National Coordinator for Change
The National Coordinator for Change is a Bolivian political coordination of social movements aligned with the governing Movement for Socialism-Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples. It was founded on 22 January 2007, during the Constituent Assembly of 2006-2007. CONALCAM mobilizes its member organizations in support of the "process of change" which includes the drafting and implementing of a new Constitution as well as a variety of social reforms.
Structure
According to the organization's statute in September 2010, CONALCAM is made up of the following parts: the President and [Vice President of Bolivia|President of Bolivia|Vice President] of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, social movement organizations, the national leadership of MAS-IPSP, and the parliamentary brigade of MAS-IPSP members in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly.CONALCAM is governed by a National Leadership, elected once every two years with the following seven offices: President; General Secretary; Secretaries of Political Affairs, Organic Affairs, International Affairs, and of Resolutions; and a Spokesperson.
In 2010, the organization moved to increase its local and regional activities and incorporated into its statute Departmental and Regional organizations: CODECAMs and CORECAMs.
Member organizations
As of September 2010, there are twenty national social movement organizations affiliated with CONALCAM, including the Constituent Assembly. Among these organizations are:- Unique Confederation of Rural Laborers of Bolivia
- National Confederation of Peasant Indigenous Originary Women of Bolivia - Bartolina Sisa
- Syndicalist Confederation of Intercultural Communities of Bolivia
- Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia
- National Council of Ayllus and Markas of Qullasuyu
- General Confederation of Factory Workers of Bolivia