Indigenous Peoples' Development, Diversity, and Inclusion: Emerging and Ongoing Issues in Asia-Pacific - A Webinar Series

ADB's Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC) launched a Webinar Series on Indigenous Peoples’ issues. This initiative is an attempt to put a spotlight on Indigenous Peoples' development concerns and their core priorities, such as participation, equality, and environmental sustainability.

The learning objectives of these webinars are to build awareness and understanding on the following linkages and themes:

PHI: Malacañang Administrative Order No. 108: Task Force on Indigenous People

This document contains details of the creation of the Presidential Task Force on Indigenous Peoples (PTFIP) to ensure that the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) is able to fulfill its mandate so that the rights of the indigenous peoples are protected and recognized in accordance with the Constitution and the IPRA.

BAN: Comparative Analysis of Bangladesh’s Legal Framework and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement: Indigenous Peoples

The term Indigenous Peoples is used in a generic sense to refer to a distinct, vulnerable, social and cultural group possessing the following characteristics in varying degrees: (i) self-identification as members of a distinct indigenous cultural group and recognition of this identity by others; (ii) collective attachment to geographically distinct habitats or ancestral territories in the project area and to the natural resources in these habitats and territories; (iii) customary cultural, economic, social, or political institutions that are separate from those of the dominant society and c

[VIDEO] 24 November 2021 (5:00 p.m. Manila), Consultation on Indigenous Peoples with Civil Society Organizations and other Non-Governmental Stakeholders in in South Asia and Central and West Asia

Safeguard Policy Review and Update (SPRU): This is a video recording of the regional consultation on Indigenous Peoples Safeguards with Civil Society Organizations and other Non-Governmental Stakeholders in South Asia and Central and West Asia taken on 24 November 2021 at 5:00pm (GMT +8) via Zoom.

[VIDEO] 23 November 2021 (10:00 a.m. Manila), Consultation on Indigenous Peoples with Civil Society Organizations and other Non-Governmental Stakeholders in East Asia, Pacific, and Southeast Asia

afeguard Policy Review and Update (SPRU): This is a video recording of the regional consultation on Indigenous Peoples Safeguards with Civil Society Organizations and other Non-Governmental Stakeholders in East Asia, Pacific, and Southeast Asia taken on 23 November 2021 at 10:00am (GMT +8) via Zoom.

ADB is committed to the principles of meaningful consultations and transparency. Participating stakeholders were informed that all proceedings were being recorded, and documentation will be disclosed throughout the consultation process.