POLICY GROUP Rapporteur: Atty. Dahlialyn Dait-Cawed, MNSA – NCIP HR Division Members: NAPC (National Anti-Poverty Commission), NCIP (National Commission on Indigenous Peoples), NEDA (National Economic and Development Authority) and Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) In IPRA which is the basic framework (we duty bearers) should be using for the IP development cites the functions of the Indigenous Peoples. Two (2) of which are: (a) to coordinate and develop projects/programs of the ICCs; (b) oversee the implementation thereof. Another function is to convene in the unit conventions and assemblies of Indigenous Peoples are to review; asses as well as propose policy/programs that will make to their development. I. MONITORING mechanism NCIP (IP Rights Based Programming) 1. Project Development Monitoring and Evaluation (All Levels: National, Regions, Provincial Community Centers, including the participation of the Indigenous Peoples in the Ancestral Domain, other Bureaus) 2. Quick Response Mechanism (QRM) for Indigenous Peoples Rights Violations (IPRVs)  Based on AD + NCIP + Agencies + Non Government Organizations – feedback  Founded on IP – IKSPs/IPs/IPMR 3. Regular IP consultations/conversations feedback  Mechanism/cluster conferences with IPs to tell feedback what they really need, e.g. BUB 4. Regional Hearing Officers (RHOs)  Legal assistance (officers) 5. IPMRs – this is selected not elected as community representative to assert the rights to development with or without the NCIP that is the essence of everything. If you know you have the right, you assert for your right. The IP working is not for the salary, it is for responsibility. 6. Tracking of scholars (education) after graduation 56