Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Organization (CIPO) is an Indigenous Peoples (IP)-led and managed organization that combines the best knowledge of IPs and Cambodian society with the ability to creatively respond to the needs for support from the IPs in Cambodia. Since it established in 30 June 2014, CIPO has been playing unique roles in facilitate the Cambodian IPs to take charge on their culture and tradition and their customary rights to land and natural resources in their community. By December 2020, CIPO achieved a remarkable milestone of fruitfully completed its first five-year strategic plan’s implementation (2016-2020). The results of the evaluation of the its first SP confirmed that the CIPO programs were inter-connected and responded to the priority needs of the indigenous communities (ICs) for conserving identity, culture, customary and tradition; securing land territory; and improving living condition.
CIPO has a strong belief that the indigenous peoples (IP), who have an in-depth understanding of the local context, can work effectively (with relevant partners/stakeholders) to make real and sustainable changes to the IPs society. Co-founded by a woman who is Bunong’s ethnic1 from Mondulkiri province, CIPO is a totally IP-led and managed organization that combines the best knowledge of IPs (locally and internationally) and Cambodian society with the ability to creatively respond to the needs for support from the IPs in Cambodia.
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CIPO is an Indigenous Peoples (IPs)-led organization that combines the best knowledge of IP and Cambodian society context with the ability to creatively respond to the needs, for supports, of the IPs in Cambodia.
CIPO wants to see IPs have self-determination on development and conservation within the multi-cultural society of Cambodia.
CIPO exists to strengthen the capacity and support the strategic initiative of the IPs in land and natural resources management, conservation of identity and culture, and socio/economic development.
CIPO’s goal is IPs have solidarity and participate in land and natural resources management, conservation of identity and culture, and socio/economic development.
Reporting will be conducted in a variety of ways according to the stakeholders concerned. Quarterly reports are prepared for the Board and relevant government departments. The organization produces an Annual Report for relevant stakeholders. Audits and donor reports are produced as required.
This case study has been carried out from early September through the end of October
Groups of people who share the same family, economic and social structure and have the
Generally, distinct indigenous peoples’ groups who are living in Cambodia and have their own distinctive
The Ministry of Environment on Friday approved the registration of the Yeak Laom Lake community
Under Agenda Item 11: Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and
On February 12, 2019, Monday morning the Bunong community conducted the press conference to disclose
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The community of Preah Vihear shall rally at the provincial court as four of it’s
