Project profile — Indigenous Clean Energy Renewable Energy Solidarity

• Colombia (75.00%)
• Ecuador (25.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Human rights (15160) (20.00%)
• Other Social Infrastructure And Services: Employment policy and administrative management (16020) (20.00%)
• Energy education/training:
Energy education/training (23181) (20.00%)
Energy research (23182) (20.00%)
• General Environmental Protection: Environmental education/training (41081) (20.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Climate change mitigation (principal objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Indigenous Issues (principal objective)

This project aims to deliver specialized renewable energy capacity-building to Indigenous Communities in Colombia and Ecuador to empower them to address their needs, drive sustainable change, and participate in the clean energy transition. The project seeks to support community-led approaches for adopting clean energy and energy-efficient solutions for Indigenous Peoples to actualize climate change mitigation in Colombia and Ecuador. It also seeks to decrease barriers for Indigenous Peoples to access and benefit from clean energy capacity-building programs. Through accessible and inclusive clean energy needs assessments and policy recommendations by, for, and with Indigenous Nations in Colombia and Ecuador, the project enables the adoption of more equitable practices leading to Indigenous-led clean energy solutions.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced adoption of clean energy and energy-efficient solutions for Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, all genders, and all generations to actualize nature-positive climate change mitigation in Latin America; and (2) decreased barriers for Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, all genders, and all generations in Latin America to access and benefit from clean energy capacity building programs.

Results achieved at the end of the project (December 2025) include: (1) co-developed and co-delivered the first Indigenous-led clean energy capacity-building program in Colombia in partnership with the local organization Glocal Grassroots Movement of Movements; (2) trained 30 Indigenous Peoples in Colombia, resulting in increased capacity to implement Indigenous-led solutions for the clean energy transition; (3) completed 5 Indigenous-led renewable energy projects in Colombia, increasing the readiness and ability of Indigenous communities to access climate finance; (4) established a partnership with Amawtay Wasi University in Ecuador and co-developed an Indigenous-led curriculum on energy sovereignty; (5) provided training to 12 instructors from the Economy of Solidarity Department to support curriculum implementation; (6) co-designed and co-delivered 2 capacity-building programs at the Living School of the Amazon; and (7) trained 85 Indigenous youth leaders in Ecuador on Indigenous-led clean energy to achieve energy sovereignty.

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