Alians för Miljörättigheter och urbefolkningsrättigheter//Tierras

Achievements obtained by components: 1. Research 3 studies that has contributed to the public debate on the different rural realities of the lowlands has been carried out and published. 2. Capacity building During 2022, actions related to capacity building processes were aimed at generating a compendium of training tools that that strengthen the internal financial and monitoring procedures. 3. Technical and legal support to indigenous territories Within the framework of its institutional actions related to support and advising indigenous organizations and territories 7 indigenous territories has been supported by the project in order to give organizational support, training and advice on issues related to territorial rights, demands for recognition and land titling, threats to the territories, relations with other actors, construction of selfmanagement tools, selfdetermination and indigenous rights. Beside inputs has been generated to the 3 international reports related to indigenous people situation in the country (Human Rights Watch report on human rights in Bolivia, the V annual report of RDESCA on economic, social, cultural and environmental rights and of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). 4. Incidence processes As a mechanism to guarantee communication and advocacy work coordinated between CEJIS and TIERRA within the Alliance, in 2022 an communication strategy was developed. The strategy aims to meet three specific objectives: a. Disseminate information on the violation, exercise and guarantees that exist in relation to environmental rights, in various formats (audios, digital banners, printed documents) and through different media (radio, social networks, written press), b. Generate spaces for interpersonal communication (meetings, fairs, analysis meetings and training) between the local indigenous organizations involved in the project and that, in addition, allow the active involvement of the general public. c. Build alliances with national and local media for the dissemination of information related to the exercise of environmental and territorial rights aimed at the general population, to promote public debate on environmental and territorial rights

The project aims to contribute, from an inter-institutional space, to environmental sustainability by promoting environmental rights through the strengthening of civil society and the practice of public policies within the framework of the international commitments assumed by the Bolivian State, in the perspective of overcoming the model of development in the extractive sectors of agriculture, energy, mining and hydrocarbons. General objective: Contribute to sustainability of indigenous territories by promoting the environmental and territorial rights of indigenous organizations within the framework of the international commitments assumed by the Bolivian State, in the perspective of overcoming the extractive development model. Specific objectives. Specific objective 1. Promote the generation of relevant information that makes visible violations of environmental and territorial rights of indigenous peoples, managing the experiences, concepts, approaches, methodologies and work tools of institutions that are part of the alliance. It is focused on generating content and information in a systematic and reliable way of the environmental and territorial situation, which will serve as a basis for construction of agendas in civil society and indigenous peoples of lowlands for advocacy at the state level. Specific objective 2. Promote the involvement of relevant civil society actors, especially indigenous organizations and communities, women's groups and environmental groups, in mobilizing and strengthening their capacities to demand compliance with environmental and territorial rights. Specific objective 3 Strengthen the Consortium institutions through the rescue and systematization of experiences, concepts, theories, approaches, methodologies and work tools on environmental and territorial rights (access to information, participation in decisions and environmental justice). In addition, the following component is added within the Sweden-EU collaboration framework: Establishing conditions for the protection of environmental defenders within indigenous peoples. These activities are summarized in advisory and training processes with indigenous organizations and legal accompaniment in cases of violation of environmental and territorial rights.