Contributions

Contributing sponsors to date:

• The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
• The Saami Council*
• The Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC)*
• The International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)*
• The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs
• Greenland Home Rule Government

Logistical support and resources have been contributed by:

• United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• Indigenous Peoples’ Center for Documentation, Research and Information (doCip)*
• Under-represented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO)*

Additional Endorsements of the Sol-UN Project:

• Indigenous World Association (IWA)*
• International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests (IAITPTF)*
• Incomindios*

We understand endorsements to be the institutional support by an organization or entity of the Sol-UN Project and its role.  Endorsements strengthen the moral force of project outcomes and may enhance funding possibilities to produce future outcomes.

* Indigenous and non-governmental organizations with United Nations ECOSOC consultative status.

Acknowledgements:
We would like to warmly thank our contributing sponsors, logistical supporters and endorsers for their support of the Sol-UN project.  Without them, we would not have been able to fulfill a needed role in the context of international meetings advancing cutting-edge issues on traditional cultures and indigenous peoples' rights.

To sponsor a reporting cycle, research, publications, translation of existing Bulletins, or expansions of this Project:

• Project proposals and budgets for each meeting are available upon request for funding consideration. Please contact the Project Coordinator.
  
  
• Project proposals may likewise be prepared on:
  
  
  • research and analysis of key topics or processes covered;
    
    
  • preparation of publications on key issues within the processes;
    
    
  • thematic briefs;
    
    
  • official background documents to submit to the UN for consideration at future meetings;
    
    
  • retroactive reporting on past meetings and processes based on official UN records;
    
    
  • the translation of published bulletins or other outcomes; and
    
    
  • other ways of extending the services provided by the Sol-UN Project.
    
    
    
• Funders will receive the project outcomes at the end of each reporting cycle and a financial report upon request.
  
  
• Joint funding and matching funds are welcome.
  
  
• Acknowledgements of project donors, technical collaborators and endorsements will be made in the publication of each Bulletin or project outputs, and on the Sol-UN website, unless otherwise requested.
  
  

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