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Good practices for implementing
Convention No. 169
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Some main principles
• Consultation and participation
• Coordinated and systematic action
• Flexibility in implementation
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Implementation mechanisms
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)
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Lessons learned: implementation
• Long-term process• Need to prioritise• Link research, planning, implementation,
monitoring and reporting• Design mechanisms• Build capacity• Involve all partners
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Consultation and participation: An obligation of the State
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
Constructive rather than defensive mechanism
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
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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
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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
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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
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