Rede de Fundos Comunitários da Amazônia focuses on visibility, governance, and inter-network action

Comprised of indigenous peoples, quilombolas, and other traditional communities, the Rede de Fundos Comunitários da Amazônia (Amazon Community Funds Network, in English) is undergoing a period of consolidation. Led by voices such as Josimara Baré, coordinator of the Rutî Fund and a leader of the Baré people, the network seeks to ensure effective collective participation, direct and adequate financing, and respect for its members’ governance structures and traditional knowledge.

Originally from the Cué-Cué Marabitanas Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon and an administrator, Josimara has been an active voice in defending territorial protagonism as the path to socio-environmental justice and financing for climate, nature, and people. Her work gained national prominence in a recent interview with Folha de S.Paulo, where she highlighted that only 7.6% of global climate resources reach the grassroots directly. The Global South House works to bridge this gap.

Check out the main points of our conversation regarding strategies for 2026:

In terms of mobilization and political priorities, how did the Rede de Fundos Comunitários da Amazônia start the year?

JOSIMARA BARÉ – We began 2026 with a plan for institutional strengthening, deepening alliances, and consolidating the role of community funds as concrete mechanisms for direct support to the territories. We entered this year understanding that Amazonian challenges require more than just resources; they require mechanisms rooted in the territories, with legitimacy, advocacy capacity, and a commitment to the autonomy of peoples and communities. In this sense, the year begins strategically to affirm the importance of community funds in the debate on climate justice, territorial protection, and direct financing.

What are the major milestones for 2026 for the Rede de Fundos Comunitários da Amazônia?

JOSIMARA BARÉ – I would highlight the meetings between member funds, territorial exchanges, the continuity of articulation with partners and donors, and our presence in strategic spaces. I also see this year as an important time to strengthen the network’s communication, systematize learning, and amplify the visibility of what community funds are already building in practice. I also believe that 2026 is a key year for expanding the production of content, records, and systematizations that better express the political and practical value of the community funds’ experience. This includes giving visibility to accumulated learning, the governance models built in the territories, advocacy strategies, and the financing alternatives already underway. It is about asserting our own narrative, created from practice and from the territories, about what it means to finance life, autonomy, and the defense of the Amazon. We seek the maturation of the network and its ability to establish itself as a reference for territorial alliances.

How is the convergence between the Rede de Fundos Comunitários da Amazônia, the Socio-Environmental Funds of the Global South, and Rede Comuá being designed, and what do you expect to develop by the end of the year?

JOSIMARA BARÉ – In my view, the convergence between the networks is being built on dialogue, mutual recognition, and the will to walk together. This is very important because these networks arise from different experiences, yet they share a common vision: to strengthen territories, value grassroots organizations, and propose new ways of thinking about financing from the Global South. I hope that by the end of the year, we can further consolidate this approach, with more joint presence, more exchanges between networks, and a greater capacity for common advocacy in the face of the challenges of our time.

Regarding inter-network engagement, what are you planning to ensure that the three organizations resonate with an articulated voice in global forums?

JOSIMARA BARÉ – I see it as a priority for our alliance to act with increasing coordination, complementarity, and joint political strength. It is not just about adding networks together, but about building a collective voice capable of engaging more powerfully in global forums, advocacy processes, and decision-making spaces. At a time when the world is discussing climate, biodiversity, and inequality, it is fundamental that Global South networks are more aligned and connected, carrying their own narrative on financing, solidarity, autonomy, and the defense of territories.

What are the key moments in 2026 to strengthen the three organizations and, consequently, The Global South House?

JOSIMARA BARÉ – These will be the moments when we manage to show, in an articulated way, that there are concrete paths being built from the territories. This applies to global forums, regional advocacy spaces, dialogue processes with funders, and our own internal strengthening processes. The most important thing is for us to affirm, together, that community funds and Global South networks are not just resource intermediaries. We are strategic actors in building responses to the climate crisis, inequality, and the fragility of traditional financing models.