Education for Indigenous Peoples (2013, No. 9) Open

The 31st GWI Conference resolves that:

1. National Affiliates and Associations (NFAs) urge their respective governments to collaborate with indigenous leaders to provide designated educational funding that includes resources for Early Childhood Education, school infrastructure, equipment, books, information technology, skills development and a core approved curriculum which is culturally sensitive;
2. NFAs urge their respective governments to index such funding to inflation and adjust it annually for population increase; and
3. NFAs urge national, provincial, state, territorial and indigenous governments to work together to create a system of accountable, funded and quality education.

Suggested Action:

1. NFAs become familiar with the educational situation of indigenous peoples in their country;
2. NFAs become familiar with the terms of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, monitor and report on its implementation;
3. NFAs urge their national governments to develop and share best practices in indigenous education, in collaboration with indigenous peoples;
4. NFAs urge their government(s) to include reports on the implementation of the Declaration in mandated reports under human rights’ treaties;
5. NFAs urge their governments to report on the actions taken on the recommendation of the special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People at the end of his/her visit; and
6. NFAs work with national human rights institutions to assist in the implementation of the Declaration.