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The Greenland-based International Training Center of Indigenous Peoples [ITCIP] provides training workshops to indigenous peoples from around the world. The training focuses on the theme "Indigenous Peoples in the International System. The purpose of the ITCIP is to create a learning environment in which representatives for indigenous peoples` organizations and nations from all corners of the world can expand upon their negotiations skills and knowledge of international issues, including human rights issues in order for them to comfortably play central roles in the international decision-making process.



Indigenous peoples` organizations all over the world have been increasingly involved in numerous political negotiations where economic, social, cultural, managerial and other interests vital to their peoples are discussed. These issues can be of local interest, or they can be of regional or global nature. The globalization of the economy, the concern for environmental issues, and the increasing focus on human rights result in a growing interest from the international community, including indigenous communities for these negotiations and their results.



ITCIP offers indigenous peoples from around the world two-week training sessions that focus on Indigenous Peoples in the International System. ITCIP tailors the sessions to provide tools to participants that they need to defend their environments, their cultures and their human rights on the international stage.



ITCIP training participants gain literacy in:

1. existing international instruments;

2. knowledge of international law;

3. advocacy for indigenous rights;

4. negotiating skills;

5. information on sustainable development;

6. conflict resolution.