President Lula, together with 17 ministers of State, presided the CNPI as a way to strengthen the institution. In 2008, 10 regional seminars were organized with the participation of 1.150 indigenous leaders to discuss the Bill n 2,057/91 that establishes the Statute of indigenous peoples. Following these seminars a consensus proposal was elaborated between the representatives of the indigenous peoples and the governmental agencies, and was presented to the National Congress. On the recommendation of the CNPI, a working group on the territorial and environmental administration of indigenous lands has been created in 2009. This group is made up of experts from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Environment, as well as indigenous leaders, to discuss the issue. Five regional meetings will be held with a large indigenous participation to collect propositions, and at the end a decree will be edited by the President of the Republic on the territorial and environmental administration of indigenous lands. In the course of the year 2009, the FUNAI and the Ministry of Education, also upon the recommendation of the CNPI, organised regional conferences on the creation of “ethno educational” territories to handle indigenous education. The national Conference on school education of indigenous people will take place between 16 and 20 November, with the aim to define its model. We should note that the coordination of the indigenous school education, which is part of the Ministry of Education, has an indigenous person as the coordinator. The government continues to be committed for a policy that is shared with indigenous peoples so as to create mechanisms that guarantee to indigenous people the right to participate in the administration of their heritage and policies related to their rights and interests. I thank you for your attention. Note about the translation: The speaker never uses the term “Indigenous Peoples”, that is why we translated “indigenous people”, as a common noun.