SESSION 3 DISCUSSION OF OBJECTIVES & SESSION’S FLOW OF THE 2-DAY CONFERENCE. Atty. Jesus G. Torres Good afternoon! I will be providing an overview on the flow of this workshop. Ang kailangan po natin na ma-highlights ay ang objectives ng ating pagtitipon. The IP Rights Observatory is conceived to be an inter-agency. The data bank is just lodged at CHR, as an initial idea, being also an independent human rights institution. We have to group ourselves for the workshop, which has the main groupings of General Policy Group, Security Group, Socio-Economic Group and the groups of the IPMRs from CAR, Regions I, II, III, IV, and V. Our first theme is just a warming-up session to discuss among ourselves the agency mandates, programs and projects with timeframe from 2010-2017. Tingnan po natin ang nakaraan para magtuluy-tuloy tayo sa ating kinabukasan. We opted to have the timeframe from the past so we can move forward. Lastly, the challenges encountered in the conduct of our work involving IPs and the We opted to have the timeframe from the past so we can move forward. measures to address such challenges. “ For the IPMRs - Human rights situation of the IPs in their area, Relevance of the Government Agencies IP-related programs and projects and lastly, challenges encountered in demanding services and support from Gas for IP related needs. Our second theme is centered on identifying the current monitoring mechanisms for the Right to Development. The basic question of “How is the Right to Development being monitored in the Philippines?” Ang essence ng ating pagtitipon ay ang makabuo ng isang bagong istruktura para sa ating IP Rights Observatory. Tingnan natin on how efficiently use our government resources. The presentation of the IPMRs maybe different from the presentations of our government agencies. This can be presented in different manner, i.e. e.g. art work, role play, song, dance, oral narrative, etc. This will highlight the importance of our cultural rights. CHR will be joining the group in facilitation of workshops. We will also give you a synthesis of the day’s activity. 20