This November 17, the CILAC Forum will hold the meeting on “Indigenous knowledge and community protocols”, which aims to highlight the importance of recognizing community protocols as crisis management frameworks based on indigenous knowledge.
It is proposed to address some aspects related to the importance of self-governance, biosafety measures, community monitoring, mitigation, dissemination of information and dialogues and decision making—all within the framework of indigenous knowledge and intercultural dialogues—that the indigenous authorities organized , activated, and implemented through community protocols.
The panelists will share their experiences on the matter, identify the specific challenges they see to defend and strengthen the strategies presented, and offer recommendations for action for consideration within the framework of the 2030 Agenda.
Liberty Pinto (Member of the Regional Observatory of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of FILAC), Vivian Camacho (General Director of Traditional Medicine. Ministry of Health and Sports of Bolivia), Yidid Jhohana Ramos Montero (Traditional Woman, leader of the Kankuamo people Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Seynikun Northern zone of Colombia) address these issues, with the moderation of Yolanda López-Maldonado (UNESCO). The meeting will also feature opening remarks from Freddy Mamani Machaca (Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, President of FILAC), and a brief presentation of the Report “Indigenous knowledge and community protocols” by Serena Heckler (UNESCO Regional Ecological and Earth Sciences Specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean).
LIVE – OCT 17 5 p.m. ARG/URU/BRA – 3 p.m. PER/COL