In many of GIZ’s partner countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, poverty and injustice determine the lives of indigenous peoples and other ethnic minorities. For decades they have sought a more comprehensive political role and called for support in claiming their rights: above all, the rights to self-determination and to political recognition. A large number of indigenous organisations at local, regional and national levels support and work toward these goals. 

In order to make more efficient use of its many years of experience and professional expertise in working together with indigenous peoples, GIZ (former GTZ) in 2002 established the

• Coordination Office for Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean
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