Regional Workshop on Indigenous Peoples and Communal Land Management in Asia
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines, 8-9 December 2004
Asian Development Bank joins indigenous peoples and development
agencies in celebrating the completion of the ‘International Decade
of World’s Indigenous Peoples’. As part of this celebration, RSES
and BPHR organized this workshop to highlight the distinctive relationship
between indigenous peoples and their habitat through the presentation
of in-depth case studies in Asia on communal land management.
- clarify various definitions of indigenous peoples (e.g. tribal,
ethnic minorities, cultural minorities, scheduled tribes, scheduled
castes, and religious minorities) as applied in diverse socioeconomic
settings
- identify socioeconomic and political processes which marginalize
indigenous peoples from the management of their traditional habitat
- examine the adequacy of policies and action programs that aim
to address the above processes
The workshop will enable participants to:
- identify indigenous peoples in diverse socioeconomic environments
- apply ADB’s Indigenous Peoples’ Policy (IPP) and Operations
Manual (OM) F-3 (Indigenous Peoples) in ADB operations
- share knowledge on communal land management and the processes
that marginalize indigenous peoples from the management of their
traditional habitat
- contribute to the preparation of the Indigenous Peoples handbook:
A Guide to Good Practice which would address the above issues
- Scarlett Epstein, Professor Emeritus, Sussex
University and Director, Practical Education and Gender Support,
UK
- June Prill Brett, Professor at the University
of the Philippines in Baguio, Philippines
- Lorelei Mendoza, Professor at the University
of the Philippines in Baguio, Philippines
- Kinsuk Mitra, President of Winrock International,
New Delhi, India
- John McAndrew, Advisor, Cooperation Committee
for Cambodia, Phnom Penh
- Ouer II, Advisor, Cooperation Committee for
Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Parthapriya Ghosh, Consultant Resettlement
Specialist, New Delhi, Cambodia
- Jamshed Tirmizi, Director, International Development
Management Consultants, Inc. Canada
- Hari Mathur, Former Chief Secretary Rajasthan
State, Staff Consultant, ADB, Jaipur, India
- Ashish John, Researcher, Community-based Natural
Resources Management Project, Ratnakiri, Cambodia
- Jayantha Perera, Social Safeguard Specialist,
RSES, ADB
- Indira Simbolon, Social Development Specialist,
RSES, ADB
- Manoshi Mitra, Senior Social Development Specialist,
MKAE, ADB
- Ruben Z. Martinez, Associate Social Safeguard
Analyst, RSES, ADB
Professional Staff and National Officers involved in operations work, working in sector divisions and coordinating offices, social development specialists, and other interested staff.
Natasha Davis
Training Specialist
Email: ndavis@adb.org
Jayantha Perera
Social Safeguard Specialist
Email: jperera@adb.org
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