Leading Organizations

The Action Seed Foundation is dedicated to the promotion of civil society's participation to reform policy processes and public health related to the legalization of illicit drugs. It provides evidence-based research, communication mechanisms, and education and art initiatives to empower affected communities.

The Alternatives Foundation advances sustainable initiatives to guarantee food security in Bolivia's cities. Their work is centered on uniting civil, public, and private interests in the design and application of public policies, programs, and mechanisms that guarantees food and nutrition rights.

Works to promote protection of the environment through public policy influencing, diffusion of information and the respect for international and national treaties/laws.

Founded in 1998, working to promote LGBTI rights within society, through research,activism and national plans of action with the government.

It contributes to the debate on the justice system and demands the implementation of a democratic criminal policy with social justice. It demands that guarantees of the rights to search for truth, justice, and reparation are respected. They focus on fair treatment, fair and impartial trials, and other rights for persons deprived of freedom or those prosecuted for political offenses.

The Build Foundation works to strengthen democracy, human rights, and equal access to justice. Programs include research, education and advocacy for the promotion of civic participation and development, most notably their initiatives integrate indigenous communities to foster access to justice and intercultural dialogue. Additionally, they work to prevent human trafficking and sexual exploitation of children in Bolivia.

Works to defend the rights of persons displaced as the result of violence in El Salvador, and providing them with legal representation and assistance, while working for enhanced capacities to end regional violence and forced displacement.

FAFG is an autonomous technical and scientific organization that works to strengthen the justice system in Guatemala and advancement of human rights. Their activities include the collection of evidence, research, documentation, and raising awareness concerning human rights violations.

It facilitates the development of productive and competitive labor relations through the promotion of good practices and dialogue between workers and employers. It is an important tripartite dialogue organization that also advocates for the eradication of gender based violence in the productive sector.

A research center that contributes to the rule of law in Colombia through the empowerment of the citizenry in their relationship with the government, private organizations, enterprises, and other institutions. They facilitate access to justice through the publication of legal analyses of empiric cases in vernacular language.

The Foundation defends and promotes women's rights by offering legal assistance to underprivileged women and children in conflict with the law or experiencing any kind of violence or discrimination.

The Foundation contributes to the construction of a developed, integrated, just, and equitable Central America by promoting peace, democracy, security, and the rule of law. It produces analyses and debate, and creates spaces that promote diversity for dialogue, education, and advocacy.

It advocates for the respect of freedom of expression and information in Panama and promotes the improvement of journalism and professional ethics through the distribution of the National Journalism Award.

The organization strives for an open government and the promotion of innovative social leadership. They have civic projects that target young people and have participated in the drafting and implementation of public policies related with accountability, transparency, and citizen participation.

The Open Government Foundation promotes the principles of transparency, participation, collaboration, and technological innovation. It promotes consultative and inclusive processes to stimulate citizen actions and local governance through the production of strategies and scenarios that foster transparency.

EyT focuses on transparency and the fight against corruption in Nicaragua, along with monitoring the electoral process, enablign people to obtain legal identity documentation and developing citizen consultations on a variety of subjects.

It generates knowledge and promotes initiatives for the construction of a stable and lasting peace in Colombia. It also seeks to contribute to understanding the struggles of the country, exercising the necessary leadership to mobilize citizens, public servants, and entrepreneurs around the common goal of building a society in peace.

The Equality LGBT Foundation works to defend the human rights of LGBT individuals and groups. It offers legal counseling and support, healthcare services for HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted disease prevention, and promotes sexual and reproductive rights.

Works to defend gay rights and enjoys large institutional support, having achieved the passing of a law for couples and an antidiscrimination policy against homosexuals.

The Jubilee Foundation is a Catholic institution that works on political, social, and economic issues through research, information dissemination, and political education. It fosters citizen participation in decision making processes and advocates to strengthen democratic institutions and public debate.

Works to defend the rights of all workers, and to investigate cases of forced labour and modern slavery through its national network of workers and unions.

It attends to the population vulnerable to forms of political persecution, especially peasant communities, students, victims of forced displacement, and political prisoners. It also advises the National Prison Movement in the fight for a dignified and respectful treatment of the human rights of the prison population.

Reports on economic, political and social themes in Argentina in order for ctizens to understand the issues of their country and promote change

The Foundation works to disseminate and defend the principles of individual freedom and democracy, while also expanding spaces to promote a society of responsible citizens.

It works in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama to achieve a social development oriented towards the conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal resources. It specifically focuses its attention on marine protected areas and processes of marine spatial planning.