The National Coordinator for Change ( es, Coordinadora Nacional por el Cambio; CONALCAM) is a Bolivian political coordination of social movements aligned with the governing

Movement for Socialism-Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples The Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples ( es, Movimiento al Socialismo–Instrumento Político por la Soberanía de los Pueblos, abbreviated MAS-IPSP, or simply MAS, punning on ''más'', Spanish for ...

(MAS-IPSP). It was founded on 22 January 2007, during the Constituent Assembly of 2006-2007.Nace la Coordinadora por el Cambio
" ''Constituyente Soberana'' (website), January 23, 2007Moira Zuazo,
¿Los movimientos sociales en el poder? El gobierno del MAS en Bolivia
" ''Nueva Sociedad'' 227, May-June 2010. 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

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and

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of the

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, social movement organizations, the national leadership of MAS-IPSP, and the parliamentary brigade of MAS-IPSP members in the

Plurinational Legislative Assembly The Plurinational Legislative Assembly ( es, Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional) is the national legislature of Bolivia, placed in La Paz, the country's seat of government. The assembly is bicameral, consisting of a lower house (the Chamber ...

. CONALCAM is governed by a National Leadership ( es, Dirección Nacional), elected once every two years with the following seven offices: President; General Secretary; Secretaries of Political Affairs, Organic (i.e., Internal) 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 The Unified (or Sole) Syndical Confederation of Rural Workers of Bolivia (, CSUTCB) is the largest union of peasants in Bolivia. The CSUTCB was formed in 1979 in opposition to government-sponsored peasant unions, and immediately replaced the N ...

(CSUTCB) * National Confederation of Peasant Indigenous Originary Women of Bolivia - Bartolina Sisa *

Syndicalist Confederation of Intercultural Communities of Bolivia The Syndicalist Confederation of Intercultural Communities of Bolivia ( es, Confederación Sindical de Comunidades Interculturales de Bolivia; CSCIB) is a peasant union of rural communities in the lowlands of Bolivia whose members included people o ...

(CSCIB) *

Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia The Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia, ( es, Confederación de Pueblos Indígenas de Bolivia; formerly, es, Confederación de Pueblos Indígenas del Oriente Boliviano or CIDOB), is a national representative organization of the Bolivia ...

(CIDOB) *

National Council of Ayllus and Markas of Qullasuyu The National Council of Ayllus and Markas of Qullasuyu ( qu, Qullasuyu Ayllukunap Markakunap Mamallaqta Kunaqnin; es, Consejo Nacional de Ayllus y Markas del Qullasuyu; CONAMAQ) is a confederation of traditional governing bodies of Quechua-, Ayma ...

(CONAMAQ) * General Confederation of Factory Workers of Bolivia Conalcam also includes mining cooperatives, leftwing parties, vendors' guilds, neighbourhood associations, associations of small business enterprises, youth organizations and popular civic committees.

Mobilizations

CONALCAM was the key mobilizing organization for supporters of the MAS and the draft constitution during the

2008 unrest in Bolivia The 2008 Bolivian political crisis saw protests against President Evo Morales and calls for greater autonomy for the country's eastern departments. Demonstrators escalated the protests by seizing natural gas infrastructure and government build ...

. In October 2008, it organized a march from Caracollo to La Paz to pressure the National Congress to authorize a referendum on the new constitution, which the Congress did on October 21, as tens of thousands of protesters flooded central La Paz.

References

{{Reflist 2007 establishments in Bolivia Left-wing politics in Bolivia Movement for Socialism (Bolivia) Organizations established in 2007 Political party alliances in Bolivia