55 attended and participated by 92 officials and employees of the NCIP Central Office. In a nutshell, the Office on Education Culture and Health (OECH) technical staff presented the on-going initiatives on culture sensitivity under the Culturally Adaptive Basic Education and Health Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices (CABEH-IIKSP) Project as well as the Implementation of DOH-NCIP-DILG Joint Memorandum Circular 2013-01 entitled “Guidelines in the Delivery of Basic Health Services for Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples”. Resource persons were seasoned development workers in the IP communities that included Ms. Ma. Lourie C. Victor, Officer In-Charge of the Indigenous Peoples Education Office (IPsEO) of the Department of Education (DepEd) and Mr. Philip L. Anghag, Senior Technical Advisor of the GIZCOSERAM who is also the current head of the Project Management Office of the NCIPadministered Philippine Indigenous Peoples Ethnographies (PIPEs) Project. Ms. Victor shared experiences and information on the DepEd’s ongoing initiatives on Indigenous Peoples Education, paradigm shifts on DepEd and IP community engagement framework, and existing policies for protecting IP rights and their pristine cultures. In the same vein, Mr. Anghag’s presentation focused on historical arguments and current discourses on culture, culture sensitivity, service delivery and communality.