Editing Central Tibetan Administration (section)

== Headquarters ==
[[File:Tibetan Library Dharamsala.jpg|thumb|262x262px|Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in 2010]]

The Central Tibetan Administration is headquartered in [[McLeod Ganj]], [[Dharamshala]], India.

The CTA attends to the welfare of the Tibetan exile community in India, who number around 100,000. It runs schools, health services, cultural activities and economic development projects for the Tibetan community. As of 2003, more than 1,000 refugees still arrive each year from China,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f51f90821.html|title=India: Information on Tibetan Refugees and Settlements|publisher=United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services|date=30 May 2003|id=IND03002.ZNY|via=Refworld|access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref> usually via [[Nepal]].<ref>{{cite web|date=31 May 2004|title=Dangerous Crossing: Conditions Impacting the Flight of Tibetan Refugees // 2003 Update|url=http://www.savetibet.org/documents/pdfs/2003RefugeeReport.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613165802/http://savetibet.org/documents/pdfs/2003RefugeeReport.pdf|archive-date=13 June 2008|publisher=The International Campaign for Tibet}}</ref>

=== Green Book ===
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Tibetans living outside Tibet can apply at a Central Tibetan Administration office in their country of residence for a personal document called the ''[[Green Book (Tibetan document)|Green Book]]'', which serves as a receipt book for the person's "voluntary contributions" to the CTA and the evidence of their claims for "Tibetan citizenship".<ref name="gb">{{cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/45f1470c2.html|title=China: The 'Green Book' issued to Tibetans; how it is obtained and maintained, and whether holders enjoy rights equivalent to Indian citizenship (April 2006)|date=28 April 2006|type=Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)|publisher=[[Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada]]|id=CHN101133.E|access-date=3 June 2019|via=Refworld}}</ref>

For this purpose, CTA defines a Tibetan as "any person born in Tibet, or any person with one parent who was born in Tibet." As Tibetan refugees often lack documents attesting to their place of birth, the eligibility is usually established by an interview.<ref name="gb" />

=== Blue Book ===
The Blue Book or Tibetan Solidarity Partnership is a project by Central Tibetan Administration, in which the CTA issues any supporter of Tibet who is of age 18 years or more a Blue Book. This initiative enables supporters of Tibet worldwide to make financial contributions to help the administration in supporting educational, cultural, developmental and humanitarian activities related to Tibetan children and refugees. The book is issued at various CTA offices worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tibet.net/support-tibet/blue-book-frequently-asked-questions/|title=Blue Book: Frequently Asked Questions (Updated 2020)|website=Central Tibetan Administration|date=30 September 2011 }}</ref>