Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Culture
Environment
Extreme poverty
Family
Governance
Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples
Sustainable Development
Women
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Violence against women
Women and the environment
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Geographic scope: |
Local
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Country of activity: |
Colombia
Suriname
Brazil
Peru
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Guyana
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Ecuador
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
2003 |
Organizational structure: |
We are in all of the Amazon region. We work with the national organizations of the nine Amazonian countries. Altogether we represent 390 indigenous nationalities with three million people clustered in an area of 10,268.471 km2. Of these peoples and nations in the Amazon Basin, more than 60 nationalities living in voluntary isolation trying to maintain their autonomy and rights over a territory increasingly threatened by the dominant society. |
Number and type of members: |
1. Interethnic Development Association of the Peruvian Amazon, AIDESEP - Peru; 2. Amerindian Peoples Association of Guyana, APA - Guyana; 3. Confederation of Indigenous People of Bolivia, CIDOB - Bolivia; 4. Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon, COIAB - Brazil 5. Confederation of Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon, CONFENAE - Ecuador; 6. Federation of Indigenous Organizations of French Guyana, FOAG - French Guyana; 7. Regional Organization of Indigenous Peoples of Amazonas, ORPIA - Venezuela; 8. Suriname Indigenous Organization, OIS - Suriname, and 9. Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon, OPIAC - Colombia. |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Pachamama, IUCN, WWF, WHRC, CIESPAL |
Funding structure other: |
UNDP, GTZ, Spanish Agency for International Development, UNCTAD, WIPO, World Bank, EU, IDB, Ford Foundation, Ibis Denmark |