ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE INDICATOR FRAMEWORK

Societal Goal

Social Justice and Human Development towards Poverty Alleviation

The TRIPYCC joins government agencies in pursuing social justice and human
development as it believes that it is when giving each Indigenous People (as individual)
or Indigenous Peoples (as group) fair treatment and just share and capacitating them
through land and cultural recognition, protection, and development; socio-economic and
education that quality of life in terms of income, life expectancy, employment and
literacy could be improved.

Sectoral Goal

Empowerment of Indigenous Peoples

The IPs are considered as one of the marginalized and vulnerable sectors of the
Philippine society. Through the services of the TRIPYCC, its vision to increase and
strengthen the economic, political, social, cultural and spiritual dimensions is hoped to be
achieved.

Organizational Outcome

ICCs/IPs Rights & Welfare Recognized, Protected & Promoted

The TRIPYCC shall endeavor to attain the recognition, protection, and promotion of the rights
of IPs to their ancestral domains, self-governance and empowerment, social justice and
human rights and cultural integrity through the implementation of the IPRA.

Major Final Outputs

MFO 1 - Formulation of Policy Guidelines, Plans & Programs

As a relatively new office, the TRIPYCC needs to formulate policies, plans and programs to
implement the various provisions of the IPRA. Likewise, it still needs data and
information where to base effective formulation of policies and plans.

a. Formulation of Policy Guidelines, Plans and Programs

 Guidelines on Educational Assistance Program

The existing guideline needs to be amended to be abreast with the changing needs
and situations. There is an urgent need to call for a national workshop of program
stakeholders to assess the implementation of the EAP as a whole including
its existing implementing guidelines. The expected outputs are enhanced
implementing guidelines for the improvement of the overall implementation of
the program, institutionalized monitoring and evaluation system and established
database with culturally-appropriate benchmark indicators for the said program.

 Guidelines on the Issuance of Certificate of Confirmation (COC) of tribal
membership

The guideline will ensure the issuance of COCs only to authentic
members of indigenous peoples/indigenous cultural communities (IPs/ICCs) so
that only legitimate members of IPs/ICCs shall enjoy the rights being accorded
them by local, national and international instruments.

 Guidelines on the Registration of Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPOs)

This will accord legal personalities upon IPOs to enter into institutional
transactions with agencies and other offices of government as well as with private
entities at all levels.

 Guidelines on the Accreditation of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)
operating within IP Communities

This will ensure that only NGOs with clear and sincere advocacy for the rights of
IPs/ICCs will be able to enter and operate within IP communities. This will fend
off pretentious NGOs, or the so called “fly-away-by-night” NGOs who only make
use of IP issues for purposes of acquiring financial support, especially from
foreign institutions.

 Guidelines on the Mandatory Representation of IPs/ICCs in Local Legislative
Councils

This will provide a uniform mechanism, structure and procedure on IP
representation in local legislative councils at the Sangguniang Bayan (Sec. 446,
RA 7160; Sec. 16, RA 8371), Sangguniang Panglunsod (Sec. 457, RA 7160; Sec.
16, RA 8371), and Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Sec. 467, RA 7160; Sec. 16, RA
8371) levels.

 Guidelines on the Mandatory Representation of IPs/ICCs in Local Policymaking
Bodies

This will provide a uniform mechanism, structure and procedure on IP
representation in other local policymaking bodies (Sec. 16, RA 8371; Sec. 98-
116, RA 7160) to include among others the following: Local Development
Council (LDC), Local School Board (LSB), Local Health Board (LHB), Local
Peace and Order Council (LPOC), and People’s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB).

 Guidelines on the Creation of Tribal Barangays

This will provide a uniform but flexible mechanism, structure and procedure in
the creation of tribal barangays based on the concept of self-governance of
IPs/ICCs (Sec. 386, RA7160; Sec. 18, RA 8371).

 Formulation of Plans (ADSDPP, etc.)

To reinforce the security of tenure of their land, the IPs shall formulate their
Ancestral Domains Sustainable and Protection Plans (ADSDPP) with assistance
from the government guided by NCIP A.O. No. 1, Series of 2004. The ADSDPP is a long
term plan that will be consolidated to serve as the basis of the Five-Year Master
Plan for the ICCs/IPs. It is a blueprint of ICCs/IPs’ total development as it
embodies the goals and objectives, policies and strategies of ICCs/IPs for the
sustainable management and development of their ancestral domain and all
resources therein including the human and cultural resources such as their
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices. The ADSDPP is envisioned to
serve as a tool for the empowerment of ICCs/IPs.

