▪ Scholarships for
indigenous representatives
Program of Action to strengthen the
participation of indigenous peoples in the Inter-American system
The Department of International Law has an Action Program aimed
at increasing the strengths, skills, and capacities of the
indigenous peoples of the Americas through training and
empowerment events.
The DIL awards scholarships for workshops and training courses
to indigenous leaders and to public officials and persons from
NGOs who work with indigenous peoples.
The DIL offers courses on good governance, the inter-American
system, and political participation by women, as well as
workshops on the logical framework approach to project
preparation.
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The Specific Fund to Support the
Elaboration of the American Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples
The Specific Fund of Voluntary Contributions to Support the
Elaboration of the American Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples provides financial support for participation
by indigenous peoples’ representatives in the efforts by the
Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as in other activities of
the Group. This financial support is limited to defraying the
costs directly related to the participation by indigenous
peoples’ representatives in the process of elaborating the Draft
Declaration, including travel, per diem, and health insurance
expenses and those directly related to the logistics of the
Indigenous Peoples’ caucus.
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