Tebtebba Foundation, the Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for
Policy Research and Education, was established in 1996. Tebtebba,
"discourse" from the Philippine indigenous Kankanaey
dialect, is firmly committed to the recognition, protection and promotion of
indigenous peoples' rights worldwide.
Tebtebba's main thrust is to help build the capacity of indigenous
peoples to assert their rights and articulate their own analyses and
perspectives on issues directly affecting them.
To support its advocacy work , Tebtebba conducts
researches on issues and policies that directly impact on indigenous
peoples.
Its advocacy work is aimed at influencing United Nations
processes as they affect indigenous peoples rights; monitoring the World
Trade Organization, the multilateral financial institutions like the
World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the UN Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD) and other multilateral bodies.
Part of its capacity-building program includes holding trainings
and workshops for indigenous leaders and providing consultancy services for
indigenous peoples' organizations and movements.
In order for indigenous peoples to be informed of developments that
affect them and for indigenous peoples views and perspectives to be
popularized, Tebtebba comes up with several regular and special
publications.
