Goals
of the Commission

• To establish appropriate means of communications among
 Indigenous communities of Latin America and the Caribbean;
• To provide learning opportunities for Indigenous youth in order to  facilitate their active role in ICT’s;
• To improve literacy rates for children, youth, and other members of society;
• To enhance sharing of language and culture awareness opportunities;
• To facilitate the establishment of new Tele-centers and provide support for existing Tele-centers in Indigenous communities; 
• To promote the creation of Internet Radio Stations, and provide support for existing Radio Stations of Indigenous organizations;
• To develop strategies for the use of ICT’s for business, community and economic development;
• To assist communities acquire the resources to access
 communications technologies

the indigenous Commission's
Immidiate Priorities

• Facilitate the participation of Indigenous peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Commission.
• Follow-up and build upon the Conclusions of the 1st Indigenous Workshop on Information and  Communication Technologies.
• Establish means of communications among members of the Indigenous Commission, focusing  on the feasibility of launching a portal.
• Investigate appropriate lines of communication with other international indigenous bodies engaged in ICT activities, such as the planning committee established by the WSIS process, Indigenous women’s groups and Indigenous youth organizations.
• Facilitate communication among members in both English and Spanish but also consider Portuguese and French communications.
• Seek out ongoing sources of funding from alternative sources.
• Hold conference by 2008 to formalize the Commission and ratify policies, procedures and organizational prerequisites.
• Build a broad base of participation in the work of the Commission from Indigenous peoples and organizations, Governments, private sector, and relevant domestic and international Agencies that are engaged in ICT’s for Indigenous peoples development, including the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

What are ICT’s?
“ICT is a term used to define “information and communications technologies”. These include all forms of these technologies including radio, phone/fax, internet, voice-over-internet protocol (VOIP), tele-centres, video and audio conferencing, CD’s and DVD’s. These are simply tools used to communicate.”