{"id":549,"date":"2022-01-08T14:16:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T14:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icitp.info\/?page_id=549"},"modified":"2022-02-02T16:14:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:14:20","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icitp.info\/?page_id=549","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in the early Eighties and formally registered in 1994, ICITP is now a confederation of 310 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples\u2019 organizations involved in issue-based movements throughout India. It employs advocacy, education and empowerment strategies to protect and promote Indigenous and Tribal Peoples\u2019 rights and the influence of their voice in decision making and policies affecting their cultures, languages, lands, waters, forests, environmental biodiversity, educational options, and socio-economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>OUR MISSION<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our mission is to facilitate critical awareness and greater solidarity among India\u2019s various tribal groups and their regional activities to mutually empower them, enhance their local autonomy, and promote their informed participation and discretionary intervention in all matters affecting their communities, environments and rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Objectives of ICITP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>To empower India\u2019s Adivasis (Indigenous &amp; Tribal People) with effective tools, tactics and strategies.<\/li><li>To work on common issues affecting Adivasi people especially those relating to their human rights, lands, forests, waters, and other eco-cultural legacies.<\/li><li>To strengthen Adivasi networks and collaboration in India and&nbsp;internationally<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>INFRASTRUCTURE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Office<\/strong><br>C\/o C.W.W.S.,&nbsp;Plot No. 1,&nbsp;West Kidwai Nagar,&nbsp;New Delhi-110023<br>Phone : 011-26884097, Fax : 011-26884096,&nbsp;Email : icitpoffice@gmail.com<br>Office hours:&nbsp;Monday to Friday (10 am to 5 pm)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Delhi<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;Zonal Office<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2013<br>C\/o&nbsp; C.W.W.S., No. 1 ,&nbsp;West Kidwai Nagar,&nbsp;New Delhi-110023<br>Phone : 011-268827051<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>North West Zone Office<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013<br>C\/o SEVA,&nbsp;Jaisant Building, Opp. Hotel Jiwan Jyoti,&nbsp;Reckong Peo,<br>Dist. Kinnaur,&nbsp;Himachal Pradesh \u2013 172107,&nbsp;M-09418572700 (Secretary)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>West Zone Office<\/strong><br>C\/o Patheya,&nbsp;3, Aishvarya Apartments,&nbsp;Near Sardar Patel Statue,<br>Navjivan P.O.,&nbsp;Ahmedabad , Gujarat -380014,&nbsp;M-09879084563 (Secretary)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>South Zone Office<\/strong><br>No. 4-7 \/ 74,&nbsp;Anbu Illam,&nbsp;M.N.Patty,&nbsp;Ayothiyapattinam,<br>Dist. Salem,&nbsp;Tamil Nadu-636103,&nbsp;M-09440510330 (President)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>South East Zone Office<\/strong><br>Plot No.165,&nbsp;Sector\u20133,&nbsp; M.V.P. Colony,&nbsp;Vishakapatnam,<br>Andhra Pradesh \u2013 530017,&nbsp;M-09440510330 (Secretary)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>East Zone Office<\/strong><br>Flat No. SB \/30,&nbsp;Adibasi Jankalyan Cooperative Housing Society Limited,<br>Vill. Bankra Dakshin Pally,&nbsp;P.O. Bankra,&nbsp;Dist. Howrah, West Bengal \u2013 711403<br>M- 09433025921 (Convenor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Central Zone Office<br><\/strong>C\/o Adiwasi Buddhijiwi Manch,&nbsp;MIG \/ A-14 , Harmu Housing Colony<br>Argora.&nbsp;Ranchi,&nbsp;Jharkhand&nbsp;&nbsp;M-09234632443 (Convenor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>North East Zone Office<\/strong><br>House No.313(A) ,&nbsp;1st Floor,&nbsp;Ward No.6,&nbsp;R.N.B. Road ,<br>Kokrajhar, BTAD,&nbsp;Assam-783370, M-09957985500 (Secretary)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COLLABORATIVE ALLIES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National NGO Affiliates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All India Tribal Literary Forum<br>Adivasi Ekta Parishad<br>Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad<br>Adim Jati Sewak Sangh<br>Adivasi Jan Adhikar Manch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>International NGO Affiliates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Society for Threatened People, Germany<br>World Adivasi Council, Germany<br>Survival International, UK<br>Forest Peoples Programme, UK<br>NCIV, Netherlands<br>TARA-PINGPU, Taiwan<br>Forum of Indigenous People of Bhutan<br>DAMAAN, Pakistan<br>Kirat Welfare Society, Nepal<br>American Indian Law Alliances, USA<br>World Himong Congress, USA<br>Taram Laha, Bangladesh<br>United Zo Indigenous Peoples, Myanmar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>PARTNERSHIP &amp; FINANCIAL SUPPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Past donors:<\/strong><br>Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (EED) , Germany<br>ActionAid India<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Experience with UN Agencies:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Since 1987, ICITP has been closely associated with Indigenous &amp; Tribal Peoples movement throughout the world. It regularly participates in the deliberations of Working Group of Indigenous People (WGIP), Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII) and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ICITP received a UN Trust Fund grant in 2006 (# ASI\/06\/005) for a campaign to promote the historical and cultural heritage of India\u2019s Adivasi (indigenous people) through multimedia interventions in the states of Orissa, Jharkhand and Rajasthan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BACKGROUND Founded in the early Eighties and formally registered in 1994, ICITP is now a confederation of 310 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples\u2019 organizations involved in issue-based movements throughout India. It employs advocacy, education and empowerment strategies to protect and promote Indigenous and Tribal Peoples\u2019 rights and the influence of their voice in decision making and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icitp.info\/?page_id=549\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":646,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icitp.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/549"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icitp.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icitp.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icitp.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icitp.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=549"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/icitp.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/icitp.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/549\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icitp.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icitp.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}