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 There will be an international expert workshop on
"Methodologies regarding free, prior and informed
consent and Indigenous Peoples" organized by the
Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues (SPFII), Division for Social Policy and
Development, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, from 17 to 19 January 2005, from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m. in Conference Room 6. The
Expert Workshop will prepare recommendations for the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at its fourt
session. Participation in the Workshop is limited to
members of the Permanent Forum, experts from
indigenous organizations, United Nations agencies and
interested Governments. For further information please
contact Ms. Mariana Lopez, Secretariat of the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (tel.
1(212)963-5161; or e-mail lopez14@un.org
(www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii)


Preliminary Draft Agenda

1. Overview of current understanding of FPIC as a
methodological issue, in activities relating to
indigenous peoples: significance and challenges.
2. Policy frameworks on or relevant to FPIC within
each intergovernmental organization.
3. Policy frameworks on or relevant to FPIC at
inter-agency level, including
- Common Country Assessment/ United Nations
Development Assistance Framework (CCA/UNDAF)
- Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)
- Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
4. Special issues and FPIC in relation to the work of
inter-governmental organizations:
- Cultural diversity and development
- Participation and the human rights approach to
development
- Gender equality
- Traditional knowledge
- Natural resources
- Health, including sexual and reproductive health
- Education
- Relocation
5. Examples of the application of the principle of
FPIC at the national and international levels:
legislation, treaty making, treaty supervision,
project planning, application and evaluation
6. Lessons and challenges in the application of FPIC:
towards a common inter-agency operational
understanding of FPIC
7. Adoption of recommendations to the UNPFII
 

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