The project, in summary

At this point, the Orientation and Coordination Committee has decided to review the principal themes that have emerged from our meetings to date and to define a new plan of action and activities for the next three years.

The strategic issues have been identified based on the Indigenous Peoples and Governance (IPG) research projects. The purpose of these projects is to allow us to address critical issues and in doing so to make substantial progress and see tangible results; this will also greatly assist in the formulation of policies. If we achieve the expected progress in addressing the key questions, we will have made a significant contribution to the advancement of knowledge in this field, because it will be based on joint and interdisciplinary research.

The key topics being addressed are as follows:

1. The spirit and basis of negotiations: recognition, self-determination, and the meeting structure
   
2. Customary law and the interaction between customary and state law: experience and conceptualization
   
3. Governance practices, public policies and program and service management
   
4. Models of political participation and decision-making in indigenous communities
   
5. Dynamics of inter-governance and federalism
   
6. Resources and economic autonomy for indigenous peoples
   
7. Political and legal alliances between indigenous peoples
   
8. How to break out of colonialism: epistemological renewal in Aboriginal research

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