RULE XII: MERGER OF THE ONCC/OSCC Part I: Reorganization Process Section 1. Definition and Policy. Merger refers to the reorganization of the ONCC and OSCC to establish the NCIP as the primary government agency that is efficient, effective and fully responsive to the needs and requirements of the indigenous peoples, its main public clientele. The reorganization shall lead to a revitalized and strengthened structure to achieve the objectives of the NCIP. Section following: 2. Reorganization Procedures. The procedures for the merger are the a) Revitalization and Strengthening. To achieve this purpose, the NCIP shall: 1) Form a common staff support system which shall be organized along the various offices and functions of the Commission as provided in Sections 46 to 49 of the Act; 2) Maintain a multi-level structure from the national to sub-national and community levels, to ensure a responsive, competent organization. Sub-national offices are categorized as regional and provincial offices. The basic unit of organization is the Community Service Center. These offices shall perform according to the operating principles cited in these Implementing Rules and Regulations; 3) Relocation and establishment of Service Centers in strategic sites intended to serve the most number of constituents in contiguous ancestral domains/lands for greater efficiency, effectiveness and economy: Provided; that officers and employees assigned to Service Centers shall receive compensation and incentives commensurate to the risks and hardship of these Service Centers: Provided further; that the NCIP shall assign the most qualified, experienced personnel, possessing of proven inter-disciplinary skills to facilitate a people-centered development program; 4) Reorientation of the work ethic and values of all officers and employees through regular and intensive human resource and organization development programs in the context of the IPRA; and 5) Cultivation of a policy of preferential option for IPs in the personnel policies of the NCIP. b) Retirement of Officials and Employees of the ONCC and OSCC. Pursuant to the rules of government reorganization, all officials and employees of the ONCC and OSCC are deemed retired and shall be on holdover status upon the effectivity of the Act, until the issuance of a thirty (30-day) notice of termination; c) Notice of Termination. Incumbent ONCC/OSCC officials and employees shall be individually served a notice of termination of service thirty (30) days before such termination; d) Staffing Pattern. The NCIP shall prepare a staffing pattern composed of newly created positions subject to the approval of the Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission and shall implement the same; and e) Criteria for Filling Up of the Newly Created Positions. The newly created positions shall be filled up according to the: 1) Qualifications and standards set by the Civil Service; and 2) Criteria of retention and appointment prepared by the consultative body convened for this purpose, for the implementation of the Placement Committee. Page 53