Indigenous Fellowship Program: Environment, Land Rights, and Indigenous Economies

Indigenous Fellowship Program: Environment, Land Rights, and Indigenous Economies

Transformative change for Indigenous Peoples begins with robust Indigenous leaders. Today, a new cadre of Indigenous leadership is needed for solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises.

This is why the FSC Indigenous Foundation is launching an Indigenous Fellowship Program (IFP) for Indigenous Peoples passionate about creating meaningful changes for their communities around the world, to catalyze change at the local, regional and global levels.

In partnership with USAID and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the FSC-IF invites applications from Indigenous Peoples to exchange, dialogue, and to strengthen their leadership and networks with the aim to facilitate the implementation of a project at the sub-national, national, regional, or global level and to share their experience and learning process with their Indigenous peers. The critical topic areas of this fellowship opportunity are Environment/Climate Change, Land Rights, and Indigenous Economies.

The fellowship aims to bring opportunities to link traditional knowledge of Indigenous Peoples with practices in areas related to management, finance, business development and economies, sustainable resource management, leadership, and other important topics to support long-term Indigenous self-development, self-governance, and self-reliance.

It is our belief that the outcome of this support goes beyond training of participants and translates into real involvement and sharing of experiences for Indigenous communities all around the world.

The Candidate Must:

Applicants must meet all the following eligibility criteria to be considered for fellowship. Approval of training is up to the discretion of the FSC-IF.

Self-identify as Indigenous

Be a resident of a developing country in Latin America, Asia, and Africa

Have experience leading/supporting Indigenous Peoples’ organizations

Have experience developing and implementing projects or initiatives with Indigenous Peoples’ communities

Have demonstrated engagement with Indigenous Peoples rights and in areas related to Indigenous self-development, self-governance, and self-reliance

Have interest in projects aligned with IPARD’s three objectives

Have a good working knowledge of the language spoken in the organization in which the program will take place (English, Spanish, French or Portuguese)

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Indigenous Fellowship Program: Environment, Land Rights, and Indigenous Economies

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