Indigenous Week 2021

08 - 12 February 2021

The Indigenous Week is hosting the side events of the fifth global meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD.

The events are organized by indigenous peoples’ organizations, IFAD and its partners, and will be streamed in this website, bringing together indigenous and afro-descendants chefs, filmmakers, advocates and more.

They will feed into the discussions of the Forum, including the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples on the upcoming 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, and to raise awareness on issues affecting indigenous peoples. 

The Indigenous Peoples’ Film Festival takes place during the whole week.

Monday, 8 February
15:00–16:00 Chefs storytelling: The value of Indigenous and Afro-descendant food systems - watch the webcast

Tuesday, 9 February
13:00–14:00 Indigenous Peoples’ Assistance Facility on resilient food systems: Solutions from indigenous youth in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic - watch the webcast
14:30–15:30 UNESCO event - Indigenous languages for eradication of hunger and support of indigenous food systems - Agenda | watch the webcast

Wednesday, 10 February
13:00–14:00 ILC-IWGIA event - Advancing indigenous peoples’ land and territorial rights
15:00–16:00 Making beneficiaries the lead characters – working with Free, Prior and Informed Consent - watch the webcast

Thursday, 11 February
13:00–14:00 Implementing drone, static sensors, big data and crop monitoring for Indigenous Peoples (in Spanish) - watch the webcast
15:00–16:00 Discussion with Director Jhonny Hendrix on Afro-descendant issues in the film Chocó - watch the webcast

Friday, 12 February
13:00–14:30 Biodiversity conservation and agroecological transitions: A dialogue with Indigenous Peoples - Agenda | watch the webcast
15:00–16:00 Slow Food event – Pastoralism: Protecting traditions and biodiversity - watch the webcast