnac R, (President); Rodrigo Polanco (Secretary); Francisco Ferrada (Treasurer); Álvaro Fuentealba; Raúl Campusano and Ezio Costa. Affiliates: Fernando Dougnac Rodríguez ; Cristián Araos Campos; Francisco Ferrada Culaciati; Miguel Brajovic Escalona; Enrique Rawlins Schneider; Fernanda Pinochet Olave; Cristóbal Contardi Elexporu; Alejandro Acuña Burdiles; Pamela Meunier; Sabrina Dawson Fernández; Carolina Póvez Loyola; Rodrigo Polanco Lazo; Andrés Pirazzoli Pinochet; Ezio Costa Cordella; Angelina Crocco Contesse; Constanza Dougnac Correa; Diego Lillo; Gabriela Burdiles Perucci; Jorge Ossandón Rosales; Fernanda García Silva; Florencia Ortúzar Greene; María Graciela Díaz Le-Fort; Rodrigo Perez; Victoria Galleguillos -Qualifications of key personnel: Fernando Dougnac: Co-Founder of FIMA and President since 1998. He obtained his Law degree from the Universidad Católica and a Masters in constitutional law from the Universidad de Talca. Mr. Dougnac is a former Member of the Chilean Environmental Agency and current board member of AIDA. Francisco Ferrada: Obtained his Law degree and LLM in Procedural Law from the Universidad de Chile. He was FIMA’s Executive Manager from 2008 to 2012 and is currently a board member. He was involved in the defense and empowerment of the Arica communities, which had been affected by toxic pollution. Rodrigo Polanco. Law degree, Universidad de Chile, Masters in Law and Economics from the same University and LLM from New York University (NYU). He is member of the board since 1998. Ezio Costa: Obtained his law degree from the Universidad de Chile. He works as Researcher at the Center of Regulation and Competition Law, of the Universidad de Chile Law School, from 2011 to date. Ezio has been working at FIMA since 2006 and is it Executive Director since August 2012. He is the president of the Civil Society Council of the Environmental Assessment Service from January 2013. Gabriela Burdiles: Obtained her law degree from the Universidad Católica de Chile and a Masters in International Studies, from the Universidad de Chile. In 2015 she studied a MSC in Human Rights at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Gabriela has been working at FIMA since 2009 and is the Project Director since 2011. Diego Lillo: Obtained his law degree from the Universidad de Chile. Coordinator of FIMA's litigation area. Rodrigo Perez: Obtained his Law degree from the Universidad de Chile. Part of FIMA's litigation area since 2013. He will participate in litigation and workshops. Victoria Belemmi: obtained her law degree from the Universidad de Chile. Currently, she is part of FIMA's litigation area. Fernando Gibson: Law student at the Universidad Diego Portales. He is assistant since October 2016. Antonio Madrid: Obtained his law degree from the Universidad de Chile. Project assistant, has been working in FIMA since September 2015. Victoria Galleguillos: Obtained her law degree from the Universidad de Chile. Currently is project assistant of FIMA. Constanza Dougnac: Communications Officer, Journalist and Social Communications major from the University Alberto Hurtado. She has been working in FIMA since 2013. Leyre Moreno: Obtained her Business Administration and Law degrees from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She is one of the |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
The Access Initiative (TAI) |
| Funding structure: |
Fundraising campaigns
Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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