Addressee: Member States

Paragraph #92Session #4 (2005)

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Indigenous professionals, technicians, and indigenous leaders should build their capacity in respect of data-collection processes and non-indigenous professionals and technicians should be informed of the culture and practices of indigenous peoples

Responses

The Government of Argentina state the following in its report to the fifth session (E/C.19/2006/4):

A number of seminars were held in preparation for the Supplementary Survey of Indigenous Peoples 2004-2005 (ECPI) with a view to educating non-indigenous professionals and technicians concerning the daily lives and cosmovision of indigenous communities and instructing the indigenous representatives in the various processes involved in the ECPI. This helped build capacities among both indigenous and non-indigenous participants.

Final Report of UNPFII Session 4 (2005)