A/HRC/27/67 overall development process of their country. Australia pursued a policy of focusing on addressing indigenous disadvantage in areas such as education, health services, community development and community safety. 104. States also identified best practices in the area of education and promoting the languages and cultures of indigenous peoples. It was important to include indigenous languages within the education system and develop strategies for implementing bilingual and intercultural education with the participation of indigenous peoples. In addition, cultural centres could be created to promote indigenous cultures. Finally, some States recognized indigenous languages as official languages. 105. To attain the goals of the Declaration, some States indicated that a special budget for consultation with indigenous peoples had been created. Other States provided funds to address issues facing urban indigenous peoples and undertake studies on employability. To this end, States indicated that international financial institutions would need to aid developing countries throughout the implementation process. 106. Norway cited the development of more sustainable policies as a result of consultations between the Sámediggi and the Norwegian Government as a best practice. III. Responses from indigenous peoples, indigenous peoples’ organizations and non-governmental organizations A. Overarching implementation strategies 107. A number of indigenous peoples’ organizations indicated that they had developed strategies to implement the Declaration. In some cases, organizations, such as the Community for the Advancement of Native Studies and the San Support Organizations’ Association of Namibia, had themselves been created specifically as an implementation strategy. The Aldet Centre noted the establishment of Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore International, which focused on the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity and World Intellectual Property Organization instruments on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions. 108. The Comisión Jurídica para el Autodesarrollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos noted that it had developed an overarching strategy to attain the goals of the Declaration, basing its activities on the rights of indigenous peoples to equality and self-determination. One activity had included promoting the creation of a parliament of Qollana Aymara and Quechua peoples across the Peruvian, Chilean and Bolivian borders to develop transborder relationships. 109. Although it had not adopted an overall written strategy for the implementation of the Declaration, the Sami Parliament of Norway reported that it had been engaged in its implementation on a daily basis since its adoption in 2007. 110. Some organizations focused on awareness-raising among indigenous communities and their leadership, the legal community, academics and the wider society. The Indigenous Bar Association had pursued this objective by hosting workshops, posting material for accessible online use and producing an article on experiences of implementation in Canada. The Association cited the Declaration in all its advocacy work. The Naga Women’s Union and Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights had developed implementation strategies to translate the Declaration into indigenous languages and awareness-raising campaigns. The 15

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