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2010 Call for Applications for the Trust Fund Closed
November 9, 2009
The 2010 Call for applications for the Trust Fund on Indigenous Issues relating to the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People is closed.
The 2010 Call for applications for the Trust Fund on Indigenous Issues relating to the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People is closed. Proposals was accepted between 1 August 2009 and 1 November 2009. The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has received several hundred project proposals and are now precessing them.
United Nations Development Group Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples´ Issues
October 22, 2009
The United Nations Development Group Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples´ Issues are now available in English, Spanish, and French.
The United Nations Development Group Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples´ Issues are now available in
English,
Spanish, and
French.
EGM on Indigenous Peoples' Development with Culture and Identity 12-14 January 2010
October 21, 2009
The International United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Expert Group Meeting Indigenous Peoples: Development with Culture and identity: Articles 3 and 32 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will be held at UN Headquarters in New York, on 12-14 January 2010.
The International United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Expert Group Meeting Indigenous Peoples: Development with Culture and identity: Articles 3 and 32 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will be held at UN Headquarters in New York, on 12-14 January 2010.
The aim of the meeting is to:
To analyze enshrined human rights within international standards and policies and how these contribute to indigenous peoples’ concept of development with culture and identity;
Promote an opportunity to exchange information and analysis on the various concepts of development;
Draw attention to the various development concepts and practices and their impact on indigenous peoples’ livelihoods, communities, cultural practices and lands and natural resources;
Identify options and further plans to build the necessary conditions for development such as empowering and strengthening indigenous peoples’ organizations and governance systems;
To analyze opportunities for partnerships with indigenous peoples on development issues and how such arrangements might be informed by good practices and Corporate responsibility models;
Highlight both positive and negative development practice models from indigenous peoples’ perspectives;
Identify gaps and challenges and a possible way forward.
The Meeting will be attended by Permanent Forum members, indigenous experts, States and representatives from UN Agencies and Funds. Representatives of indigenous peoples organizations are all welcome to attend.
For further information contact Ms Sonia Smallacombe on smallacombe@un.org
Click here to view the Documents of the Meeting.
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