Guidelines for Norway’s Efforts to Strengthen Support for Indigenous Peoples in Development Cooperation

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for the guidelines.

Norway will:
• continue to include and strengthen the human rights perspective in Norway's efforts to support indigenous peoples
• ensure that there is a connection between norm-related work on indigenous issues and projects to support indigenous peoples in development cooperation
• ensure coherent, coordinated administration of support for indigenous peoples
• intensify efforts to support indigenous peoples, particularly in Africa and Asia
• raise awareness of the work being done to support indigenous peoples
• include representatives of Norway's indigenous peoples in relevant areas of activity relating to indigenous peoples
• ensure that there is focus on indigenous issues in the work that is being done on biological diversity in tropical rainforests, in accordance with the commitments made in the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development.