SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUP Rapporteur: Mr. Belmer Yano, DepEd-IPEd and Mr. Mohamad M. Kuday, DA Central Office Members: Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Mines and Geosciences Bureau (DENR-MGB), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), Department of Health (DoH), National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), National Housing Authority (NHA), and Social Security System (SSS) Based on the sharing from different agencies, we are all trying to balance towards the inclusive growth, i.e. to actualize the rightsbased principle of the growth of inclusion. We had a hard time to balance and harmonizing the rights, the balancing of the national and the local interest, particularly the Indigenous Peoples. We have different levels of We have different levels of actualizing things, inspite of intentions because of the policy limitations that the government agency can move to whatever the situation is. We focused on the parts of the mandates that address or response to the IP concerns. “ actualizing things, inspite of intentions because of the policy limitations that the government agency can move to whatever the situation is. Agency mandates & Actions vis-à-vis Promotion & Protection of IPs Rights to Development in the Philippines MANDATES VIS-AAGENCIES VIS IP RIGHTS DA PROGRAMS & PROJECTS Policy Framework, Special Agricultural Public Investment, Area Development Support Services Project (Priority beneficiaries are IPs) STATUS OF THESE PROGRAMS & PROJECTS On-going SYSTEMATIC IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES ACTIONS FOR THESE CHALLENGES Disaggregation of data for IP, Market Driven, Caters generally to farmers and Fisher folks, lack of capacity to formulate proposal, Downloading of funds Capacitation, IEC, Proper Coordination with local officials TRENDS ACROSS AGENCIES INTER-AGENCY & MULTISTAKEHOLDER COLLABORATIONS