Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Migration
Sustainable Development
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Geographic scope: |
International
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Country of activity: |
Guatemala
El Salvador
Honduras
Mexico
United States of America
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Promote gender equality and empower women
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
2006 |
Organizational structure: |
Alianza Americas believes in building democracy by practicing it, in both basic governance and program-setting matters. The agency's decision-making body is its national assembly of member organizations, which meets annually in November. NALACC is legally governed by a board. This boardplays an active role of the board in executing programs. The membership also plays a strong role in governing the organization. At each annual assembly meeting, the membership modifies and approves the annual work-plan that is proposed by the staff. All of the members of the Board are Latino immigrant leaders who have been nominated by organizational members to serve a 3-year term on the board. The board is responsible for supervising the Executive Director, monitoring the financial health of the organization and for ensuring that the activities of the organization are consistent with the mission, as well as both the overall goals and objectives, and the specific work-plan approved by the Assembly of Members. The day-to-day coordination and promotion of NALACC’s work is managed by a small staff led by NALACC’s Executive Director, Oscar Chacón. The team is based in Chicago. Volunteer involvement of member organizations is key to NALACC’s ability to make an impact. |
Number and type of members: |
Members of Alianza Americas are Latin American immigrant-led grassroots organizations and networks of organizations across 15 US states. Countries of origin of current members include: Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Brazil. There are currently 45 members, representing more than 100,000 families |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Global Forum on Migration and Development Civil Society Steering Committee; HLD Steering Committee; Red Regional de Organizaciones sobre las Migraciones (RROCM); Programa Nacional de Desarrollo-Migraciones (Mexico); Latino Congreso (US), etc |
Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Fundraising campaigns
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