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Addressee: ILO

Paragraph #122Session #6 (2007)

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The Permanent Forum calls on ILO to provide more information in the future on the status and trends in the practice of traditional occupations.

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During a process to develop indicators for monitoring the implementation of article 8 (j) of the Convention on Biological Diversity, “traditional occupations” was identified as such a possible indicator. Work is ongoing in ILO to begin to develop a methodological framework concerning traditional occupations as an indicator with a view to preparing a survey tool that can be tested in a selected group of countries, preferably together with the testing of other Convention indicators. From an ILO perspective, measuring the access of indigenous peoples to traditional occupations and the changes in the exercise of these practices over time would be of interest for assessing the decent work opportunities of indigenous peoples and as a means to monitor the practical application of Convention No. 111, as well as Conventions Nos. 107 and 169.

Final Report of UNPFII Session 6 (2007)

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Data Collection and Indicators