Programme for the Permanent Forum (UNPFII 16): Tuesday, May 2, 2017

01.05.2017

Docip is pleased to inform you on the official programme and the side-events at the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York. For last minute changes you might want to follow ou twitter account and consult the information screens at the UN.

Programme of work

10am-1pm

Item 5

Dialogue with indigenous peoples (closed meeting)

[Interactive dialogue]

3pm-6pm

Item 6

Dialogue with Member States (closed meeting)

Report: Compilation of information from Member States on addressing the recommendations of the Permanent Forum

[Interactive dialogue]

Side-events

10:00am-11:30am	CRB	The Significance of Indigenous Literatures in the Pacific & to Pacific Rim (California) Native people	University of California Riverside	EN\|ES\|FR
11:30am-1:00pm	CRB	Barriers to Electoral Participation for Indigenous Voters	The Carter Center	EN\|ES
1:15pm-2:30pm	CR4	Updates on the developing a new International Mechanism for International Repatriation of Indigenous Peoples Sacred Items and Human Remains	International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)	EN\|ES\|RU
	CRB	GEF Small Grants Programme Indigenous Peoples Fellowship programme	UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme
	FF Amartya Sen	SHARING EXPERIENCES: Challenges and Opportunities in using indigenous knowledge systems in resource management	Shubenacadie Band Council
	FF Rio	Reframing Rights in the Blue Continent: Examining the extent to which seabed mining within and beyond the waters of national jurisdiction implicates the rights of Pacific indigenous peoples	Indigenous World Association
	CR7	Indigenous People’s Rights and the Impacts of extractive industries in the Americas and Africa	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights/IWGIA	EN\|ES
	CR12	Operationalizing the inclusion of Indigenous and Local Knowledge and Practices (ILK) in the IPBES Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services	Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
3:00pm-4:30pm	CRB	The Role of Indigenous Leaders in Supporting Inclusive and Equitable Measures to Implement the UNDRIP	Conservation International, Indigenous Information Network and the Indigenous
4:30pm-6:00pm	CRB	Indigenous Peoples and new approaches for inclusion in forest policy: Lessons from the Community Based REDD+ Initiative	UNDP REDD+ Team and UNDP SGP	EN\|ES\|FR