The Association

How ACIMVIP supports the Life Plan of the Inga People

ACIMVIP works to make the Life Plan of the Inga People a reality. Each coordination of the Association carries forward one line of the Plan: here you will find the Plan, its objective in each line and what each coordination contributes, for learning and so that other Peoples and communities may adapt it.

What is the Comprehensive Life Plan?

The Comprehensive Life Plan (PIV) is a fundamental right because, through this instrument, Indigenous Peoples define their own development priorities, widely recognised in national and international law and in millennial law, since it has existed from the very origin of each Indigenous person.

It is a collective right because it belongs to the People, community, Reserve or organisation; its conceptual basis lies within the framework of positive law, but it is also founded on the millennial law that Indigenous Peoples acquire by the simple fact of existing, and it is framed within the guiding principles of UNITY, TERRITORY, CULTURE and AUTONOMY.

The PIV fulfils the fundamental function of being:

A tool of cultural, social, political and economic affirmation.
A navigation chart for the Inga People.
An instrument of planning and public management for the People and authorities, and a strategy for negotiation and agreement.

The coordinations and their contributions

Territory and Environment Coordination

Cares for the Ancestral Territory, the Reserves, water and forests: titling and expansion, own environmental planning, prior consultation and defence against projects that affect the territory.

Life Plan objective · Territory and environmentTo halt the accelerated deterioration caused by external extractive activities that affect the ecosystems of the Inga territory of Villagarzón, Putumayo, through the implementation of a sustainable use plan, establishing adequate systems for the management, protection, extraction, recovery, valuation and compensation of the environmental services of the Inga territory, thereby raising the quality of life of the Indigenous communities and the general population of the Municipality of Villagarzón.

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Overview of the Ancestral Territory (2022)

Booklet «Knowledge and practices for the defence and conservation of the ancestral territory of the Inga People of Villagarzón» (2023)

35.992 ha titled to the Reserves · Unclaimed public land pending titling: expansion of 6 Reserves · 37 ha purchased by the collective subject · 1.689 ha purchased by community members. Establishment and expansion acts of the National Land Agency and registered area of the properties; approximate figures.

Self-Government and Own Justice Coordination

Strengthens the authorities, regulations and mandates, own justice and the government-to-government relationship with the State.

Life Plan objective · Self-government and institutional developmentTo implement plans, programmes and projects aimed at strengthening the organisational structures of the Inga Cabildos (Indigenous traditional authority) and Reserves of the Municipality of Villagarzón.

Mandates and regulations

Mandate of the Elders Suma Kausangapa (2015)

Mandate of the Elders Suma Kausangapa, updated (2024)

Statutes of ACIMVIP (2016)

Internal Regulations of the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi (2024)

Cover: Internal Regulations of the Cabildo Musu Waira Sacha Nucanchipa, belonging to the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi

Internal Regulations of the Cabildo Musu Waira Sacha Nucanchipa, belonging to the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi

Internal Regulations of the Cabildo Cachiacu Andaki, belonging to the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi

Autonomous mandate on free, prior and informed consent (2021)

Living memory of the Inga territory (2025)

How we govern ourselvesOnline

Planning Coordination

Plans the Life Plan, housing, water, sanitation and community works together with the communities.

Life Plan objective · Infrastructure and basic sanitationTo implement, coordinate and promote infrastructure projects: house of knowledge (yagé), Cabildo headquarters, school and health facilities, paths, roads, power grids, water supply systems, bridges, footbridges, sewerage and rural and urban housing; construction, improvement and expansion of the ACIMVIP headquarters, a historical cultural centre, and sports and recreational facilities for the Inga People of Villagarzón.

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ACIMVIP Strategic Plan 2013-2024

Life PlanOnline
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Own Education Coordination

Promotes own education and the Inga language in families and in the ethno-educational institution, with our own materials.

Life Plan objective · Comprehensive educationTo work for the strengthening and consolidation of own education through intercultural bilingual teaching that enables ancestral learning and educational quality for the Indigenous communities of Villagarzón, supported by technological tools.

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Teaching booklet: knowledge and practices of the Ancestral Territory (2023)

Community Educational Project (PEC) of the Atun Ñambi Inga Bilingual Rural Ethno-educational Institution (2025)

Learn IngaOnline

Implementing institution: Atun Ñambi Inga Bilingual Rural Ethno-educational Institution. Implementing institution: Unión Temporal Ingakuna Sugllapi Tukuspa.

Culture and Sports Coordination

Strengthens cultural practices, weaving, music, our own celebrations and sport.

Life Plan objective · Culture and sportsTo work for cultural strengthening in accordance with the uses, customs and law of origin of the Inga People of Villagarzón, in order to guarantee their survival.

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Booklet Nukanchipa Rimai, Inga mother tongue (2021)

Learn IngaOnline
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Economy and Production Coordination

Accompanies the chagra, livelihoods and the communities' own productive initiatives, such as the Sacha Muiu association.

Life Plan objective · Economy and productionTo design and implement a productive economic system, supported by the existing traditional seed capital, for marketing at local, regional, national and international level, improving the quality of life of the families of the Inga People.

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Own Health Coordination

Cares for traditional medicine, the wise elders and dialogue with the health system.

Life Plan objective · Comprehensive healthTo work for the strengthening of millennial ancestral traditional practices, supported by our own medicine (Yagé ceremony), as a mechanism for the survival of the Inga People of Villagarzón.

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In preparation

Political Participation Coordination

Accompanies the participation of the Inga People in local, regional and national forums for agreement and decision-making.

Life Plan objective · Political participationTo design and promote the creation of an inclusive political proposal with a differential approach that strengthens the Inga People and includes other social sectors for its consolidation.

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In preparation

Human Rights Coordination

Accompanies the protection of the lives of authorities, leaders and families, prevention, memory and the search for truth and justice.

Life Plan objective · Human rightsTo work for the defence of the collective and individual rights of the Inga People of Villagarzón, through the coordination of their own systems of government, before State bodies and illegal armed groups.

Response instruments

Urgent action form

Early warning form

Search request form

Case documentation form

Forms annexed to the protocol

Women

Cross-cutting across all coordinations: the leadership of Inga women, the Chaskis and Warmiwasikamas, and their voice in the defence of the territory.

Life Plan objective · Women and familyTo strengthen the capacities of women and the family in the political-organisational, social, cultural and economic spheres, taking into account the Life Plan from a comprehensive perspective, with the Inga ancestral territory of Villagarzón as the starting point.

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Booklet on territorial and environmental defence by Inga women (2022)

Mandate of the women, Chaskis, Warmiwasikamas and caretakers of the Ancestral Territory

These materials are shared for learning and so that other Peoples and communities may adapt them. Cases and personal data are never published. If you need support, write to the Human Rights Coordination: coordinacionddhhacimvip@gmail.com.