Component 3: Building Institutional Capacity to Lead in Social Protection - this
component would support the strengthening o f basic institutional capacity o f DSWD to
assume a leadership role in social protection by (i) developing the enabling policy
environment for sustained implementation o f the Philippines CCT program and broad
adoption o f the national targeting system; (ii) installing technically sound monitoring and
evaluation system.
IV. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ PARTICIPATION STRATEGIES
The following are the strategies to be adopted by the Department in all aspects o f the
social welfare and reform agenda to ensure full and meaningful IP
participation/empowerment; promotion o f their rights and protection from any adverse
results during the whole cycle o f the development processes. All these strategies shall be
undertaken in close coordination with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
(NCIP) at the national and local levels.
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A. Situational Analysis/Project Identification
Ensuring that IPs’ concerns are considered in the process o f searching for promising
investment opportunities for disadvantaged communities especially in using the
various analytical tools (e.g. Stakeholders Analysis) so that projects to be identified
would be acceptable and inclusive/responsive to their current and emerging needs.
Consultation with IP communities should be done to ensure their participation in the
project identification, and that their concerns are considered. All database o f the
Department, starting with the National Targeting System shall be designed to include
updated data/information on IPs in the Philippines to allow more informed analysis o f
social welfare programs and policies.
B. Project Planning
There should be a deliberate effort to include the specific responses to IP concerns in
the formulation o f objectives; processes/activities that will facilitate their
participation in the implementation o f planned/enumerated project components and
activities; ways on how IPs could contribute/utilize their own resources (human,
material and equipment); and their roles in the structuring the project organization
Various analyses (feasibility study tools) geared towards determining the viability and
feasibility o f the project should be undertaken to ensure that projects would not have
adverse effects to them. Social acceptability especially o f the IPs to the projects
should be determined through actual consultation with them, where results o f impact
analysis and environmental study, among others are presented to serve as their basis
in deciding on whether or not the project can and should be undertaken.
When adverse effects cannot be avoided, there should be plans to minimize said
effects as well as appropriate compensation for those who will be affected. These
should also be clearly presented to IP communities.