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Guatemala
ICCO in Guatemala
ICCO in Guatemala
ICCO supports Guatemalan Indigenous Peoples in their efforts to find justice for human rights violations and defend and govern their territories. ICCO collaborates with forest communities in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve, developing innovative and sustainable forest management models. We also empower indigenous youth by strengthening their leadership abilities and advocacy tools to defend their rights.
Forest Governance in REDD+ and FLEGT: Mayan Biosphere Reserve
ACOFOP is a community-based association made up of 24 peasant and forest organizations that through Good Community Forestry Management, ...
- 2017
Forest Governance Project: Mayan communities, Guatemala
The Forest Governance Project, financed by the European Union, is developed in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, by ...
- 2017
Forest Governance Project: MAPF
The Forest Governance Project, funded by the European Union, is developed in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, by ...
- 2017
Empowerment of Mayan Youth for Economic & Social Participation
The current project is built on the accomplishments from previous projects that have received support from ICCO and ...
- 2018
Rights and Opportunities for Indigenous Youth in Guatemala
The current project is built on the accomplishments of previous projects that have received support from Kerk in ...
- 2018
Rights and Opportunities for Poqomchi Youth in Guatemala
This project aims to promote the economic and social inclusion of Poqomchi youth , particularly young women, in the ...
- 2018
Violence Prevention and Improvement of Opportunities for Youth
The current project proposal is aimed to strengthen the social leadership of adolescents and indigenous youth in the ...
- 2018
Youths Leading Economic Ventures in Quiche
This project aims to improve opportunities for the socio economic development of youth in the department of Quiche, ...
- 2018
Leadership and capacity development program (MESOLIDER School)
This project supports the first implementation year of MESOLIDER, a leadership school for indigenous leaders, developed by organizations ...
- 2017
Rights of Indigenous Forest People of Mesoamerica
The Mesoamerican Alliance of People and Forests is one of the most important land rights platform of indigenous ...
- 2016
Indigenous Youth Action to Promote Citizen Security
This project aims to strengthen the social leadership of Maya youths in Guatemala, by creating conditions that foster ...
- 2017
Rights and Opportunities for Poqomchi Youth in Guatemala
This project aims to strengthen social leadership and entrepreneurial capacities of indigenous Poqomchi adolescents and young adults in ...
- 2017
Rights and Opportunities Promotion for Adolescents
This project contributes to strengthen social leadership among indigenous youths in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, by creating conditions that ...
- 2017
More Opportunities for Indigenous Youth in Guatemala
The goal of this project is to help provide more opportunities for young indigenous people, so that they ...
- 2017
Young Leaders to Ensure Compliance with Youth Rights
The general objective of this project is to contribute to strengthen the social leadership of indigenous adolescents and ...
- 2017
Youth Empowerment and Inclusion in Guatemala
This project is part of the Civic Engagement Alliance Program, and is its Youth Empowerment and Social Inclusion ...
- 2016
Youth Empowerment and Inclusion in Guatemala
This project is part of the Civic Engagement Alliance Program, and is its Youth Empowerment and Social Inclusion ...
- 2017
Regional project: Our Land, Our Forest
This project will help strengthen the institutional platform of AMPB and to implement key regional actions to consolidate ...
- 2015
Prevention of violence in San Andres and Las Flores Guatemala
In response to increased violence in Latin America and more specifically in Central America, ICCO formulated a regional ...
- 2012
Rights and Opportunities for Poqomchí Youths
The current project is designed to transfer the accumulated experience of ACJ-Guatemala in San Cristóbal Verapaz to ...
- 2016
Adolescents and Young Leaders Against Sexual Violence
The current project is built on the accomplishments from a previous projects which implemented an integral strategy against ...
- 2017
Youth Action in Quiche, Guatemala
With the support of our partner, Barbara Ford Peace Centre, we are promoting youth empowerment in Quiche, Guatemala, ...
- 2017
Indigenous youth promote citizen security.
The project “Indigenous youth promote citizen security” strengthens the leadership abilities of Mayan Mam, Kaqchikel and Q’eqchi’ ...
- 2016
Opportunities for youth development.
The project titled “Opportunities for Youth Development” seeks to generate better conditions for young people living in rural ...
- 2016
Promoting rights of poqomchi youth.
This project will be carried out in the municipalities of San Cristobal Verapaz and Santa Cruz Verapaz, both ...
- 2016
Land Rigths and Good Governance for Maya Chorti Communities
This project aims to contribute to ensure respect for the land rights of indigenous and forest communities; to ...
- 2015
Community Forestry in the Maya Biosphere Reserve
ICCO Cooperation, with the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB), works to strengthen the land rights and ...
- 2015
Farmers and Small Agri-Businesses Affected by COVID-19
ICCO conducted a research on the impact of COVID-19 on smallholder farmers and MSMEs (Micro, Small and ...
ICCO Opens ‘MISKA’ in Guatemala: a Cooking and Entrepreneurship School
ICCO has opened the first Cooking and Entrepreneurship School in Guatemala called ‘MISKA’. The school in Carchá – ...
Renewal of Forestry Concession in Petén, Guatemala
ICCO celebrates the renewal of a forestry concession for the next 25 years of a community in the ...
FEPROAH Conducts “Community Forest Management” Workshop
The Federation of Agroforestry Producers of Honduras (FEPROAH in Spanish) developed a workshop on Community Forest Management. ...
Indigenous Youth from Guatemala Complete Agricultural Training
Young men and women from several indigenous communities in Guatemala graduated from the Agricultural Training Course by ...
Women territorial leaders from Mesoamerica advocate for the benefit of their communities
Between November 20th and 23rd, 2018, indigenous leaders from Mesoamerica gathered in Panama to advance on their agenda ...
MESOLIDER: An Itinerant School for Indigenous Leaders of Mesoamerica
In Mesoamerican countries, indigenous communities have been historically excluded from formal education processes, as the academic systems ...