Application forms 2011 UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations

Dear all,

Please click on the link below to download the 2011 application form for the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations. The fund provides financial assistance to indigenous delegates wishing to attend the 4th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the 10th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Please be kindly reminded that the deadline for applying is 1st october 2010. If you need more information you can consult our website http://www2.ohchr.org/english/about/funds/indigenous/ or contact us by email: mclerc@ohchr.org.

Mélanie Clerc
Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Unit
UN Voluntary Fund on Indigenous Populations
UN Voluntary Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Office Motta 2.31
Email: mclerc@ohchr.org
Postal adress: OHCHR - Palais des Nations
CH 1211 Geneva, 10
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 928 9737
Fax: +41 22 928 9010

Small Grants Programme under the Second Decade

Applications for grants under the Small Grants Programme under the Second Decade will be accepted between 1 July 2010 and 1 October 2010

Applications for grants under the Small Grants Programme under the Second Decade will be accepted between 1 July 2010 and 1 October 2010. Applications are to be submitted to: indigenousfund@un.org during this time period. Applications submitted outside of this time period or to other email addresses will not be considered for funding. The proposals will be assessed by the Bureau of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in May 2011 and successful applicants will receive notice thereafter. A list of organizations awarded grants will also be posted on this website.

Please note:
- Project must have a focus on indigenous peoples
- All applicants must submit their project proposals in accordance with the Trust Fund
Project Proposal Format and include both a summary sheet and a proposal document
- Projects will be disregarded if the required information is not present.
- Additional information pertaining to the proposal will not be accepted beyond the deadline of submission (1 October 2011)

Please visit our webpage to obtain updated grant information and application
materials: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/second_trustfund.html

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Las solicitudes para subvenciones del Programa de Pequeñas Donaciones dentro del marco del Segundo Decenio Fondo Fiduciario para el Segundo Decenio serán aceptadas entre el 1 de julio y el 1 de octubre del 2010.

Las solicitudes deben ser enviadas a: indigenousfund@un.org durante este plazo. Las solicitudes recibidas fuera de este plazo o enviadas a otras direcciones de email no serán consideradas. Las solicitudes serán evaluadas en mayo del 2011 y los candidatos exitosos serán notificados después de esta fecha. La lista de las organizaciones que reciban subsidios estará disponible en esta página web.

Por favor tomar en consideración:
- El proyecto debe tener un enfoque sobre pueblos indígenas
- Todos los candidatos deben someter sus propuestas de proyecto de acuerdo con
el formato de Propuesta del Proyecto y adjuntar la hoja resumen y el documento
de propuesta.
- Los proyectos que no tengan la información requerida no serán considerados.
- Información adicional relacionada con la propuesta no será aceptada una vez
vencido el plazo de presentación (1 de octubre de 2010).

Visite por favor esta página web para obtener información y materiales actualizados sobre las solicitudes: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/es/second.html

Indigenous Leaders Conservation Fellowship

The Indigenous Leaders Conservation Fellowship is sponsored by Conservation International to create opportunities for leaders and scholars from indigenous and traditional peoples’ communities and organizations to explore solutions to the impacts of climate change and the threats to ecosystems and biodiversity that are affecting their lands, communities and livelihoods. The program will focus on supporting the fellow’s research and demonstration of the contribution of traditional knowledge in adapting to climate change and maintaining healthy ecosystems, and how that knowledge can work with science and new technologies to influence policy and action.

Fellowship details

This year-long fellowship will be offered to four candidates. Two fellowships will be awarded within the topic of Biodiversity, and two within the topic of Climate Change.

The fellows will design research projects and produce reports about the potential contributions of their communities/organizations to biodiversity conservation plans and policies and strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Each research project must incorporate the contribution of traditional knowledge and practices. To accomplish this research project, each fellow will work directly with her/his own community or local indigenous /traditional organization.

Who can apply?

