Members of WAMIP

WAMIP’s membership is organised in a two-tiered system including First Category Members and Supporting Members.

First Category Members

Members are “natural” groupings of mobile indigenous peoples (MIPs) and their sub-groupings, who fit the definition given above.  They agree to adhere to the mission and strategic approach of WAMIP, particularly to the principle of mobility in the use of natural resources through their customary leadership.  Where customary leadership is not an applicable concept, MIPs and their sub-groupings can adhere through their associations and organisations working with MIPs who are controlled by, and respectful of their values and interests as demonstrated by an appropriate process of legitimisation and accountability.  Thus, members include:

1. Natural/traditional/customary groupings of MIPs with a distinctive identity and name.  Examples of such groupings are peoples, nations (as applied to groupings of indigenous peoples), tribes, sub-tribes, clans, sub-clans and lineages, whether officially or customarily recognised;
2. Local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other associations/organisations formed, governed and directed by MIPs or explicitly authorised and delegated by (1) above as their legitimate representatives and directly accountable to them.

Roles for Members 

Members are responsible for policy formulation and decision-making for WAMIP.  Members exercise this role directly through the General Assembly meetings or via electronic communication, or indirectly through the Coordinating Committee.  Members also contribute to the implementation of the programme of work of WAMIP.

If you are interested in becoming a First Category Member of WAMIP, please compete the form below and send it to the WAMIP Programme Officer Samira farahani  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

• WAMIP Membership Form-English
• WAMIP Membership Form-Spanish
• WAMIP Membership Form-French 
  

Also PDF type of Forms are Here:

  Membership information form for Members (forms A and B )

  Membership form for Supporting Members  (Form C for Individuals)

  Membership form for Supporting Members (Form D‐ Supporting Organisations)

Supporting Members

Supporting membership is available to all interested individuals and organisations that explicitly adhere to the adopted definition of mobile indigenous peoples (MIPs) and the mission of WAMIP, have a work record on issues related to MIPs, but do not fulfil the criteria for full membership.  Thus, supporting membership includes:

• Individuals belonging to MIPs/communities;

• Professionals who are not MIPs themselves, but have particular concern, knowledge and work records about MIPs;
• NGOs involved in human rights, conservation or development work in areas of concern to MIPs;
• Foundations and donors interested in supporting MIPs;
• Any other relevant association, organisation, private or governmental body with a proven record of adhering to the mission of WAMIP (this excludes those bodies or individuals whose main interest or work is to sedentarise mobile peoples).

Roles for Supporting Members 

Supporting Members will assist and collaborate with First Category Members, the Coordinating Committee, and the Secretariat in pursuit of the mission of WAMIP and the implementation of its programme of work.

If you are interested in becoming a Supporting Member of WAMIP, please compete the form below and send it to the WAMIP Programme Officer Samira Farahani: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

• WAMIP Membership Form-Supporting Members-English
• WAMIP Membership Form-Supporting Members-Spanish
• WAMIP Membership Form-Supporting Members-French  

Definition of Terms

Please note that by "indigenous" we refer to the ILO convention 169 http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/62.htm:
Indigenous Peoples are "Peoples in independent countries who are regarded as indigenous on account of their descent from the populations which inhabited the country, or a geographical region to which the country belongs, at the time of conquest or colonization or the establishment of present State boundaries and who, irrespective of their legal status, retain some or all of their own social, economic, cultural and political institutions".

Please note that the word "mobile" is based on the definition provided by the Dana Declaration http://www.danadeclaration.org/:

The term mobile peoples (i.e. pastoralists, hunter-gatherers, shifting agriculturalists and other peoples with dynamic regular changing patterns of land use) refers to a subset of indigenous and traditional peoples whose livelihoods depend on extensive common property use of natural resources over an area, who use mobility as a management strategy for dealing with sustainable use and conservation, and who possess a distinctive cultural identity and natural resource management system.