Final workshop: Finding new paths for cooperation: Indigenous Peoples, Academia and Business
As the Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples concludes 15 years of activity, this final workshop will gather indigenous peoples, academics, and other development actors, to discuss the lessons that we have learned, and opportunities for moving forward in a changing global and national environment. In this new climate of shifting funding and political priorities, and the development of new international legislation around environmental and social issues, what is the role of research? What new models for cooperation can we envision? How can informed perspectives about critical issues on the ground reach the decision makers? In particular – what is the role of business?
Programme
Venue: Teorifagbygget, House 4, Room 4.213, Breivika, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Campus Tromsø.
Monday 25th January
| 11:30 - 13.00 | Registration at University Campus, in the hall outside the venue for the seminar. |
| 12:00 - 13:00: | Lunch, canteen, Teorifagbygget House 6 (TEO H6) |
| 13:00 - 13.30: |
Opening of the workshop: Jennifer Hays, Chair, Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples: New Paths for Cooperation: The way forward for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples Else Grete Broderstad, Academic Director, Centre for Sami Studies: Beyond statistics: 15 years of Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples |
| Session 1: |
Norwegian government policy and development strategies towards Indigenous Peoples: Current trends and possibilities
This session will discuss the impact of recent cuts in the Norwegian development budget, in particular what this means for collaboration with indigenous peoples. Speakers will include representatives from Norwegian and Sami political leadership; as well as NGOs and academia who are affected by these strategies and priorities.
| 13:30 - 15:30: |
Round table presentations from invited speakers: Knut Lakså, Norad: Norwegian development aid – current trends and priorities Aili Keskitalo, Sami Parliament in Norway: Introduction to the Sámi Parliament’s international work and the solidarity dimension Sidsel Saugestad, professor emerita Department of Archeology and Social anthropology, UiT: A turn of the pendulum. The decline of Norwegian policy attention to Sami and indigenous issues Vidar Wie Østlie, Namibiaforeningen: Norwegian Development Coöperation with Indigenous Peoples: an example from Namibia Haldis Kårstad, Norwegian Church Aid: Working with indigenous peoples in Norwegian Church Aid’s global programs, challenges and successes |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Moderated Discussion |
| 18:00 | Dinner at Árdna, the Sami cultural building on campus |
Tuesday 26th January
| 08:30 | Coffee |
| Session 2 |
Business and Indigenous Peoples
This session will examine ‘new models’ of engagement with IP on the part of industry and business, and explore possibilities to define them.
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Round table presentations from invited speakers: Cathy Howlett, Senior Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment/Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia: Mining and communities: an Australian study of how national and international norms on CSR and community rights influence corporate practices Ken Coates, Director ICNGD, University of Saskatchewan: New models of engagement with IP on the part of industry and business: examples from the Canadian North |
| 10:00 - 10:30: | Discussion |
| 10:30: |
Coffee |
| Session 3 |
The Way Forward: This final session will outline new possibilities. How can we address these issues and what role should Universities, and researchers, play? How can we bridge the gap between research on the ground and decision-making processes? Where will resources come from? What kind of network can we establish?
| 11:00 – 12:00 |
Roundtable presentations from invited speakers (incl discussion): Siri Damman, Rainforest Foundation: Strengthening indigenous peoples’ rights in Norwegian and Nordic development and foreign policy Anders Blom, Chair Protect Sápmi: Ideas for the design of an Arctic Stewardship Laila Susanne Vars, Director Gáldu: The New Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities for Indigenous Peoples Svein-Roald Nystø, Chair of the board of Sesam, and special advisor Árran Lulesami Center: Ethical guidelines as a key to coöperation |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Final Discussion: Identifying ‘new paths for cooperation’ |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |