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Restore
the sense of confidence, dignity and self-esteem amongst
indigenous peoples of Latin America marginalized due
to their ethnic origin; a prerequisite to taking their
own future in hand. This goal is pursued by accompanying
cultural initiatives designed and carried out by the
actual beneficiaries: dedicating
cultural environment and identity to the future.
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• Contribute
to the protection and promotion of living traditional
values and cultural expressions of indigenous and Afro-American
communities in Latin America by granting a moral, technical
and financial spur to their initiatives for the safeguarding
of their cultural expressions.
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Take part in raising awareness of States and international
organizations, provide our support to the implementation
of cultural policies and engage in defining international,
regional and sub-regional legal standards regarding indigenous
peoples, intangible cultural heritage and the diversity
of cultural expressions. Traditions for Tomorrow has
a consultative status with UNESCO, ECOSOC (UN) and WIPO and is member of the ONG-UNESCO Liaison Committee.
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Members'
General Meeting, Board of Directors (decision-making
entity) and Advisory Body including, among others,
Professor Yves Coppens of the Collège de France,
Professor Manfred Max Neef (Chilean economist, member
of the Club of Rome Executive Committee, Alternative
Nobel Prize winner) and Anders Wijkman (Co-President
of the Club of Rome, former Member of
the European Parliament and former Secretary General
of the Swedish Red Cross). |
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Traditions
for Tomorrow is an organization comprising volunteers either
in charge of projects’ follow-up from Europe, or involved
in communication and dissemination actions regarding
Traditions for Tomorrow’s goals and work, aimed
at the public and its institutional partners. |
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Membership fees
and donations, public subsidies, private foundations
support, corporate sponsorship, co-financing of projects
with cooperation and development
organizations.
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• over
600 projects supported since 1986, with some
60 indigenous peoples in 12 Latin American countries
: Mexico,
Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa
Rica, Panama,
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Afro-American
communities in Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia,
Ecuador and Bolivia.
• two types of projects :
- safeguarding of traditional cultural expressions (language,
music, dance, theater, oral tradition, media, traditional
medicine, traditional creeds, etc.),
- implementation of bilingual-intercultural informal
education programs (training for teachers, school material
publication, support to primary schools, literacy, school
libraries, etc.)
• criteria for projects likely
to be accompanied by Traditions for Tomorrow :
- improvement of non-material living conditions,
- collective and non personal initiatives,
- already in process of design or implementation,
- design and implementation by the beneficiaries directly,
- modest sized budgets.
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average annual budget : around US$ 300’000, including
about 10% allocated to overheads.
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