organization, and COIJ (Coordinadora de Organizaciones e Instituciones Juveniles), an organization of young people. UMAVIDA members work in both urban and rural areas. Additionally, all of the member organizations work with communities that include diverse groups of vulnerable peoples, among them people of indigenous descent, women and youth. For example, the non-governmental organization, Gregoria Apaza, is dedicated to gender justice.

The coordinating committee has formed three task forces according to the "action lines" of the network to further allow for the full participation of the affiliates in the planning and execution of all activities. We will be referring to these task forces throughout. Because responsibility for workshops and other activities is in constant rotation, all of the member organizations have the opportunity to lead, plan and execute activities.

During the development of the last five-year strategic plan, the members of the network once again reflected on the external context in which we are working, analyzing Bolivian reality and discussing whether or not it was necessary to change or adjust our foci.

This analysis allowed us to validate our earlier decisions to work on three main issues: environment, North/South relations and democracy and citizenship given their ongoing importance. Based on this analysis, each task force has expanded its vision to include other related issues within these larger themes.

Each task force has prioritized one or two themes as foci. They are:

1. North South/South South relations task force: political/policy relationships that create dependency and fair trade.
2. Environmental Task Force: Water contamination, focusing on the cases of Oruro and Potosí, and mining contamination (as a base for studying other cases in other regions).
3. Democracy and Citizenship Task Force: Focusing on the Constitutional Assembly and the development of a new Political Constitution of the State (CPE).