1. Issues
Respect for, preservation and maintain of traditional knowledge, innovations and practices
Promotion of wider application
Equitable sharing of associated benefits
Customary use
Exchange of information
Cooperation for the development and use of indigenous and traditional technologies

2. Guidance from the COP
Development of national legislation and strategies for the implementation of Article 8(j)
Full and effective participation of indigenous and local communities
Conservation and maintenance of cultural identities and the material base that sustains them
Guidance to the financial mechanism
Request to financial institutions

3. Examples of Bilateral Agencies
Agencia Española para la Cooperación Internacional (AECI): Spanish strategy for cooperation with indigenous peoples (1997), Indigenous Program
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA): partnership with indigenous peoples’ organizations

4. Examples of Regional Banks
Asian Development Bank: Policy on Indigenous Peoples (1998)
Inter-American Development Bank: The Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (1992); Indigenous Peoples and Community Development Unit (1994); more than 250 projects has funded since 1979 that benefit or otherwise impact indigenous communities

5. Examples of Multilateral Institutions
World Bank: OD 4.20; OP/BP 4.10
UNDP: Indigenous Knowledge Programme and Parters in Development Programme, Capacity 21, Regional Programmes, Nationally Executed Programmes and Projects

6. Sources of funding

7. Topics for discussions
Message from the Convention to funding institutions and development agencies
What additional GEF could pursue
Sharing of funding information
Innovative ways of financing