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(e)
Formulate
and design programs on symposia
instill
in them their
place in contemporary
(f)
Initiate
the
organization
of tribal
adjudication
different
tribal
communities
and federate
organizations;
(g)
Act
(h)
Accept
source,
(1)
Act as the public
as
the
catalyst
governing
grants,
pursuant
among tribal
groups
Philippine
society;
councils
among the
them
into
mother
in the strengthening
of theinstitutions
indigenous
inter~tribal
relations;
gifts,
donations
to Section
5 (f)
relations
of funds and properties
of this Executive
Order;
and information
center
of the
tribal
from
Office.
SEC. 19.
Consultation
and Coordination
with
Office.
The governing
boards,
councils
or committees
.of various
natiOnal
and regional
units
as well
as local
government units
shall
consult
and coordinate
with the
Office
in
the formulation
and execution
of thei~ policies,
plans,
programs and projects,
whenever
the welfare
and interest
of the southern cultural
communities
within
their
planning
area
or operational
jurisdiction
are being affected
or would
result
in their
displacement.
Should the.
Office
find compelling
reasons,
after
due investigation,
that
th~ welfare,
interest
or well-being
of
the
southern
cultural
communities
are prejudiced,
the
Office
shall
submit
to
the President
its recommendations
for appropriate
reliefs
or remedies,
as the
case may be.
Whenever necessary,
the President
may designate
the
Executive
Director
of
the office
or his duly authorized
representative
to such boards,
councils,
or committees
of various
national
and regional
development units
to
effec~
better
policy,
plans,
program and project
coordination
between
the
Office
and such units.
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SEC.
20. Joint
Investigation
with
Bureau
of Forest
Development.
The Office
shall
conduct:j;intly
with
the BUreau of Forest
Development,
inspection
of
ereas
covered
by applications
for licenses,
leases
or permits,
granted
under
the Revised
Forestry
Code (Presidential
Decree No. 705) in provinces
and cities
which,
according
to the .latest
official
population
census,
are inhabited
by the
southern
cultural
communities
with
th,e objective
of determining
the extent
to
vhich said license,
lease
or permit
applications
affect
the rights
of
mem~ers
of the southern
cultural
communities
residing
therein,
and on the basis
of said
inspection,
issue
certification
of such findings.
No such license,
lease
or
permit
shall
be granted
without
such .,prior
joint
inspection
being
made. ..The
Office
may interpose
objections,'
or present
petitions
for exclusion
of or
for recognition
of specific
parliamentary
rights
with
specific
areas
which
are
1~~abited by southern
cultural
communities.
SEC.
21.
Consultative
Body.
The Executive
Director
may create
a
consultative
body which shall
becomposed
of the Deputy Executive
Directors
and
representatives
from
the
southern cultural
communities
the number
of
wti1ch
.hall be determined
by the Executive
Director.
The function
of such body is to
advise
the
Executive
Director
on ~~atters
relating
to
the
problems
'~nd
a'pirations
of the southern
cultural
communities.
The body shall meet quarterly
or whenever called
by the Executive
Director.