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2014-10-20 05:49:20 UTC
*Participate in the 14th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues
<http://www.fundsforngos.org/funding-schemes/participate-14th-session-permanent-forum-indigenous-issues-voluntary-fund-indigenous-people/>*
Deadline: 1 November 2014
*43th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues* and the *8th
session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples*
The application forms for these meetings are available on the following
web link:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/IPeoplesFund/Pages/ApplicationsForms.aspx
For any other additional information, you can consult our website:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/IPeoplesFund/Pages/IPeoplesFundIndex.aspx
Best wishes,
The Secretariat of the Voluntary Fund
Do you represent an indigenous
<http://www.fundsforngos.org/category/indigenous-2/> peoplesâ organization?
Do you want to participate in the 14th session of the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues to be held in United Nations (UN) Headquarters, New York
from 20 April to 1 May 2015? Apply for the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous
Peoples and participate in the Permanent Forum!
Selected applicants will be provided with a travel grant to participate in
the forum. Indigenous women <http://www.fundsforngos.org/category/gender-2/>
, youth <http://www.fundsforngos.org/category/youths-2/> and indigenous
persons with disabilities
<http://www.fundsforngos.org/category/disability-2/> are highly encouraged
to apply for the fund.
*Eligibility Criteria*
- Applicants must be representatives of indigenous peoplesâ
organizations and communities who are so considered by the Board of
Trustees.
- The representative will not be able to attend meetings without the
assistance provided by the Fund, in the opinion of the Board.
- Applicants must be able to contribute to a deeper knowledge on these
mechanisms and bodies of the problems affecting indigenous peoples and who
would secure a broad geographical representation.
- The representatives and the organizations applying for a grant should
be indigenous.
- Application must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation signed
by an executive of their indigenous organization.
- Only two individuals from an organization can apply.
- Applications and recommendations can be submitted in English, French
or Spanish language.
- Applicants can be an individual who has never participated in the
session of the Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues or the Expert
Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and representatives who
already participated and could develop specialized capacity and strengthen
the core group of participants in the Permanent Forum or the Expert
Mechanism.
- Priority will be given to applicants living in their own community and
country.
- Applications from indigenous representatives and their nominating
organizations that have been beneficiaries of the Fund and failed to submit
their evaluation forms will not be considered.
*Provisional Agenda:*
1. Election of officers.
2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
3. Follow-up on the recommendations of the Permanent Forum:
1. Outcome of the high-level plenary meeting also known as the World
Conference on Indigenous Peoples;
2. Post-2015 development agenda;
3. Youth, self-harm and suicide.
4. Half-day discussion on the Pacific region.
5. Half-day discussion on the expert group meeting on the theme
âDialogue on an optional protocol to the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peopleâ.
6. Comprehensive dialogue with United Nations agencies and funds.
7. Human rights:
1. Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples;
2. Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous
peoples and the Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples.
8. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues of the Economic
and Social Council and emerging issues.
9. Draft agenda for the fifteenth session of the Permanent Forum.
10. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its fourteenth
session
Issues
<http://www.fundsforngos.org/funding-schemes/participate-14th-session-permanent-forum-indigenous-issues-voluntary-fund-indigenous-people/>*
Deadline: 1 November 2014
*43th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues* and the *8th
session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples*
The application forms for these meetings are available on the following
web link:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/IPeoplesFund/Pages/ApplicationsForms.aspx
For any other additional information, you can consult our website:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/IPeoplesFund/Pages/IPeoplesFundIndex.aspx
Best wishes,
The Secretariat of the Voluntary Fund
Do you represent an indigenous
<http://www.fundsforngos.org/category/indigenous-2/> peoplesâ organization?
Do you want to participate in the 14th session of the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues to be held in United Nations (UN) Headquarters, New York
from 20 April to 1 May 2015? Apply for the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous
Peoples and participate in the Permanent Forum!
Selected applicants will be provided with a travel grant to participate in
the forum. Indigenous women <http://www.fundsforngos.org/category/gender-2/>
, youth <http://www.fundsforngos.org/category/youths-2/> and indigenous
persons with disabilities
<http://www.fundsforngos.org/category/disability-2/> are highly encouraged
to apply for the fund.
*Eligibility Criteria*
- Applicants must be representatives of indigenous peoplesâ
organizations and communities who are so considered by the Board of
Trustees.
- The representative will not be able to attend meetings without the
assistance provided by the Fund, in the opinion of the Board.
- Applicants must be able to contribute to a deeper knowledge on these
mechanisms and bodies of the problems affecting indigenous peoples and who
would secure a broad geographical representation.
- The representatives and the organizations applying for a grant should
be indigenous.
- Application must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation signed
by an executive of their indigenous organization.
- Only two individuals from an organization can apply.
- Applications and recommendations can be submitted in English, French
or Spanish language.
- Applicants can be an individual who has never participated in the
session of the Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues or the Expert
Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and representatives who
already participated and could develop specialized capacity and strengthen
the core group of participants in the Permanent Forum or the Expert
Mechanism.
- Priority will be given to applicants living in their own community and
country.
- Applications from indigenous representatives and their nominating
organizations that have been beneficiaries of the Fund and failed to submit
their evaluation forms will not be considered.
*Provisional Agenda:*
1. Election of officers.
2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
3. Follow-up on the recommendations of the Permanent Forum:
1. Outcome of the high-level plenary meeting also known as the World
Conference on Indigenous Peoples;
2. Post-2015 development agenda;
3. Youth, self-harm and suicide.
4. Half-day discussion on the Pacific region.
5. Half-day discussion on the expert group meeting on the theme
âDialogue on an optional protocol to the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peopleâ.
6. Comprehensive dialogue with United Nations agencies and funds.
7. Human rights:
1. Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples;
2. Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous
peoples and the Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples.
8. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues of the Economic
and Social Council and emerging issues.
9. Draft agenda for the fifteenth session of the Permanent Forum.
10. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its fourteenth
session