Advocacy and participation

COP4 of the Escazú Agreement, held in Nassau, Bahamas, was a key regional forum for environmental democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean. Discussions on environmental justice, public participation, and the protection of land defenders took place there. The delegation from the Feminist Climate Collective, made up of women who participated in the diploma program, arrived to share experiences, perspectives, and proposals developed from within their communities, strengthening women's influence and placing community voices at the heart of decision-making.

The organizations Cauca Adaptado y Resiliente, Barranquilla+20, and Verdes por Naturaleza have joined forces to consolidate the Yo Gobierno initiative, whose objective is to "train members of the community of Comuna II and the city of Popayán, Colombia, forming a group of 50 people in Open Government and environmental democracy in a dynamic and pedagogical way based on innovative methodologies of collective construction, in which citizens are trained in Open Government and its pillars as an effective tool for improving the exercise of citizen oversight and social control." This initiative will be implemented starting in January of this year thanks to the recognition granted by the Ministry of the Interior of Colombia.

In conjunction with the Latin American Youth Network for Democracy – JUVENTUD LAC, we organized a national dialogue at the University of the North to learn about the perspectives of young people on issues of democracy, government, peace, environment, among others, which were consolidated for the road to the OAS general assembly.