The Facilitative Working Group of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform was established at the twenty-fourth session of the Conference of the Parties. This report provides a summary of its 1^st meeting, held from 14 to 16 June 2019, in conjunction with the fiftieth sessions of the subsidiary bodies, at which a draft initial two-year workplan for implementing the functions of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform was prepared. The report also contains organizational and procedural information, including on membership and on co-chairing and working arrangements, and a synthesis of the discussions that took place at the meeting. Discussion topics included the dedicated Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform web portal, an update on activities organized by the secretariat for the fiftieth sessions of the subsidiary bodies, and enhancing the coherence of actions under the Platform. Annex I contains the proposed initial two-year workplan for 2020–2021 for operationalizing the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform for consideration by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice.