Apoyo para el campesino indígena del oriente de Bolivia, APCOB (Support for indigenous peasants in eastern Bolivia)

Contact:

Calle Alfredo Jordán Nº79a (Entre Ingavi y Av. Landivar)

10260 Santa Cruz de la Sierra

591-3-358 2669 ppatino@apcob.org.bo http://www.apcob.org.bo

Organisation:

Verdens Skove

Grants:

Mainstreaming local non-carbon benefits into national climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies

APCOB was founded in 1980 by a group of social scientists in order to support the indigenous groups of the eastern Bolivian region in the formation of a confederate indigenous organization that would become a tool for the defense of their rights and that it would make possible its integration within national society, in conditions of equality of rights and social justice, and promoting the articulation and cohesion between different indigenous groups; purpose for which the institution implemented in the following years, projects of organizational strengthening, economic, social, cultural development and capacity building. INSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIVES 1. Institutional strengthening. 2. Expansion of strategic alliances. Consolidate current alliances and develop new alliances with potential collaborators with whom we share objectives to expand and diversify project proposals within the framework of our Institutional Strategic Plan and its programs. 3. Solid financial perspective. Strengthen the Research, Communication and Services program as a sustainable strategy for the achievement of our Vision. 4. Development of skills, growth and learning. To improve APCOB's managerial and technical capacities, for its better personal performance and its contribution to the integration of institutional objectives and internal cohesion. 5. Development of internal (administrative) processes. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES In order to achieve our institutional objectives, we have drawn three strategic action objectives for our relationship with the indigenous peoples of Santa Cruz: 1. Governance and citizen participation. 2. Sustainable territorial management and climate change. 3. Research and communication.