Calendar of Events – Indigenous Peoples Meetings

May 2004, New York

Date

Time

Location / Organizer
Event / Purpose of Event
Target Audience
/ World Bank Role / Participation [to be confirmed]

Thu, 5/6

9:00-17:00
@ WB Office
1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
885 2nd Ave., 26th fl. (2nd Ave. betw. 47th and 48th St.)
Tel (212) 355-5112 / World Bank Grants Facility for Indigenous Peoples
Interim Board Meeting / Interim Board meeting draft agenda: 1) Reflections on process; 2) Updates on grants, funding; 3) Decisions on 2nd tranche; 4) Board selection and process. Audience: for Interim Board members only. / Viktor Kaisiepo, Hassan Id Balkassm, Charles Sena, Tomas Alarcon, A. Kouevi, Stephen Lintner (by video), Navin Rai, Yumi Sera Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, One United Nations Plaza, East 44th Street and First Avenue, Tel: 212-758-1234 . Yumi Sera Cell Phone 703-568-9174

Mon, 5/10

9:00-17:00
@ Ford Foundation
320 East 43rd St / First Nation’s Development Institute
Community of Practice (COP) (1st meeting) / Community of Practice is an advisory board for the World Bank funded project titled, “Providing Best Practices in Indigenous Community Development.” The objective of this meeting is to go over the research project, survey instrument, and get COP input. Audience: 10 IP leaders. / 2 Grants Facility Interim Board Members, Viktor Kaisiepo and Hassan Id Balkassm to participate in event. Yumi to attend from World Bank.

Mon, 5/10

10:00-12:00
12:00-13:00
15:00-18:00 / UNPF
Closed mtg Inter-Agency Support Grp
Opening of Session
Indigenous Women / Special theme of the Indigenous Women session will be marked by a high-level panel and dialogue to stimulate further discussion and analysis on this priority topic of the Forum and to inform consideration of agenda. / Navin Rai (observer)

Tue, 5/11

10:00-18:00 / UNPF
Education / Navin Rai

Tue, 5/ 11

2:00-3: 00
304 East 45th Street, 9th Floor, Rm FF-910
Tel: (212) 906-6191 / UNDP / Global Environment Facility / Small Grants Programme / Meeting with Delfin Ganapin, Global Manager, GEF/Small Grants Program to discuss opportunities for collaboration with Grants Facility for Indigenous Peoples. / Viktor Kaisiepo, Navin Rai, Yumi Sera

Wed, 5/12

10:00-18:00 / UNPF
Education (morning)
Culture (afternoon) / Stephen Lintner (to be confirmed)
Navin Rai

Wed, 5/12

13:00-15:00
Conf Rm 8 / World Bank
UNPF Parallel Event
Poverty and Development of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America / Research project on “Poverty and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America, 1994-2004: A Progress Report on the UN Decade of Indigenous Peoples” by H. Patrinos and G. Hall and a presentation on “Quest and Practice of Indigenous Development, with a strong focus on lessons learned in Latin America” by J. Uquillas. / Harry Patrinos, Gillette Hall, Jorge Uquillas

Thu, 5/13

8:30-9:45 / World Bank
Briefing on Grants Facility for Indigenous Peoples

Thu, 5/13

10:00-18:00 / UNPF
Culture / Stephen Lintner (to be confirmed)
Navin Rai

Thu, 5/13

13:15-14:45
@UNPF / First Nation’s Development Institute
Presentation research project by Rebecca Adamson / During parallel event of the UNPF, Rebecca Adamson will present research project and invite people to attend the 2nd meeting of CoP on 5/15. Audience: UNPF. / Navin Rai (observer)

Fri, 5/14

10:00-18:00 / UNPF
Human Rights / Navin Rai

Fri, 5/14

9:00-17:00
@Open Society Institute
400 West 59th St (9th/10 th Ave) Conference Center, 3rd Fl / First Nation’s Development Institute
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples’ (IFIP) Annual Meeting, “Effective Grantmaking for Indigenous Development” / IFIP is a group of funders whose purpose is to educate funders to be more effective grantmakers to Indigenous communities. Objective: provide grantmakers with opportunity to speak to representatives from Indigenous communities; produce recommendations and guidelines to assist funders in support for Indigenous development; update members on various issues of IP concerns. Viktor and Stephen to present on GFIP and Global Fund for IP; panel includes Rebecca, Myrna Cunningham (CoP), USAID. Audience: 70 participants, primarily from Foundations. / Stephen Lintner, Viktor Kaisiepo, August Cabrera
(Yumi alternate)

Sat, 5/15

10:00-14:00
Holiday Inn, Via Strada Cafe, 440 West 57th Street /
First Peoples Worldwide’s
Community of Practice (COP)
(2nd meeting) / CoP is an advisory board for the World Bank funded project titled, “Providing Best Practices in Indigenous Community Development.” / Navin Rai to liase

Sat, 5/15

/ UNDP / GEF / Small Grants Programme and Equator Initiative
Consultation with Indigenous People representatives on the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment
(Delfin Ganapin) / SGP's breakout workshop on how indigenous communities can access GEF SGP funds (which could be also useful for WB) and how to integrate in projects those components that assure access and benefit sharing and protection of traditional knowledge. Potential linkage to Grants Facility for IP.

Mon, 5/17

10:00-18:00 / UNPF
Human Rights (morning)
Consultations (afternoon) / Steen Jorgensen, Paneer Selvam, Navin Rai

Tue, 5/18

10:00-18:00 / UNPF
Economic, Social Dev (morning)
Environment (afternoon) / World Bank statement on economic / social development of IP in Plenary session / Steen Jorgensen, Navin Rai, Jorge Uquillas

Tue, 5/18

13:15-14:45

Room 1 / World Bank
UNPF Parallel Event
Social Development Strategy / Parallel Event on SD Strategy and IP Projects in Latin America / Steen Jorgensen, Navin Rai, Jorge Uquillas

Wed, 5/19

10:00-18:00 / UNPF
Health (morning)
Consultations (afternoon) / Navin Rai

Wed, 5/19

12:30-17:00
World Bank
885 2nd Ave., 26th Fl (bet. 47th and 48th. St) / World Bank Legal Roundtable
(lunch from 12:30-13:30) / David Freestone , Salman Salman
Steen, Paneer, Navin on call

Thu, 5/20

10:00-18:00 / UNPF
Future Work (morning)
Draft agenda 4th session (afternoon) / Navin Rai

Thu, 5/20

13:15-14:45 / World Bank / IFC
Extractive Industries Review

Fri, 5/21

10:00-18:00 / UNPF
Adoption of report (morning)
Closing (afternoon) / Navin Rai

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