Sentences with phrase «indigenous policy project»

The Media and Indigenous Policy project has investigated why it is so hard for a diversity of voices to be heard in mainstream media debate, and why policymakers, from political leaders to public servants, seem only to listen to those who dominate mainstream media coverage.

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Kiad, Panama / Amsterdam / Bogota — Last Friday, a long - awaited report by an independent panel found that FMO and DEG, the Dutch and German development banks, violated their own policies by failing to adequately assess the risks to indigenous rights and the environment before approving a US$ 50 million loan to GENISA, the developer of the Barro Blanco hydroelectric project in Panama.

Discussions will focus on the role that indigenous peoples and local communities can play in developing projects and policy, the contribution of indigenous peoples to emissions reductions in the Amazon, and the discussions taking place between the State of California and various other states throughout the world.

On Saturday, December 12, 2009, Forest Trends and the Katoomba Group, in partnership with Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza — Bolivia, hosted a side event at COP 15 which focused on the role that indigenous peoples and local communities can play in developing carbon projects and policy.

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For example, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights urged State parties «to consult and seek the consent of the indigenous peoples concerned prior to the implementation of timber, soil or subsoil mining projects and on any public policy affecting them, in accordance with ILO Convention No. 169.

A human rights based approach regards capacity building in Indigenous communities as essential to facilitate their equal and meaningful participation in the planning, design, negotiation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs and projects that affect them.11 Furthermore, it recognises that governments and the private sector have a role in assisting Indigenous peoples in this regard.

The Ministerial Taskforce Charter outlines the government's long term agenda for Indigenous policy while at the same time focusing on the strategies to be put in place urgently to improve outcomes.23 As the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, stated «every dollar spent on Indigenous projects and services must contribute to improved outcomes».24 The Ministerial Taskforce Charter stresses the urgency of improving social and economic well being for Indigenous Australians focusing on housing, health, education, employment, family violence, increasing economic development, improving community safety, and law and justice.

The ongoing suicide crisis in remote Aboriginal communities also remained in the news, with a major new report from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP) expected to call for a radical rethink in Indigenous mental health policy to place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at the centre of care.

My Office will focus particularly on how the lessons from such projects, and the COAG trials, are informing policy to ensure appropriate engagement with Indigenous peoples.

For example, the Indigenous Education Projects - Capital and Non-Capital Project funding is available to schools that can demonstrate projects which advance the objectives of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education PolicProjects - Capital and Non-Capital Project funding is available to schools that can demonstrate projects which advance the objectives of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policprojects which advance the objectives of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy (AEP).

Funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery grant, the project team has analysed 4,000 news and policy items and conducted interviews with more than 50 public servants, journalists and Indigenous policy advocates.

The relationship between media coverage and Indigenous policy making has been investigated in a comprehensive research project, whose findings were reported at a recent symposium at the Univ...

The relationship between media coverage and Indigenous policy making has been investigated in a comprehensive research project, whose findings were reported at a recent symposium at the University of Canberra.

There is a need for governments, the private sector, civil society and international organisations and aid agencies to support efforts to build the capacity of indigenous communities, including in the area of human rights, so that they may participate equally and meaningfully in the planning, design, negotiation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs and projects that affect them.

[191] This was supported by a key finding from the Indigenous Community Governance Project (the Governance Project)[192], conducted by Reconciliation Australia and the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, which stated:

The Project is an important mechanism for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to develop and lead a policy and legislative reform agenda to address challenges to self - determined economic development on the Indigenous Estate.

My Office will also focus on the lessons learned from these projects, as well as the COAG trials, and how these lessons inform policy to ensure appropriate engagement with Indigenous peoples.

A chief concern highlighted by the Indigenous Community Governance Project, a joint research project examining contemporary Indigenous governance conducted by the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research and Reconciliation AustraliProject, a joint research project examining contemporary Indigenous governance conducted by the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research and Reconciliation Australiproject examining contemporary Indigenous governance conducted by the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research and Reconciliation Australia, was:

Indigenous peoples want development with culture and identity where their rights are no longer violated, where they are not discriminated against, excluded or marginalized and where their free, prior and informed consent is obtained before projects and policies affecting them are made and equitable benefit - sharing is recognized and operationalized.

Promoting non-discrimination and inclusion of indigenous peoples in the design, implementation and evaluation of international, regional and national processes regarding laws, policies, programmes and projects;

Promoting non-discrimination and inclusion of indigenous peoples in the design, implementation and evaluation of international, regional and national processes regarding laws, policies, resources, programmes and projects;

adopting targeted policies, programmes, projects and budgets for the development of indigenous peoples, including concrete benchmarks, and particular emphasis on indigenous women, children and youth

[6] For information on the Indigenous Community Governance Project, see Reconciliation Australia, The Indigenous Community Governance Research Project, http://www.reconciliation.org.au/home/projects/indigenous-governance-research-project (viewed 26 November 2010); Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Indigenous Community Governance, http://caepr.anu.edu.au/governance/index.php (viewed 26 November 2010).

[7] J Hunt & D Smith, Indigenous Community Governance Project: Year Two Research Findings, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Working Paper No 36/2007 (2007), p 34.

Government departments should consider native title when developing Indigenous focused policies and projects.