Strategy and Policy on Indigenous Peoples



On February 22, 2006, the Inter-American Development Bank approved its Operational Policy on Indigenous Peoples(OP-765) Strategy for Indigenous Development,culminating a two year process of consultations with government agencies, representatives of indigenous organizations and other interested parties, as well as internal preparation and approval within the IDB itself. The Report on the Consultation Process is available on this website. This new Operational Policy entered into effect on August 22nd, 2006. Operational Guidelines to facilitate the implementation of the Policy were approved on October 26, 2006.

We would like to thank the many participants in the consultation meetings and in the electronic consultation as well as the members of the Indigenous Advisory Council and those who sent us their comments by mail. All of these inputs have been very useful in the production of this important new normative framework for the Bank.

Operational Policy on Indigenous Peoples in Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch. A Portuguese version of the guidelines will be available shortly.

Last updated: 06/27/07