Registration is Open: Indigenous Peoples at the UN, Project Access Online

[Agustina Rato]

Are you an Indigenous representative looking to engage with the United Nations? Do you work with Indigenous peoples and want to support them in their advocacy efforts? The United Nations Development Programme and Tribal Link Foundation are pleased to offer a FREE self-paced course on Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations.

This course draws on Tribal Links’ flagship training program, Project Access Capacity Building Training Workshop for Indigenous Peoples, which has been training Indigenous leaders to advocate at the UN for over 15 years. The course contains three modules that will bring together leading Indigenous experts who will share their expertise on relevant UN and multi-stakeholder forums.

The course will be offered in English and
will become available on 8 April 2021.
Versions in other languages are forthcoming. The course is aimed at Indigenous
representatives interested in engaging with the United Nations but is open to
everyone.

Learning objectives:

By the time the course in completed, you will:

Become
familiar with the history of Indigenous peoples’ movement for recognition
at the United Nations
Understand
opportunities for Indigenous peoples’ engagement and advocacy at the
United Nations
Have
the knowledge of the entry points for Indigenous peoples’ engagement with
various bodies and mechanisms of the United Nations.

Course topics:

The course will cover the following topics:

Module
1: History of Indigenous peoples at the UN
Module
2: The United Nations Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues
Module
3: Opportunities for Indigenous peoples’
engagement at other United Nations fora

Course highlights and outcomes:

Gain
a deeper understanding of the history and impact of Indigenous peoples’
advocacy at the UN
Understand
the key platforms for advocacy at the UN
Gain
the skills to effectively advocate on Indigenous issues at the UN
Join
a community-of-practice committed to effective Indigenous advocacy at the
UN

Receive a certificate of
completion from the course partners

Register here https://cutt.ly/yxyaZpU

More info info@learningfornature.org.