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CIAO DATE: 2/5/2007
Review of the Norwegian Program for Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala
Axel Borchgrevink, Miriam Bolaños
January 2006
Abstract
Administration of the Norwegian Indigenous Peoples Program in Guatemala was transferred from NORAD in Oslo to the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Guatemala in 2002. A strategy for the program was approved in 2004, focusing on the two thematic areas of land rights and bilingual education, with gender and participation as two crosscutting themes. Currently, the program supports 14 organizations, working in different parts of the country. The present review was commissioned in order to assess how the current portfolio corresponds to the approved strategy, and to develop more concrete recommendations for the implementation of this strategy. The review was carried out through a two-week fieldwork in Guatemala in March 2006. The review team was led by Axel Borchgrevink of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, and also consisted of Turid Johansen Arnegaard, advisor on indigenous issues in NORAD, and Miriam Bolaños, program coordinator at the Embassy in Guatemala.
