SYNTHESIS ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF IP RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT Basically there are two groups, the National Government Agencies and the groups of the IPMRs that provided their own perspectives developed by the Commission on Human Right. There are the common issues gathered in the presentation. My views may or may not reflect the entire organization. I. IPMRs Presentation of General Themes  Lack of IP Recognition – this is their perspective, it can be contentious statement, but this is a feedback from the ground  Funding is a major concern  Inadequate Social Services – probably due to a number of factors e.g. location, coordination problems, political interference  NCIP capacity to uphold IP rights There is a strong reaction from the IPMRs especially the IPMRs from Region I. There is a strong resistance from the government actions. It is then a result of lack of understanding from the part of the government for cultural norms. It is also lack of knowledge on the part of the government, for once; we do not have ethnographic study. Prof. Raymund John P. Rosuelo Admittedly, we have not coped-up with the reader’s mechanism to fully understand and use the knowledge to design services that would better serve the interest of the IPs. II. RESPONSE of government in view of the IPs  Observed non-responsiveness  Inadequate services  Lack of Observance of IP cultural norms In connection of the responses, the creation of the IP Observatory may also be a step towards better information. Some IPs ventilated. Maybe the problems cannot be solved at the local level. It requires national interventions and policies. 67