 Formulation of IP Programs (IP Women, Youth & Children)

Sections 26-27 of RA 8371 provides the recognition, protection and promotion of
equal rights to IP women, youth and children sectors in a male/traditional leader
predominated IP communities with due respect to national and international
standards on equality of all human beings. Programs to empower these IP basic
sectors have to be initiated and enhanced not only to protect their basic rights but
to enable them to actively and equitably participate in governance. In partnership
with the academe and members of the civil society, the Organization had tried to
evolve the active participation of IP women in conflict resolution in their
respective communities. Programs like this can be further enhanced as model for
replication in other IP communities.

b. Conduct of Studies and Documentation

 Database on IP Population

Up to this time, there is no official data on the population census of the
Indigenous Peoples based on descent or consanguinity. The program attempts to
conduct a nationwide census in coordination with the National Statistics Office to
gather the total population and its distribution through out the country as well as
information about demographic, social, economic and cultural characteristics of
the Indigenous Peoples. Data will provide bases for social and economic plan and
program formulation.

 Promotion of IP Rights through Computerized MIS

The program will bring the government closer to the IPs through eGovernance.
Through ICT infrastructure to be established in the NCIP field offices, the IPs
could generate, send, receive, store and process electronic data messages or
documents with the assistance of the TRIPYCC workforce without incurring much
resources. This also includes development of information systems as identified in
the Information System Strategic Plan of the Organization.

 Research and Documentation

 Documentation of IP-CIAC & Coordination for DDRR

Section 22 of RA 8371 specifically provides the protection of IP children
during armed conflict. Children are not supposed to be recruited in any armed
group whether, by the state, or the non-state actors (NSAs). However, reliable
information from IP communities which usually become venues for armed
conflict by the AFP and NSAs show that IP children are usually recruited, or
are forced to serve as messengers, cooks, and even as combatants. The
program will seek to document these cases while advocating within IP
communities the essence of non-involvement of children in armed conflict. In
addition to this, documented cases will be referred to appropriate agencies of
government for proper disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and
reintegration to their respective communities.

 IKSP Documentation in Support to Policy Formulation and Legislation

Rationale for this project springs out from a necessity of bringing about better
understanding on the distinct norms of conduct, customs and traditions, belief
systems, and institutions of the IPs, as can be manifested through their
indigenous knowledge systems and practices (IKSPs) in agriculture, health,
education and life-long learning, environmental protection and natural
resource management, customary laws and conflict-resolution mechanisms,
and the like. IKSPs are shaped by the culture and traditions of the people and
these are passed on from generation to generation, usually through oral means.
But while IKSPs are collectively regarded as a way of life of IPs, these are
continuously exploited and romanticized. The situation is aggravated by the
fact that legislations are inadequate with respect to the protection of IKSPs,
especially the community intellectual property rights of IPs. Carrying out
documentation activities for these IKSPs jointly with the IPs to ensure
authenticity of data is, therefore, indispensable.

The documentation of specific IKSPs for IP groups will serve as baseline
information for the exploration of the nature and dynamics of intellectual
property rights operationalized in a community concept, and for setting
directions and actions, whether through legislation or executive fiat, for their
protection.

The project may be able to identify cultural influences among the IPs
particularly in the transmission of knowledge across generations and in the
aspects of religion and art. The generation of authentic and reliable cultural
data will help deepen understanding and appreciation of the IPs and their
uniqueness as they live harmoniously with the greater society. Documented
data and information will serve to affirm the IPs’ identity and character, and
may serve as sources of content for curricular programs and other related
projects.

 Indigenous health Knowledge and Practices and the Use of Traditional
Medicines

One responsibility of the Organization is to provide for health programs and
services to the ICCs/IPs and to promote indigenous health practices and the
use of traditional medicines. The latter can not be carried out without the
necessary data and information. There are only few documented researches
on indigenous health practices and traditional medicine, thus the need for
more researches. Areas to be covered will depend on the abundance of raw
materials in specific communities and the resources for assistance as well as
the need, which is reflected in the priority projects requested by the
Indigenous Peoples. The objectives of the program are to conduct researches
on indigenous health knowledge and practices and the use of traditional
medicines in several identified IP groups and cultural communities and to
promote the use of herbal plants as an indigenous way to treat commonly
encountered diseases. The data and information to be generated will be
owned by the specific tribe and community, and as much as possible, they will
be trained to establish, maintain and update their own database.

