CHALLENGES ACTION / WAYS FORWARD Implementation of the IKSP based Social Engineering Toward People Empowerment Addressing Conflict, Emergencies and development (IKSPSET P.E.A.C.E.) c. PSA challenges encountered in conduct of work involving IPs and measures to address such challenges Challenges in Gathering Ethnicity Data • Respondents’ understanding or views about ethnicity • Awareness of the family background • Differences towards answering questions Measures to Address Challenges • Holding bilateral meetings and consultations with NCIP, National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF), and other concerned agencies • Come up with operationalization of Ethnicity and formulate question to ask to determine a person’s Ethnicity d. NEDA challenges and strategies taken from Philippine Development Plan (PDP) and Regional Development Plan (RDC) CHALLENGES Despite the legal mandates, agencies do not have adequate resources to implement programs for cultural development and for the protection on the rights of the IPs STRATEGIES • • • • Institutionalize and intensify heritage conservation plans and programs Establish Knowledge Development Centers and Schools of Living Traditions for building capacities Mainstream cultural educations in the basic, technical, vocational, and higher education systems Develop cultural assets across the country to broaden access to cultural resources and activities Underrepresentation of marginalized sectors in local councils 31