PAHO is an international public health agency with more than 90 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. It serves as the specialized organization for health of the Inter-American System. Since 1993 PAHO has established a specific program supporting research and indigenous peoples health projects throughout Latin America & the Caribbean.

El Instituto de la UNESCO para la Educación se encarga dentro de la UNESCO del area de educación de adultos.
Hemos desde 1997, desarrollado un area que se llama aprendizaje de adultos en su contexto cultural, el cual se
enfoca no solo en población indígena sino tambien en minorias culturales y linguisticas en todo el mundo.

This site-prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights- is designed to provide indigenous peoples with practical information on the operations and procedures of the United Nations (UN) and its various agencies related to human rights and development.

El Programa de Formación en Educación Intercultural Bilingüe para los Países Andinos (PROEIB) constituye una experiencia destinada a apoyar la consolidación de la educación intercultural bilingüe (EIB) en los Andes, principalmente a través de la formación de los recursos humanos que este nuevo tipo de educación requiere para trascender los ámbitos del pilotaje y de la experimentalidad a los que en muchos casos se ha visto relegada.

CAF is a multilateral financial institution whose mission is to promote the sustainable development of its shareholder countries and regional integration within Latin America. This site describes its program supporting sustainable development.

The UNESCO Management of Social transformations Programme (MOST) focuses on issues related to multiculturalism, globalisation and other social concerns.

The fourth session of the Permanent Forum will take place from 16 to 27 May 2005 at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York. The theme of the fourth session of the Permanent Forum is: “Millennium Development Goals and indigenous peoples”, with special emphasis on Goal 1: “Eradicate extreme poverty and Hunger” and Goal 2: “Achieve universal primary education”. The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted a resolution to establish a Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues in more...

The approach of the Indigenous Peoples and Community Development Unit of the IDB to indigenous peoples is three-pronged: facilitating access by indigenous people to mainstream Bank operations; identifying innovative projects to address the specific demands and needs of indigenous peoples; and strengthening current practices to avoid, mitigate or compensate for impacts generated by development projects.

This document, prepared as the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) submission to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 2001, outlines activities within the ILO that pertain to indigenous and tribal peoples. The ILO’s goals fall within two major areas: (i) supervision of two UN Conventions relating to indigenous and tribal peoples; and (ii) providing needed technical assistance within that framework. This extensive and detailed document examines recent progress more...