 Database on National & International Compliance

Every now and then, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) have been requiring organizations to submit
reports on compliance to national and international commitments where the
Philippines is a State Party. By the provision set forth in Paragraph 3,
Section 5 of Administrative Order No. 163 issued on December 8, 2006 by
the Office of the President, there was an agency designated as lead agency in coordinating
compliance for the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(CERD) which entails financial requirements given the necessity to conduct interagency
meetings and personnel mobilization for the consolidation and validation
of reports. The last report rendered by the Philippine Government to the UN was
in the 1990s, thereby a thorough research activity and coordination of efforts with
agencies and offices of government will have to be done by the NCIP if only to
come out with a comprehensive and credible report. On the other hand, the years
2006-2015 was declared by the UN General Assembly as the 2nd International
Decade for Indigenous Peoples which entails a more active coordination of efforts
by the Organization with the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Affairs
(UNPFII) on State Compliance to international standards pertaining to the
recognition, protection, promotion and fulfillment of the rights of indigenous
peoples.

MFO 2 - Advocacy & Coordination Services

a. Advocacy and Communication Services

 Support to Cultural Community Festivals and other Cultural Integrity-related
Activities

Considered as a mechanism of assisting the cultural communities preserve their
cultural and historical heritage and at the same time evoking public awareness and
respect for the IPs and their rights, is the extension of support to them in the
practice of their rituals and ceremonies whenever these are necessarily held. The
performance of cultural manifestations as in rites, songs, dances, chants, and
games, and the presentation of their native life ways, literature and arts, fabric and
architectural designs, artifacts and instruments, in their original versions or in a
manner in which they have been held through the years, without romanticism or
simply aesthetic motivation, is essential to the IPs’ authentic flow of life and
inherent world views at work. Stereotyping, false representation and
commercialization of indigenous cultures are current fads that must be reckoned
with and corrected. In here, time is of the essence.

By supporting significant IP cultural gatherings, indigenous cultures (i.e. customs
and traditions, beliefs, institutions), including indigenous knowledge systems and
practices on various dimensions, as deemed appropriate by the IPs, are
highlighted and properly presented. Such activities may include cultural
community festivals cum tribal assemblies/congresses, which may coincide with
the annual commemoration of IP Week Cultural Celebration every October 29-
November 4 and the IP Thanksgiving Day every October 29 of each year.
Moreover, tribal issues in protecting and enhancing their cultural treasures are
ventilated, and IP rights on cultural integrity are advocated.

 Conduct of Human Rights Fora

The conduct of fora on IP rights and issues with agencies and offices of
government as well as with the civil society at all levels will enhance
mainstreaming of IP rights in the day to day operations of government.

 International Advocacy & Commitment Activities Attended

The recognition, protection, promotion and fulfillment of the rights of IPs have
become an international issue in the past decades. However, much have yet to be
done to enable the United Nations to finally adopt the Declaration of the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples which will further strengthen the full implementation of
IPRA. With the establishment of the UN Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
under the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), a venue was established
for both government and non-government IP advocates worldwide to gather and
meet, discuss and formulate policies based on ground issues and concerns, and
lobby policies for adoption by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the UN
General Assembly. The participation of the NCIP in such fora will enable the
Philippine Government to protect its interests, showcase its work on the field of
addressing the rights of Filipino IPs, and promote its commitment to upholding
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international instruments
pertaining to IP rights where it is a state-party.

b. Partnership and Collaboration

· IP Education

The context of education for Indigenous Peoples (IPs) revolves around their
vision for their own communities and the larger society they move about, and
their thinking about their individual and collective existence. These necessitate a
thorough understanding of the elements and dynamics of their society and how
they can be appropriately capacitated with qualities, values and skills while
building on their own strengths and potentials. Such understanding and its multistakeholder
operationalization in the real setting are pre-requisites for the IPs to
be empowered in attaining their dreams and aspirations, and to be effectively
functioning, actively participating and made productive as members of their
indigenous and local communities and as citizens of the country and the world.

The appropriateness of the educational system, starting from the basic level,
therefore instrumentally comes in with an emphasis of capacitating IPs to be more
attuned with needed life-long learning values and life-skills for the development
and protection of ancestral domains, promotion of their self-determination and
revitalization of the eroding indigenous cultures and to help advocate for the IPs’
rights and welfare as well as to “educate” the insensitive dominant society while
capitalizing on the uniqueness of their cultures and the richness of their
indigenous knowledge systems and practices.

