The Permanent Forum commends UNFPA for its efforts to build staff capacity on indigenous peoples’ issues and recommends that such efforts continue, together with efforts to recruit indigenous peoples where possible.
The gaps and challenges facing IFAD in terms of its commitment to indigenous peoples’ issues include the mainstreaming of the new institutional policy on engaging with indigenous peoples at all levels of the organization globally, regionally and nationally. The Permanent Forum recommends that institutional mechanisms be established so as to secure the process of mainstreaming within the agency.