Over the last eight years, the World Bank has engaged directly with Indigenous Peoples leaders and their representative Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPOs), demonstrating the World Bank’s commitment to Indigenous Peoples.
The World Bank participates each year in many high level international Indigenous Peoples’ fora, including the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York.
In building wider alliances with the international Indigenous community, the Bank also has collaborated with various IPOs in developing countries.
In addition, as part of the initiative on “Direct Engagement with Forests People in Forest and Climate Change Operations,” the Bank is making a concerted effort to assist Indigenous Peoples to:
strengthen their capacity to effectively participate in the design and implementation of Bank forest and climate change operations
hold a policy dialogue on relevant operations with national governments in selected countries
network with other stakeholder groups; and
access global funds for forests and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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