Making the education /training curriculum appropriate to the unique
circumstances of ICCs/IPs, or what is commonly known as “indigenization of the
curriculum”, is vital to the concretization of education’s role to the3
empowerment, development and protection of IPs.

Component activities include:

· Inventory of existing initiatives and gathering of secondary data and
information (case studies)

· Field visits, consultations and close collaboration with the Tribal Council
of Elders/Leaders and IP teachers

· Focus Group Discussions and policy dialogues/fora

· Continuing advocacy and IEC

· Identification of pilot areas

· Documentation and research for primary data as needed and duly
identified (preferably using on-the-ground hard evidences, i.e. best
practices deduced out of case studies) and

· Preparation of modules and instructional materials.

Subject to availability of funds, training of IP teachers and conduct of monitoring
and evaluation must also be underscored as indispensable.

· Integration of ADSDPPs in the Local Development Plans
The integration of the ADSDPP in the local development plan shall be through
the ICCs/IPs elders/leaders. The ADSDPP shall be submitted/presented to all
government units/offices for incorporation or integration in their respective plans
There is a need to integrate the plan so that the development framework as
envisioned by the IPs will be adopted by the government units and for funding
purposes as it serves as the “shopping list” for the future program/project
identification in the respective government plans. The NCIP shall facilitate the
process.

· Creation of Tribal Barangays

The Creation of Tribal Barangays will enable the IPs to fully exercise their right
to self-governance by the practice of their traditional leadership structures, forms
of governance and justice systems which will likewise enhance their cultural
integrity.

· TRIPYCC supports the Issuance of Certificate of Confirmation
(COC) of Tribal Membership

The issuance by the government of COCs enhances the efficient identification of IP
members by agencies and offices of government and other entities with programs
directed to address IP concerns. For one, the National Police Commission
(NAPOLCOM) grants height waiver to IP members entering the PNP. The
NAPOLCOM requires IP applicants to submit their COCs issued by the NCIP to
determine their ethnicity. This has become an effective tool to ward off the
submission of fraudulent COCs by applicants who pretend to be IPs. Other uses of
COCs include among others requirements for scholarship grants, travel abroad,
legitimizing customary marriage, BJMP and AFP height waivers, other
employment opportunities, and livelihood grants.

· Assistance on IP Civil Registration

Indigenous Peoples have rights to a name and national identity. However,
determining the civil status (birth, marriage, and death) of many IPs were most
often discriminated due to cultural differences. They are also neglected due to
their far flung locations from where the Local Civil Registries (LCRs) are located.
With the adoption of NSO A.O. 3, Series of 2004, or the IP Civil Registration
System, recognizing customary ways in the registration of IP civil status and
where TRIPYCC was deputized as civil registration agents, much have to be done to
cope up with the lost years of recognizing the rights of IPs to officially determine
and register their civil status.

MFO 3 - Adjudication & Legal Services

a. Legal Services

This includes extension of legal assistance to the IP communities by way of legal
counseling or actual representation before judicial and quasi-judicial bodies.

b. Quasi-judicial Services

This includes adjudication of cases filed with Regional Hearing Offices and the
Commission en banc in accordance with their original and appellate jurisdictions.

c. Alternative Dispute Resolution

This is a process or procedure used to resolve a dispute or controversy, other than
by adjudication of a presiding judge of a court or an officer of a government
agency in which a neutral third party participates to assist in the resolution of
issues, which includes arbitration, mediation, conciliation, early neutral
evaluation, mini-trial, or any combination thereof.

d. National Law and customary Law Interface

The documentation of the customary laws of all the IPs/ICCs in the country in
order that they may be harmonized with the existing national laws, as well as to
be considered in future formulation of laws and national policies and plans.

MFO 4 - Delineation & Titling Services

Under this program the Commission shall issue Certificate of Ancestral
Domains/Land Titles to the ICCs/IPs. The program was designed to implement
provisions of the NCIP Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2002, NCIP AO No. 2,
Series of 2002 and NCIP En Banc Resolution No. 119 Series of 2004, which concerns
the conversion of CADCs/CALCs issued by the DENR to CADTs/CALTs. It also
covers the direct CADT/CALT application of the ICCs/IPs guided by IRR of RA
8371.

