b) Establish and maintain a Museum, library and audio-visual arts center as a repository for the
arts and culture of the IPs;
c) To assist, promote and support community schools, both formal and non-formal, for the
benefit of the local indigenous community, especially in areas where exiting educational
facilities are not accessible to members of the indigenous group;
d) Administer all scholarship programs and other educational projects intended for ICC/IP
beneficiaries in coordination with the Department of Education, Culture and Sports and the
Commission on Higher Education;
e) Provide for health programs and services to the ICCs/IPs and promote indigenous health
practices and the use of traditional medicine;
f) Undertake a special program which includes language and vocational training, public health
and family assistance program and related subjects. It shall likewise generate the necessary
funds and technical support from other sources to augment the available appropriation;
g) Identify members of ICCs/IPs for training in health profession and encourage and assist them
to enroll in schools of medicine, nursing, medical technology, physical therapy and other
allied courses;
h) Deploy a representative in appropriate government offices who shall personally perform the
foregoing tasks and who shall receive complaints from the ICCs/IPs and compel action from
the concerned agency; and
i)
Monitor the activities of the National Museum and other similar government agencies
generally intended to manage and preserve historical and archeological artifacts of the
ICCs/IPs and shall be responsible for the implementation of such other functions as the
Commission may deem appropriate and necessary.
Section 5: Office on Socio-Economic Services and Special Concerns. The Office on
Socio-Economic Services and Special Concerns shall serve as the office through which the
Commission shall coordinate with pertinent government agencies especially charged with the
implementation of various basic socio-economic services, policies, plans and programs affecting
the ICCs/ IPs to ensure that the same are properly and directly enjoyed by them. It shall also:
a) Formulate and implement a program of action which will bring agro-technological
development among the ICCs/IPs, building upon existing customary practices and traditions;
b) Facilitate the delivery of socio-economic services to the ICCs/IPs communities including, but
not limited to infrastructure, extension, credit, financing, marketing, and other social services;
c) Coordinate and collaborate with other government agencies for the formulation of policies,
plans and programs that will ensure the alleviation, if not eradication, of poverty among
ICCs/IPs;
d) To promote and encourage cooperatives in accordance with the beliefs, traditions and
customs of the ICCs/ IPs;
e) To assist ICCs/IPs and coordinate disaster and relief operations in ICC/IP communities
affected by natural calamities, disasters or catastrophes;
f) Provide the indigenous women, youth and elderly with programs/projects for the
improvement of their socio-economic conditions; and
g) Perform such other functions as the Commission may deem appropriate and necessary.
Section 6: Office of Empowerment and Human Rights. The Office of Empowerment
and Human Rights shall ensure that indigenous socio-political, cultural and economic rights are
respected and recognized. It shall:
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