The Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR) held from December 13 to 15, 2022 in the Serra da Moça indigenous community, Murupú region, Municipality of Boa Vista, the II Meeting of the Expanded Deliberative Coordination with the theme: "To remain united in the struggle with commitment is to honor the struggles of traditional leaders".
The expanded coordination meeting is a space for deliberations and propositions with the objective of strengthening indigenous communities in the areas of sustainability, rights, political advocacy, health, education and other areas. In addition to discussing and evaluating the strategies of the indigenous movement.
More than 60 people participated, including leaders, men, women, youth and children from the Macuxi, Wapichana and Taurepang peoples. The Expanded meeting was attended by the Deputy Coordinator of the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB) Alcebias of the Sapará people and Marciely Ayap of the Tupari People, COIAB Secretariat. "We came to bring information and plans to the grassroots leaders. It is always good to return to our base, very gratifying," said Alcebias.
Coordinator Edinho Batista Macuxi evaluated the meeting as positive and strengthened. "In our meeting we obtained positive results. The proposals that we consolidated were very clear that we have great expectations that the indigenous movement will continue to organize. Our participation has been a reference for Brazil and for the whole world in this sense of discussing problematic issues such as climate change, soy expansion, agribusiness, environmental rights, territorial rights, and this has helped us a lot to understand that it is possible for us to continue making a difference in the defense of life for the whole world", highlighted Edinho.
On the first day, the team of the Financial Administrative Department (DAF) provided partial accounts of 2022 and the financial situation of the 2023 projects, together with the Executive Coordination of the CIR. On the occasion, the Fiscal Council presented the organization's financial and narrative opinion.
The Departments of the Institution, Communication, DAF, Department of Territorial and Environmental Management (DGTA), Training Center, Youth Center, Projects, Legal, Emergency, Women's Secretariat and Executive Coordination informed their respective activities carried out during the year 2022.
On the second day of the Ampliada, the main discussions were on indigenous health, Protection and inspection of indigenous territories and had the participation of the Federal Public Ministry (MPF), National Indian Foundation (Funai), Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) and the Institute of Land and Colonization of Roraima (ITERAIMA). In Indigenous School Education, actions for the year 2023, public tender and strategies to strengthen the Insikiran Institute/ UFRR were discussed.
On the third and final day, the leaders of the ethnoregions of Murupú, Baixo Cotingo, Amajari, Serra da Lua, Surumú, Serras, Raposa, Tabaio informed the actions and challenges of their regions. The institutions of CIR, CIMI and COIAB evaluated the political and legal situation of indigenous peoples in Brazil.
At the end, there was the strategic planning of the CIR for the coming years and regional strengthening, in the area of economic and territorial sustainability, ethnotourism, territorial governance and community strengthening.