To facilitate the program, the CADT/CALT application process involves:

1. Filing of petition for delineation and titling of ADs/ALs by the
ICCs/IPs/Letter of Intent

2. Formation of the Special Provincial Task Force (SPTF) and Regional
Ancestral Domain Team (RADT)

3. Preparation of Work and Financial Plan (WFP)/Planning Stage

4. Community-wide information dissemination and consultation on the IPRA,
genuineness of the petition, delineation process and community’s counterpart
in the delineation process

5. Gathering, validation and evaluation of proofs which entail identification of
landmarks, genealogical data, census, other pertinent documents, and conduct
of ocular inspection

6. Resolution of boundary conflicts

7. Conduct of Research

8. Actual Ground Survey to establish project control and perimeter survey
guided by the IP self-delineation on the boundaries of their territory

9. Projection of Survey Plan in coordination with DENR, DAR and LRA

10. Community Validation of documents such as the genealogical survey, census
of the community, other pertinent documents and the validation of the survey
plan which shall be presented and signed by the recognized representative to
conform the survey, a resolution of which, shall be signed by the community
members

11. Publication of the technical description of the AD/AL claim

12. Approval of the survey plan

13. Endorsement of the Ancestral Domain Claim

14. Deliberation by the Commission En Banc

15. Approval, registration and awarding of titles
The issuance of CADTs/CALTs safeguards the right of the ICCs/IPs to the land
which they have traditionally access for their subsistence and traditional activities.

MFO 5 - IP Development Services

a. Social and Cultural Support Services

 Educational Assistance Program

One of the basic social services that the government is vitally mandated to
deliver, is the administration of scholarship programs and other educational
rights intended for Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples
(ICCs/IPs). The program basically sustains the provision of educational
assistance to lesser fortunate members of ICCs to increase access to education,
provide opportunities for IP students to enroll in courses responsive to the
specific needs of ICCs/IPs, and develop the leadership capability of IP
students as prime movers in their respective ICCs and fields of specialization.

 Assistance to Community Schools

There is a necessity of assisting, promoting and supporting community
schools, both formal and non-formal, for the benefit of the indigenous cultural
communities, especially in areas where existing educational facilities are not
accessible to members of the ICCs. Given the insurmountable needs of public
schools that the Department of Education, local government units, and other
partner-stakeholders can not address, most of the IP-serving elementary and
high schools as well as non-formal classes in the hinterlands are left out. As
such, NCIP has received numerous requests for assistance in catering to the
multiplying needs of schools, which comes in the form of classroom
expansions, repairs, and utility facilities made out of locally available
materials; and academic paraphernalia such as textbooks, school equipment
and supplies. In addition, most requested categories under this program are
support to the conduct of pre-school education, non-formal education and
functional literacy classes; and to the establishment, extension and/or
maintenance of Schools of Living Traditions of IPs.

 Health Services including Enrolment of IPs to the PhilHealth Program

Basic health services in far-flung Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs)
are seldom or never availed of. This is due to the fact that most IPs are not
aware of the services being offered by the government. Likewise, the distance
of their homes to the nearest health facility entails a number of hours or days,
traveled either by foot or by “jurassic” means of transportation. Through this
program, the Commission aims to extend particular services that include
Health and Nutrition Program, IP Community Early Childhood Care and
Development, Medical and Dental Services, Support to IP Hospitalization, IP
Day Care Services, Conduct of Medical and Dental Mission (Mobile Clinic).
As a means of health security, enrolment of the IPs to the Indigent (or
Sponsorship) Program of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
(PhilHealth) is also facilitated for necessary assistance. Once enrolled, an
enrollee will have all the medical benefits in government health facilities
whether as outpatient or in-patient.

 Livelihood and Entrepreneurship

Under this program, assistance is extended to those who are engaged in some
form of livelihood activities. The assistance is meant to help the IPs sustain
and strengthen their livelihood activities. Various inputs necessary for
carrying out specific livelihood projects are given to the beneficiaries. The
financial and material inputs are supplemented by technical assistance
packages.

On entrepreneurship, organized training activities are conducted for the
purpose of developing entrepreneurial skills. It is focused on teaching the IPs
various ways of setting up small but viable income generating enterprises.

 Delivery of Basic Services

This includes programs that provide support and contribute to income
generating activities of ICCs/IPs such as but not limited to infrastructure,
extension of credit, financing, marketing and other social services.

 Traditional Craft Production

This program ensures that the IPs/ICCs revitalize, practice and preserve their
cultural traditions and customs through the production and promotion of
indigenous crafts as an economic activity and sustaining such for future
generations to learn.

 Cooperative Assistance Program

This includes organization of tribal cooperatives and the conduct of premembership
education seminar for the IPs.

