System-wide action plan (SWAP)

he system-wide action plan covers six elements:

1 )   Raise awareness of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples　

• a) Conduct a high-level awareness-raising initiative
• b) Develop a succinct set of key messages based on the UNDRIP
• c) Develop and launch a media and outreach campaign

2 )   Support the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, particularly at the country level

• a) Support national partners in the reform and implementation of legal frameworks, policies, strategies and plans to further the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, through joint programming and other initiatives
• b) Support the mainstreaming of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and International Labour Organization Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) in national development plans and in common country assessments and United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks
• c) Promote the establishment or strengthening of consultative mechanisms and platforms of dialogue under the leadership of the resident coordinators

3 )   Support the realization of indigenous peoples’ rights in the implementation and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable   Development

• a) Incorporate indigenous issues into programming to implement the 2030 Agenda and ensure such programming is consistent with the provisions of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• b) Promote the participation of indigenous peoples in programmes, projects and other activities related to the implementation and review of the 2030 Agenda, including the participation of indigenous women, persons with disabilities, older persons, children and youth;
• c) Where possible, ensure that information is gathered and disseminated on progress in implementing the 2030 Agenda for indigenous peoples.

4 )   Map existing standards and guidelines, capacities, training materials and resources within the United Nations system, international financial institutions and the members of the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues for the effective implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

5 )   Develop the capacities of States, indigenous peoples, civil society and United Nations personnel

• a) Integrate indigenous peoples’ issues into existing capacity development activities
• b) Develop the capacities of United Nations staff at all levels
  • Technical capacity development
  • Regional and subregional training activities
  • Online capacity development on indigenous issues
• c) Capacity development for Member State officials
• d) Training representatives of indigenous people’s institutions and organizations

6 )   Advance the participation of indigenous peoples in United Nations processes

The United Nations system is already at work implementing the action plan, which was introduced to indigenous peoples and member states at the 15th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in May 2016.

1 )   Raise awareness of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Develop and launch a media and outreach campaign 

• Trello Board: Indigenous peoples outreach material from across the UN –  United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI)

4 )   Map existing standards and guidelines, capacities, training materials and resources within the United Nations system, international financial institutions and the members of the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues for the effective implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

United Nations system

• Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues

European Union (EU)

• EU policy on indigenous peoples

Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina y El Caribe (Fondo Indígena)

• Fondo Indigena Institutional Policies

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Free Prior and Informed Consent: An indigenous peoples’ right and a good practice for local communities. Manual for project practitioners.
• FAO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
• Indigenous Peoples’ food systems & well-being
• FAO’s work on Indigenous People/Traditional Knowledge and Biodiversity

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

• IADB Operational Policy on Indigenous Peoples

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

• IFAD Policy on Engagement with Indigenous Peoples

International Labour Organization (ILO)

• ILO and Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
• C107 – Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention, 1957 (No. 107)
• C169 – Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)
• Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: From Victims to Change Agents through Decent Work (2016)

International Land Coalition (ILC)

• ILC and Indigenous Peoples

Office of the High Commissionner on Human Rights (OHCHR)

• OHCHR and Indigenous Peoples
• Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
• United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples
• Fact sheet: Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Human Rights System (2013)
• A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2013)
• Free, Prior and Informed Consent of Indigenous Peoples (2013)

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

• Indigenous and Minority Children
• Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women (2013)
• Promoting the Rights of Indigenous Children and Women: A stocktaking of UNICEF’s approach and practice (2009)

Secretariat of the Convention on Biodiversity (SCBD)

• CBD and Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices
• The Tkarihwaié:ri Code of Ethical Conduct to Ensure Respect for the Cultural and Intellectual Heritage of Indigenous and Local Communities
• Akwé: Kon Voluntary Guidelines for the Conduct of Cultural, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment regarding Developments Proposed to Take Place on, or which are Likely to Impact on, Sacred Sites and on Lands and Waters Traditionally Occupied or Used by Indigenous and Local Communities

World Bank (WB)

• Indigenous Latin America in the Twenty-First Century

5 )   Develop the capacities of States, indigenous peoples, civil society and United Nations personnel

Office of the High Commissionner on Human Rights (OHCHR)

• Indigenous Fellowship Programme

UN-DESA prepared a series of background notes that informed the development of the action plan. These background notes were prepared in the summer of 2015 and are based on existing analysis already made by indigenous peoples, Member States, UN agencies, funds and programmes as well as the three indigenous specific mechanisms: The Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

In March-April, UN-DESA also disseminated questionnaires among Member States and indigenous peoples requesting their inputs on the action plan, as well as other matters related to follow-up to the World Conference. The responses to the questionnaire informed the preparation of the Progress Report of the Secretary General on the follow-up to the World Conference (A/70/84).

UN-DESA conducted an interactive dialogue on the follow-up to the World Conference during the 14th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues April 2015) and a second interactive consultation on 24 July at the 8th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva.

Overview: Summary and analysis of Background Notes1-11 for the development of the action plan

1) The Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: An evaluation of challenges and facilitating factors for implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

2) Information provided by Member States to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues through annual questionnaires (2011-2015): An evaluation of challenges and facilitating factors for implementation of the Forum’s recommendations and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

3) Information provided by United Nations Agencies, Funds and Programmes to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues through annual questionnaires (2011-2015): An evaluation of challenges and facilitating factors for implementation of the Forum’s recommendations and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

4) Overview of the Findings of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

5) Overview of the Findings of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

6) Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of indigenous Peoples: Obstacles identified and recommendations made by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

7) Online questionnaire on the follow-up to the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples: Inputs from Indigenous Peoples on implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

8) Questionnaire on the follow-up to the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples: Inputs from Member States on Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

9) Policies and guidelines on indigenous peoples by the United Nations system and other international organizations

10) United Nations Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership: Lessons learned – Extracted from the UNIPP Consolidated Annual Progress Report 2014

11) Indigenous Peoples and the Post 2015 Development Agenda

System-wide action plan in all UN languages (E/C.19/2016/5)

System-wide action plan publication

Statement of Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, at the 71st session of the General Assembly