Impact Statement, detailing all the possible impact of the plan, program, project or activity upon the ecological, economic, social and cultural aspect of the community as a whole. Such document shall clearly indicate how adverse effects may be avoided, mitigated and/or addressed; j) Opinions of invited experts, if any; and k) Others as may be required by the FPIC team or as may have been surfaced during the conduct of the FBI. Section 22. Conduct of Community Assemblies and Other Activities. Two (2) community assemblies, known as First and Second Community Assembly, respectively, shall be held. The First Community Assembly shall be held as soon as the proponent remits or pays the FPIC Fee to the Regional Office and the corresponding amount is released to the concerned NCIP Provincial Office or Service Center for the purpose. It shall be held on a date and strategic place within the AD after the following are complied with by the FPIC team: 1. Formal notice to the Regional Director with his/her approval of the date and place secured; 2. Posting of written notices seven (7) days before the activity in conspicuous places in and around the concerned ICC/IP Community, i.e. the Community Tribal and/or Barangay Hall/s; 3. Personal service of formal notices to the AD representatives as appearing in the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) Recognition Book or ADSDPP Book, if available, seven (7) days before the activity; 4. Service of formal notice to the representative of the proponent/locator; 5. Service of formal notice to the concerned LGU/s Chief Executive/s, concerned NGOs and invited experts, if any; and 6. Service of notice to the Provincial Consultative Body (PCB), if existent. During this assembly, the following matters shall be taken-up, discussed and/or acted upon: a) Orientation on IPRA and the FPIC process; b) Validation FBI report and the area/s affected; c) The Census of IPs/Migrant IPs/Non-IPs; d) Identification and validation of IP Elders and Leaders; e) Determination of the Decision-making or consensus-building process/es; f) Consensus on the involvement of NGOs/CSOs; g) Validation of the members of the FPIC Team representing the community; h) Presentation of the agreed WFP; i) Option, selection and invitation of independent expert/s to conduct EIA or give their expert opinions; j) Arrangements for conflict/dispute resolution mechanisms by the chosen/elected IP Elders/Leaders; k) Date and place of Second community assembly; and l) Other matters that may be necessary and pertinent. The Second Community Assembly shall be held on a date and place within the AD decided upon during the First community assembly. In this assembly, the following shall be taken up or undertaken: 1. Presentation by the applicant of the plan, program, project or activity that it seeks to undertake. The presentation shall include: a) The Operation Plan and the scope and extent of the proposal; b) The cost and benefits of the proposal to the ICC/IP and their ancestral domains; c) The perceived disadvantages or adverse effects to the community; and d) The measures adopted by the applicant to avoid or mitigate these; 2. Sharing by an expert/s, if engaged or invited, to include presentation of the result of the EIA if available, expert opinion/s on any aspect, recommendation/s, and identification of affected area/s; 3. Remarks or inputs of other stakeholders, e.g. concerned NGAs, LGUs, NGO, IPO; 4. Open forum to give the ICCs/IPs the chance to ask questions and to speak out their concerns relative to the presentations and the project; and 5. Other important matters that are agreed upon during the assembly. If it becomes obvious or apparent that there are other ancestral domain/s that are affected, the FPIC process shall be undertaken in such area/s, either in one process or separately, depending on the obtaining facts and circumstances and the decision of the people of such affected area/s. Towards the end of the Second community assembly, the ICCs/IPs shall be left alone to agree on their decision-making/consensus-building schedules and when to come out with their decision. This activity must not be undertaken less than ten (10) days from the date of the Second community assembly and must be completed within a reasonable time but not more than two (2) months thereafter. Page 8 of 22 NCIP AO 3 s. 2012 (The Revised Guidelines on Free and Prior Informed Consent and Related Processes of 2012)

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