 Financial assistance

Financial assistance is provided to walk-in indigent clients, who undergo
medical consultations/procedures. Referrals and coordination with other
institutions and foundations are made in behalf of the indigent clients in need
of social assistance. This also includes assistance to IPs, who are stricken
with calamities.

b. Leadership Capability and Skills Training Services

·Constitution and Sustained Operations of the Indigenous Peoples Consultative
Body (IPCB)

Due to fiscal constraints, the IPCB has been a farfetched realization of the
provision set forth in Sec. 22, Article XVI of the 1987 Philippine
Constitution as well as in Sec. 50 of RA 8371, both recognizing the necessity
of institutionalizing the creation of an independent council of IPs/ICCs. As
per NCIP AO No. 1, Series of 2003, the IPCB is to be constituted at the
provincial, ethnographic regional and national levels. It will have five
representatives composed of traditional leaders, elders, women and youth
coming from each ancestral domain area and forced/displaced resettled IP
community. It will have additional one representative from each Indigenous
Peoples Organization (IPO) and Tribal Council (TC) at the municipal and
provincial levels. The IPCB shall serve as the voice of the IPs/ICCs at their
respective areas of jurisdiction on matters relating to their problems,
aspirations, and interests. They shall discuss issues affecting IPs and to
provide information and advice related to policy making of the NCIP. They
shall recommend programs and projects to be undertaken by the NCIP. They
shall monitor the implementation of policies, projects and programs of the
NCIP and other government agencies related to matters affecting IPs. They
shall also assist in managing and resolving conflicts using traditional
processes and the justice system of IPs.

·Appointment of IPs in Local Legislative Councils and Other
Policymaking Bodies

In a rapid field assessment conducted by the UNICEF-Philippines together
with the NCIP on the situation of IP children, youth and women in 17
provinces nationwide, it was found out that basic services do not normally
reach the IP communities since they lack representation in governance,
specifically at the local legislative councils and other policymaking bodies
where they can represent the needs, problems, and aspirations of IPs/ICCs.
This right to equitable representation in governance has been neglected
despite the provisions in the Local Government Code of 1991 and the
Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 addressing this concern.
Reasons posed by the LGUs in the non-implementation of the statutes are due
to the absence of implementing rules and regulations (IRR) as well as local
funds to set the laws into operation which are shallow reasons to cover up
their neglect and discriminatory attitude. Despite these, several LGUs
through the joint prodding of the NCIP and the IPCB implemented the
provisions of laws on representation through local ordinances and local fund
allocations. These include the Municipalities of New Bataan and Laak in the
Province of Compostela Valley, and the Province of Zamboanga Sibugay.
With these experiences serving as models for replication by the other LGUs
but with more vigilance and support networking activities from the NCIP and
the IPCB the rights of IPs to equitable representation in governance will
progressively be realized

·Capability building on governance, peace and development, wealth
management and GAD

The capability of IPs on governance, peace and development, wealth
management and GAD needs to be harnessed without losing their cultural
integrity on the process. This has to be done in partnership with the academe
and other agencies of government and the civil society to enhance greater
participation of duty bearers in the protection of IP rights while they actively
participate in governance, peace and development efforts, wealth
management and GAD activities.

c. Assistance to ADSDPP Implementation
To attain full development of titled ancestral domains, the programs and projects
identified by the IPs during the planning of their ADSDPPs, shall be
implemented. The Organization will provide the necessary technical assistance
once those projects will be funded for their implementation involving the
communities, the IPs themselves to spearhead the ADSDPP implementation.

d. Certification Precondition for Field-based Investigation and Certificate of Compliance for
Free and Prior Informed Consent

Section 59 of IPRA strictly enjoins all departments and other government agencies not to
issue, renew, nor grant any concession, license or lease, nor enter into any productionsharing
agreement, without prior certification from the government that the area affected does
not overlap with any ancestral domain. The Law provides further that no certification
shall be issued by the government without the Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) and
written consent of ICCs/IPs concerned. This provision is one-IP leverage in balancing the
interest of the State and its individual constituents. The issuance of Certification
Precondition (CP) is the primary IP safeguard mechanism to ensure that their rights,
interest and welfare as well as equitable benefits from those development projects that
enter into their ancestral domains/lands, are recognized.

The Organization coordinates with government agencies as well as non-government
agencies and other civil societies especially those charged with the implementation of
various basic socio-economic services, policies, plans and programs to improve the
service delivery capability of the Commission. It shall coordinate all inter-agency
development services and ensure for the inclusion of the IP communities as beneficiaries
of other agencies’ programs and projects.