ABOUT US

Ankawa is a Quechua (Peru) word meaning golden eagle. The golden eagle represents the high ideals of transcendence, integrity, strength, and vision that the organization embodies.

Ankawa International is an International Center for Advanced Applied Studies on Governance, Development, and Innovation. Ankawa is formed by professionals and researchers of different specialties and nationalities.

Ankawa International is an International Non-Profit Organization founded in the city of Cusco (Peru) by the jurist Amilcar Romero Beltran.

ANKAWA INTERNATIONAL STORY

The Ankawa Organization began first as an idea, then as a project, and finally as an international institution. The idea of the Peruvian jurist Amilcar Romero, upon returning to his country, was to bring together a select group of professionals to promote inclusive and sustainable development. Thus, the first natural resource management programs in the Andean regions of Peru were implemented. We also participated in the Twentieth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP20) in the city of Lima (Peru).

As a result of this experience, the idea is transformed into a project called Proyecto Peru – Ankawa (later called Proyecto Ankawa), which is selected in international competition as an innovative project of social transformation. Thus, Ankawa Project continues with its activities to promote good governance, sustainable development, and innovation together with prestigious national and international institutions.

Finally, the project becomes an international institution to promote social transformation in the world.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Ankawa International is constituted and guided by the following values and guiding principles enshrined in its Constitutional Charter:

• Defense and promotion of quality democracy.
• Defense and promotion of human and fundamental rights of people.
• Defense and promotion of sustainable and inclusive development.
• Defense and promotion of interculturality and peace.
• Contribute to the development of human knowledge for the benefit of its species.

ANKAWA INTERNATIONAL’S PRESIDENT

Amilcar Romero was born in the city of Cusco (Peru). His parents are women’s rights defenders Deizy Beltran and social and political activist Amilcar Romero.

During her childhood, he lived and studied, following his mother’s professional displacements, in different cities and towns in the interior of the country where she experienced and shared the needs and shortages of the most vulnerable people in Peru.

Later, during his adolescence, he was transferred by his parents to the city of Cusco to complete his secondary studies at the Colegio San Francisco de Asis. After successfully completing his secondary studies, he was accepted by the University of Strasbourg to pursue his upper education in France. In France, he completed his studies in Law and European Studies and his Masters in European and International Law. After graduating with honors, he worked in different international organizations on issues such as the consolidation of democracy and human rights in Europe and the Americas.

Finally, upon her return to Peru, he created and founded the Ankawa International Organization.

Contact: a.romero@ankawainternacional.org

Website: http://amilcarromero.strikingly.com/

Team

Francesca Navia
CARD ANKAWA-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Farouk Er-razki
Ankawa Europe President

Brigida Rojas
Deizy Beltran Centre-Executive Director

Christian Mestre
Honorary Advisory Committee-President

Abdessalam Jaldi

Aliuska Medina

Anas Benmousa

Andra Hotomega

Andrea Luque

Fabiola Huaman

Bhim Tamang

Kathy Sanchez

Marcia Condoy

Maykol Medrano

Nohemi Ferro

Sibawai Er-razki

Soraya Martinez