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Considering the commitment made by the World Bank at the Conference on Poverty Reduction and Indigenous Peoples (New York, 9 and 10 May 2006) to further explore inter-agency mechanisms to support the inclusion of indigenous peoples in national poverty reduction strategies in a limited number of pilot countries, the Permanent Forum recommends that Governments, indigenous organizations, United Nations organizations and bilateral donors fully contribute to that initiative and report back to the Permanent Forum on the progress made and the opportunities and limitations encountered, with a view to replicating the initiative in other countries.
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The Government of Switzerland states: “The recommendation is supported by Switzerland. Within the framework of its human rights strengthening programme, jointly run with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNDP has updated its policy on indigenous issues in only two countries, Ecuador and Kenya. It would be useful to obtain feedback from offices in those countries on how and whether the process has been successful, and whether outreach to more UNDP country offices is planned for the near future.”
The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the Project to Promote International Labour Organization Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples have encouraged research on the inclusion of indigenous peoples’ needs and priorities in poverty reduction strategy papers. In 2007, with funding from the Danish Government, the Project has initiated a new one-year project to promote the practical inclusion of indigenous peoples in the poverty reduction strategy paper processes in Cambodia, Cameroon and Nepal. The aim of the project is that good practices and lessons learned for including indigenous peoples’ needs and priorities in the poverty reduction strategy paper processes are documented and disseminated to governments, the Permanent Forum and the Inter-Agency Support Group for the Permanent Forum. Detailed information can be found in section IV.B.3 of the present document.
IFAD reports that in the formulation of poverty reduction strategy papers, rural development has so far received little attention. IFAD has been concentrating its efforts on introducing the rural dimension in poverty reduction strategies and in building the capacity of the rural poor, including organizations of indigenous peoples, to participate in the poverty reduction strategy paper processes.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 5 (2006)
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