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The Permanent Forum takes note of the following reports: (a)“Cultural indicators for food security, food sovereignty and sustainable development”, from the second Global Consultation on the Right to Food, Food Security and Food Sovereignty for Indigenous Peoples, held in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, from 7 to 9 September 2006;(b) The Latin America and the Caribbean regional meeting on indicators, held in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua in September 2006;(c)Meeting on indigenous peoples and indicators of well-being; Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, Ottawa, 22 and 23 March 2006; (d)Asia Regional Workshop on Indicators Relevant for Indigenous Peoples, Convention on Biological Diversity and Millennium Development Goals, Mindoro Oriental, Philippines, November 2006;(e)African Regional Expert Workshop on Indicators of Well-being and Indigenous Peoples, Nairobi, November 2006.--The Permanent Forum further recommends that United Nations agencies, Member States and indigenous peoples utilize these indicators and support further efforts to develop them and to test some of these indicators in some countries.
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An agency in Spain provides support for the initiative promoted by the Tebtebba Foundation, which has organized a workshop for international experts on relevant indicators for indigenous peoples within the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Permanent Forum of 2005. This workshop will bring together international experts to address the key aspects of the work on indicators from the perspective of indigenous peoples, United Nations agencies, researchers and Governments. The objective is to assess the status of work carried out on indicators on the well-being and sustainable development of indigenous peoples with a view to informing future work on indicators at all levels. The Government of Spain has cooperated with the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (Indigenous Fund) since its inception and contributed 350,000 euros to the Fund in 2007. Within the framework of its flagship programmes, the Fund implements the Communication and Information Programme with the aim of developing indicators to describe and explain the social, economic and cultural situation of indigenous peoples and thus facilitate policymaking, strategy formulation and decision-making in the management of indigenous development.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 6 (2007)
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