1. Applicants must be a member of an indigenous/traditional community and/or organization.


2. Fellows must choose between two categories: Biodiversity Conservation or Climate Change. Furthermore, each topic is geographically specific.

a. For individuals interested in Biodiversity Conservation: Applicants should focus proposals in the following areas: management of community conserved lands/indigenous territories and/or community managed marine areas, traditional knowledge, or development of community protocols for issues of access and benefit sharing. Applicants will be considered from the following countries: Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Samoa, Fiji, Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana, South Africa, Cambodia, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, and Mexico.

b. For Individuals interested in Climate Change, applicants should focus proposals in the following two areas:

· Adaptation: Applicants should focus on community efforts to engage in adaptation through ecosystem-based approaches (including the value and needs of ecosystems in decision making) and participatory processes. This could include looking at how to integrate traditional and local knowledge and scientific information to understand climate risk and potential adaptation actions. Applications for the Adaptation Fellowship will be considered from the following countries: South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana, Madagascar, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Indonesia, Samoa, and Philippines.

· Mitigation: Applications should focus on role of forest in mitigating climate change, traditional knowledge in maintaining forest and/or the contributions of traditional knowledge to reduced emissions for deforestation and forest degradation. Applications will be considered from the following countries: Indonesia, Guyana, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar and Suriname.

3. There are no age or gender limitations to this fellowship.

4. You must be flexible and able to travel nationally and internationally.

The deadline for this application is June 11th, 2010. Please e-mail the application below to indigenousfellow@conservation.org along with your CV, a nomination letter from your sponsoring community/organization, and a letter explaining your interest in the fellowship and how your work will contribute to the community.

Download the application:

Indigenous Leaders Conservation Fellowship Application Form in English (DOC - 47 KB)

Beca de Conservación para Líderes Indígenas Formulario de Solicitud en Español (DOC - 51 KB)

First Week of UN Indigenous Forum Ends

United Nations, NY (UCTP Taino News) – The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, a UN body mandated to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights ended its first week of work today. Government representatives, UN agencies, and indigenous representatives from around the world presented reports and statements on key areas of concern.

See full story at UCTP Taino News

New Logistical Information for the PFII

** Attention - New Logistical Information for the Ninth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues**

From Monday 19th - Wednesday 21, and on Friday 23rd April, the UNPFII will be held in the General Assembly Hall.

Side Events:
Special Passes will be required for those Side Events taking place in any of the following Conference Rooms: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8,A, B, E.

· Most of the Special passes will be provided to event organizers for them to distribute.

· The remaining passes will be available from Secretariat staff members who will be in the General Assembly Lobby of the UN Headquarters building, from 12.30pm - 1.30pm each day.

· For side events taking place on 21 April, Wednesday morning in the NLB, Secretariat staff will distribute the remaining passes from 9:30 to 10am at the General Assembly Lobby.

· No special passes are required for side events taking place in the DC1, DC2, UNICEF or FF buildings.


On Thursday 22 April, the UNPFII will be held in Conference Room 1 in the newly constructed temporary building, located on the North Lawn Building (NLB) located on the North Lawn of the United Nations grounds.The capacity of the meeting room is much smaller than the General Asembly Hall so there will be a limit to the numbers of people allowed into the NLB building (590 people). Therefore, the following arrangements will be put in place:

For the UNPFII session on Thursday morning
· 15 passes with will be provided to each of the caucauses: Global, Women, Youth and Regional x 7.
· One pass will be given to each organization by Secretariat staff in the General Assembly Lobby.
· Any left over passes will be given on first come –first serve basis, also in the General Assembly Lobby.

*In the spirit of good faith, if your organization received a pass through the caucaus, it would be appreciated if you do not accept additional organization passes.

For the UNPFII session on Thursday afternoon
· 15 passes with will be provided to each of the caucuses: Global, Women, Youth and Regional x 7.

· One pass will be given to each organization, with priority to North American organizations by Secretariat staff in the General Assembly Lobby.

· Any left over passes will be given on first come –first serve basis, also in the General Assembly Lobby.

*In the spirit of good faith, if your organization received a pass through the caucaus, it would be appreciated if you do not accept additional organization passes.