Section 18. Commencement and Conduct of the Filed-Based Investigation(FBI), The Team
shall commence the FBI after (5)days from payment of the FBI fee. The Provincial Officer or
Service Center Head shall immediately notify the Regional Director that the FBI fee has already
been paid. Correspondingly, the Provincial Officer or the Service Center Head, as the case may
be, shall immediately notify the ancestral domain representatives of the commencement of the
FBI. Except when otherwise agreed upon, the FBI period is ten (10) days. The 10th day is the
pre-designated date to hold the Pre-FPIC Conference should there be need to conduct the FPIC
process. It is thereafter understood that the FBI Team shall have submitted its report to the
concerned Provincial Officer or Service Center Head, who shall then immediately constitute the
FPIC Team in accordance with Section 22 hereof should there be a need to conduct the FPIC
process.
Section 19. Contents of the Field-Based Investigation Report. The FBI report shall contain the
following:
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
a) Narrative of the FBI signed by all members of the Team containing:
a.1.
Inclusive dates when the FBI was conducted;
a.2.
Names and designation of members of the FBI Team;
a.3.
Specific names of a places actually visited;
a.4.
Names of persons interviewed, indicating their positions in the community;
a.5.
Latest official barangay or municipal census record, or in their absence, other
available listings;
a.6.
Views and opinions of elders/leaders on what should cover the area affected
following Section 11 (1), their approximation of number of IP household heads
within the area affected;
a.7.
Initial documentation of concerned ICCs/IPs decision – making process for
purposes of Section 25 of this Guidelines; and
a.8.
Recommendations needed for the proper conduct of the FPIC proceedings.
List of elders/leaders of the affected community;
Copy of the latest official barangay or municipal census record indicating the IP population
in the affected area, and/or other available listings;
Indicative map showing the extent of overlap and the names of Sitios and Barangay affected;
Highlights of discussions and attendance sheet duly signed/thumb- marked by the IP
elders/leaders; and
Computation of cost required for the conduct of FPIC proceedings.
Section. Pre-FPIC Conference. During the Pre-FPIC conference, the following shall be
accomplished:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Briefing on the project and the result of the FBI;
Presentation of the WFP for the conduct of the FPIC process;
Briefing on the FPIC process, protocols, and prohibited acts;
Setting of schedules, tasking, and payments of FPIC cost;
Preparation of Work Order;
The cost for the payment of the bond premium of accountable officers which shall be
included in the WFP to be paid by the applicant.
7. Subsequent submission by the applicant of an undertaking, written in a language spoken
and understood by the community concerned, that it shall commit itself to full disclosure
of records and information relevant to the plan, program, project or activity, that would
allow the community full access to records, documents, material information and
facilities pertinent to the same.
8. Subsequent submission by the applicant of an Environmental and Socio-cultural Impact
Statement, detailing all the possible impact of the plan, program, project or activity upon
the ecological, economic, social and cultural aspect of the community as a whole. Such
documents shall clearly indicate how adverse effects maybe avoided, mitigated and/or
addressed; and
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