 There will be a focal person coming from NCIP to be tapped whenever there are requests for investigation/information – the CHR counterpart is usually the Vice Chair. DATA AVAILABLE Policy group thinks that the observatory is also about gathering of data and this will serve as a good venue for:  IP Community interest/concerns – clustered thematic concerns  IP Profile (socio-economic/demography)  14 thematic concerns (form NCIP with different researches conducted with CADT holders and in the community). There are about 1,000+ issues and concerns but streamlined into 14 only  Civil registration ISSUES 1. Gathering of data from GOs (Government Offices) + NGOs (Non Government Organizations) – a need for basis 2. Validation of data from all sources – NEDA says the data usually comes the Region 3. Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) and other registries – data from LGUs (Local Government Units) varies methodology and period covered 4. Issue of security in data gathering in conflict stricken areas – politics, ethnolinguistic groups 5. Human resources and other resources 6. Sustainability of project – IP Observatory 7. Lack of Political alliance 8. Lack of civil registries/registration documents among IPs KEY ELEMENTS of IP OBSERVATORY 1. Policy Board 2. Research 3. Monitoring Team 4. Focus on four (4) bundles of rights 5. Networking with National Commission for Culture and the Arts of the Philippines (NCCA), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and all other government agencies 79