Non-governmental organizations. This section is contributed by NGO's and other institutions Process of Black Communities in Colombia, PCN PCN articulates Afro-Colombian organizations from the Pacific, the Inter-Andean valleys and the Caribbean with the intention of claiming rights to the territory, identity, autonomy and development within the framework of their own cultural aspirations. PCN is included in the Ministry of the Interior Register of Afro-Colombian community organizations. It supports processes of organizational strengthening, definition of specific policies, construction of peace and coexistence, and protection of displaced, resisting, resettled and returning Afro-Colombian communities. Association of Displaced Afro-Colombians, AFRODES This organization brings together displaced Afro-Colombians settled in Bogotá. It appeared in 1999 to denounce the lack of visibility of displaced Afro-Colombians, claim their rights and promote specific measures of attention and protection against forced internal displacement. At the present time AFRODES comprises 176 Afro-Colombian families in Bogotá and has organized chapters in several other localities of the country, including Cartagena, Buenaventura, Quibdó and Riosucio. It is included in the Ministry of the Interior Register of Afro-Colombian community organizations and undertakes state-financed socioeconomic stabilization projects in these communities.