informed consent and other mandatory consultations with respect to communal and individual IP rights, (5) Compliance with established standards, guidelines, systems and procedures, grants, aids and subsidies given to the NCIP, and (6) Other relevant information. Part VI: Offices of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Section 1: Offices within the NCIP. The NCIP shall have the following offices which shall be responsible for the implementation of the policies, plans and programs herein provided. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) Ancestral Domains Office Office on Policy, Planning and Research Office on Education, Culture and Health Office on Socio-Economic Services and Special Concerns Office of Empowerment and Human Rights Administrative Office Legal Affairs Office Office of the Executive Director Regional and Field Offices Other Offices Section 2. Ancestral Domains Office. The Ancestral Domains Office shall be responsible for the identification, delineation and recognition of ancestral lands/domains. Accordingly, it shall perform the following functions: a) Determine and define the boundaries of ancestral domains and ancestral lands in accordance with the procedure prescribed in these Rules and Regulations, provide cartographic services and upon the final and official delineation of the ancestral domain/land, endorse the same to the Commission for the issuance of the appropriate titles thereto; b) Conduct, upon the request of ICCs/IPs concerned, surveys of ancestral lands, verify and approve parcellary or subdivision surveys of the same; c) Issue, upon the free and prior informed consent of the ICCs/IPs concerned, certification prior to the grant of any license, lease or permit for the exploitation of natural resources affecting the interest of the ICCs/IPs and their ancestral domains; d) Assist the ICCs/IPs in protecting the territorial integrity of each and every ancestral domain; e) Coordinate and ensure the enforcement of policies and laws protecting the rights of ICCs/IPs to their ancestral domains and land, including the application of customary laws governing property rights and relations in determining ownership procedures and standards therefor; and for the purpose, seek the assistance of appropriate government and non-government agencies; f) Be responsible for conducting census of the ICCs/IPs within an ancestral domain; g) Keep a registry of CADTs and CALTs or any formal certificate of recognition which officially and formally acknowledges the existence of ancestral domain rights over the area; h) Compile information on the location, size, and number of people living within the ancestral domains; i) Review all government grants, reservations, franchises and projects, licenses, leases, concessions and titles which affect ancestral domains and recommend to the Commission the cancellation of the same or segregation of such portions within ancestral domains in order to reconvey the same to the ICCs/IPs concerned as part of the ancestral domains; Page 32