What is the Puna Sustentable Foundation? ?

It is an entity:

  • Volunteers: It brings together people committed to the environmental, social, and economic sustainability of indigenous peoples.
  • From the third sector of Civil Society, that is: Non-Governmental, Non-Private
  • Non-profit: It does not generate profits for its members, It does not distribute profits, It seeks to generate income and reinvest it for its Mission.
  • Excludes actions of a political, religious, racial and union nature
  • Transparency: Annually reports to the Ministry of Justice of the Province of Jujuy
  • Puna Identity: Promotes and revalues ​​the worldview and the principle of good living

We are children of this land who have been working to form a network of indigenous volunteers from the Argentine Puna, organizing ourselves to build the "good living" of our territory for the present and future of our children.

Immediate background

  • Shared reading by territorial leaders on the problematic histories of economic development in our communities
  • Since 2018, we have found with leaders from the high and low the possibility of building actions of a regional territorial nature and not with jurisdictions.

Object and Purposes of its creation:

"Promotion, organization, and support of sustainable, local, and comprehensive development in the communities of the Puna Jujeña and the province, through the identification and design of territorial strategies aimed at improving quality of life and sustainable economic development based on environmentally responsible traditional and emerging economic activities."

Other specific purposes as a challenge

Promote, accompany, and raise awareness

Promote, accompany, and raise awareness about the recovery of identity and respect for the worldview and ancestral values ​​of the territory

Promover las relaciones interculturales

Promote intercultural relations and the equitable integration of communities in a common territorial project

Collect, document and publish

Collect, document and publish historical and cultural material from the Puna and especially from the Rinconada Communities or Department

Articulate with the public and private sectors

Articulate with the public and private sectors

Promote scientific and technological research

Promote scientific and technological research and the development of local capacities of the inhabitants of Puna

Promote social volunteering

Promote social volunteering to fulfill the founding objectives

Promote the implementation of projects

Promote the implementation of projects aimed at mitigating environmental changes resulting from climate change in the region

Manage and administer financing

Manage and administer financing for the implementation of projects related to the foundation's purpose

Puna Sustentable Management Tools

  • Organic Statute: Document that defines the legal identity, organizational structure, objectives, and operating rules. It reflects the mission, vision, intercultural values, focus on sustainability, and community engagement.
  • Operating regulations: Document that establishes the rules and daily working dynamics within the Foundation; it regulates the relationships between the governing bodies, technical teams, collaborators, and the programs and projects. It organizes the administration of resources and the execution of programs, projects, and volunteer work.
  • Volunteer Regulations: It regulates the relationship between the Foundation and volunteers, guaranteeing ethical, responsible, and supportive participation aligned with the principles of sustainability, interculturality, and respect for the communities in the territory.
  • Foundation Forms: It constitutes a system of standardized documentary instruments that facilitates:
    1. The correct management of institutional processes.
    2. Traceability of actions.
    3. Transparency in administration.