Áltá 2013 conference Kick start today

The Sámi Parliament of Norway is hosting the Global Indigenous Preparatory Conference for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (the Áltá 2013 conference), to be held in Áltá, Norway, from 8 – 13 June 2013. The Preparatory Conference is organized in cooperation with the Global Indigenous Coordination Group for the World Conference (GCG).

Around 600 indigenous representatives and observers will descend on Alta to consolidate strategies and priorities for the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, to be held in New York in September 2014.

Sunday there will be a program of side events and the conference itself starts Monday. The preparatory conference runs until June 12.
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