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OF THE PHILIPPINES
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Introduced by Senator JinggoyEjercito Estrada
AN ACT
CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE CENTER FOR STUDIES ON
INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. There is hereby established a Philippine Center for
Studies on Indigenous Cultural Communities in the University of the
Philippines.
SEC. 2. The center shall conduct research and policy studies for the
protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous cultural communities to
ensure their economic, social and cultural well-being and provide an
opportunity to both Muslims and non-Muslims to participate in national life
and development.
SEC. 3. The center shall be composed of the existing Ifistitute of
Islamic Studies in the University of the Philippines and an Institute of Studies
on Non-Islamic Cultural Communities in the Cordilleras and other regions.
SEC. 4. The center shall be headed by an executive director who shall
be appointed for a term of five (5) years by the President, with the consent of
the Commission on Appointments, from among the members of the faculty of
the University of the Philippines and other state colleges and universities. The
faculty member appointed as executive director shall, during his service as
such, b e deemed as on leave from his position as faculty member.
SEC. 5. The center shall organize annually a national conference on
indigenous cultural communities participated in by government agencies,
public officers, local and international organizations and academic institutions
with functions, activities and/or programs related to the promotion or
protection of these communities.
The main agenda of the conference shall be the continuing studies on
these communities. In addition to recommendations on further studies, the
conference shall also make recommendations on policies and programs
concerning indigenous cultural communities.