Funding for Indigenous Peoples participation in UN meetings - New calls for applications
15.08.2022
Dear friends,
Docip has the pleasure to inform you on new calls for applications - from the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples and from the United Nations Convention on biological diversity voluntary funding mechanism for Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Please forward these calls to all your indigenous brothers and sisters.
1. New call for applications: UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples
Forum on Business and Human Rights - 11th session
November 28 - 30, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid session)
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) - 41st session
November 7 - 18, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland
Eligible countries: Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Finland, India, Brazil, Philippines, Algeria, and South Africa
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) - 75th session
October 31 – November 25, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland
Eligible countries: Australia, Chad, El Salvador, Malawi, Somalia, and Uganda
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) - 108th Session
November 14 - December 2, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland
Eligible countries: Botswana, Brazil, France, and Jamaica
Deadline for application: August 31, 2022
Application forms:
2. New call for applications: Voluntary Fund of the UN Convention on biological diversity for Indigenous Peoples and local communities
Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - 5th meeting
December 3 - 5, 2022, Montreal, Canada
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity - 15th meeting
December 7 - 19, 2022, Montreal, Canada
Deadline for application: September 15, 2022
Application form: https://bit.ly/3vYkLSn