International Alliance of Indigenous Peoples

The membership of the Alliance, made up of indigenous and tribal peoples organisations in regional networks, is the highest policy-making body in the network. Policy is formulated through the Alliance's International Conferences, which have been held every two to three years since the establishment of the Alliance in 1992. The most recent was in Nairobi, Kenya, in November 2002. Between these assemblies, the Alliance is coordinated by an International Coordinating Committee (ICC), which meets at least twice a year to monitor the work of the Alliance. The Committee is constituted of 9 Regional Coordinators. Supported by a regional secretariat and the International Technical Secretariat, each Regional Coordinator represents one of the nine regions falling within the Alliance's remit. These regions are:

Central America:
Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize, Guatemala and Mexico

South America:
Paraguay, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Brasil, French Guyana, Bolivia, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela and Colombia

Central Africa:
Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Brazzaville, Burundi, Central African Republic, Gabon, Cameroon etc. West Africa:
Nigeria, Togo, Benin Republic, Niger, Gambia, Senegal, Liberia and Sierra Leone

East Africa:
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Southern Sudan

South Asia:
Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan

South-East Asia:
Thailand, Burma, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Vietnam

Bahasa:
Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines

Pacific:
Fiji, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Caledonia

Regional Coordinating Committees (RCC), constituted by national coordinators in the region, coordinate the work in each of these regions under the leadership of the Regional Coordinators (RC).