Juan Carlos Jintiach

Juan Carlos Jintiach Arcos, current Executive Secretary of the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (AGCT), recently nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize 2023, belongs to the Shuar people of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Partner and active member of the Interprovincial Federation of Shuar Centers of Ecuador - FICSH, member organization of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon - CONFENIAE, former coordinator of International Cooperation of the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin - COICA, Former Parliamentary Advisor to an Amazonian Indigenous Congresswoman now known as the National Assembly of Ecuador, former Coordinator of the Inter-federal Committee in resistance against extractive industries (mining and oil) that affected the territories of indigenous organizations such as: FICSH, NAE and NASHE.He studied Natural Resources Management - Environmental Control and Environmental Administration at the University of San Francisco de Quito - Ecuador, an International Diploma from the International Center for Education and Training of Indigenous Peoples of the University of Nuuk Greenland on the theme: "Indigenous Peoples in the International System".