Asociacion Civil Labor is a private non-profit organization founded in 1981 a city situated in a significant mining and fishing area in southern Peru, in llo. Its initial mission was to defend labor rights and promote leadership among workers in the mining industry, but into the shield of sustainable community development and the rights of communities affected by extractive activities this evolved during its first decade of operation.
Through the years, Labor had an important impact on the defense of the environment, the development of greater awareness of the impact of the extractive activities, and the generation of public policy toward this sector in Peru and consolidated itself as an institution. This case is mainly enthralling due to the close relationship the NGO maintained with the municipal government, which created favorable outcomes for the population of llo but created dilemmas with regard to the identity, mission, and autonomy of Labor. These predicaments reached a critical point in 1997, when the proposal to build a brand new coal-fueled energy plant in a location zoned for tourism and recreation generated contrary opinions among the municipal authorities and the NGO staff, and divided the local citizenry. The choices that Labour made on this problem would have long term repercussions for the organization, which would need to redefine its relationship with a sizeable part of the population of llo as well as with municipal authorities and the NGO donors.
PUBLICATION DATE: December 06, 2007 PRODUCT #: SKS091-PDF-SPA
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