Deadline: 18-Sep-22
The Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC), through the Intercultural Indigenous University (UII); the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), and Conservation International convene the indigenous youth of the Amazon to the course “Capacity Building in Territorial Defense and Sustainable Environmental Management for Indigenous Youth of the Amazon Basin”.
Objectives
To develop indigenous youth’s capacities in the Amazon Basin’s indigenous territories in aspects related to territorial defense and sustainable development management, regarding the conservation and sustainable management of the environment from a Good-Living approach.
Details
The course will be online, with asynchronous self-study activities and synchronous activities to be implemented three times a week, with each session lasting four hours. Both synchronous sessions and asynchronous self-study sessions are mandatory. The learning modules and the platform with the asynchronous activities will be in three language versions: Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
Benefits
- The organizing institutions offer 80 full scholarships, that cover all academic and administrative expenses.
- Those selected will be provided with a Tablet, a smartphone, and a connectivity grant to facilitate access to the course activities.
- The selection process will consider compliance with the requirements, track record and advocacy potential, gender equity, and regional balance, including representation of the 8 countries that make up the Amazon Basin.
- Duration: The program will have 8 weeks of classes, plus 3 weeks of work in the participant’s territory, for a total of 180 hours, with 100 synchronous and 80 asynchronous hours.
Modules
- Module 1: Indigenous peoples and
- Module 2: Sustainable environmental management, defense, and management of indigenous
- Module 3: Indigenous youth leadership and collective rights to territory and sustainable
- Module 4: Formulating projects related to sustainable environmental management and territorial
- Module 5: Advocacy and/or replication practices within indigenous
Target Audience
Youth, indigenous leaders, professionals, and non-professionals from the Amazon Basin linked to Amazonian indigenous organizations and community initiatives, that are highly motivated to defend their territory and committed to replicating the lessons learned with their communities and organizations.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must:
- Belong to an Indigenous People of the Amazon
- Be between 20 and 35 years
- Have a complete high school education, as a minimum.
- Have the written endorsement of a local, regional, or national indigenous organization, which attests to the relevance of the candidate’s participation in their territorial defense processes, as well as their commitment to supervise the fulfillment of the course’s academic requirements.
- Prove active community leadership in an Amazonian indigenous
- Have a commitment to contribute to the strengthening of a COICA affiliate
- Have availability to fulfill the course’s requirements during October, November, and December 2022, which weekly implies 12 hours of synchronous work and 10 hours of asynchronous
- Have internet connectivity or the possibility of accessing the internet during synchronous class.
For more information, visit https://www.filac.org/en/capacity-building-for-territorial-defense-and-sustainable-environmental-management/