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.
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