To seek articulation and strengthen the projects of indigenous communities, the Department of Projects of the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR), in partnership with IEB, held from August 22 to 26, the 1st Training Module for Articulators of Indigenous Projects, at the Indigenous Center for Training and Culture Raposa Serra do Sol (CIFCRSS).
40 course participants, mostly young people, indicated by their regions: Raposa, Serra da Lua, Alto Caumé, Murupú, Tabaio, Surumú, Baixo Cotingo, Serras, Wai Wai, Amajarí, from the Macuxi, Wai-Wai, Yekuana peoples. The goal is to develop projects for their respective communities and regions.
Valexson Wapixana, leader of the Morcego community, Murupú region, Serra Moça indigenous land, who was participating in this first training, said that obtaining technical training is to contribute to the development of his community and region. "From this training, it is to develop and monitor the evolution of projects within the communities with indigenous organizations, all this to strengthen the indigenous movement in the demands of the communities and grassroots leaders," said Valexon.
The program was built in dialogue between the CIR and the IEB. The main points discussed in the Training of Indigenous Project Articulators. In the 1st Module of the course, the main topics discussed were: Histories of the Indigenous Movement of Roraima, Economic, Environmental and Social Challenges, Associativism and Cooperativism (Experiences of the SURUI and FRUTA DE SÃ People), Profile and Attributions of the Articulator of Indigenous Projects, and Intermodulo (identifying Local Projects).
Through the indigenous project articulators, it will be possible for the CIR to have access to the information and demands of its base. With this, plan in the capitation of resources, in the preparation of new projects.