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Good practices for implementing Convention No. 169. Some main principles. Consultation and participation Coordinated and systematic action Flexibility in implementation. ♪. C.169 requires: Special measures to safeguard institutions, culture, environment ...
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Some main principles • Consultation and participation • Coordinated and systematic action • Flexibility in implementation ♪
C.169 requires: Special measures to safeguard institutions, culture, environment ... Agencies and appropriate mechanisms - with necessary means Resources and means to develop IPs’ own institutions and initiatives Some necessary considerations: Coordinating body for government mainstreaming Constitution and legislation PRS/Sector policies Inclusive institutions Targeted groups and areas (vulnerability) Implementation mechanisms ♪
Lessons learned: implementation • Long-term process • Need to prioritise • Link research, planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting • Design mechanisms • Build capacity • Involve all partners ♪
Specific mechanisms – within a culture of consultation Representation in Parliament and in local governance institutions Consultative bodies and inclusion of IP bodies Legislation on specific consultations Consultation and participation: An obligation of the State • Whenever: • Legislative and administrative measures • Special measures • National and regional plans and programmes • Management or exploitation of natural resources • Transmission of land rights and relocation Constructive rather than defensive mechanism ♪
Recognition of ownership/user rights to traditional lands/territories • Identification of lands, titling and recognition of rights, resolution of land claims, restitution • Complexity of rights and diversity of modalities (collective/individual) • Inclusive and area-based approach • Resources and institutional capacity • Transparency and benchmarks ♪
Eliminate socio-economic gaps • Health: Equal acces and traditional practices • Education: Equal access and bilingual-intercultural education • Vocational training:Equal access and special measures (bilingual teachers, health workers…) • Employment and occupation:Equal access and support to traditional occupations ♪
Data and indicators • Lack of data – invisibility in national statistics, mobility of identity • Census and disaggregating data related to existing indicators (e.g. MDG, EFA) • Specific indicators and data gathering: E.g., vulnerable groups, land rights… • Benchmarks for implementation of Convention No. 169 ♪