Land Acquisition, Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Indigenous Peoples’ Policy, 3rd edition (2007) CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION The first Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (LARR) Policy was formulated in 1999 specifically for the World-Bank assisted First National Road Improvement and Management Program (NRIMP). Thereafter, the LARR Policy of 1999 was adopted, with some modifications in pursuance to prevailing laws and policies, by other financing institutions such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Japanese Bank International for Cooperation (JBIC) in their projects. A second edition of the LARR Policy was formulated in 2004 for projects under the ADB-funded Sixth Road Project. To some extent the ADB LARR Policy was also applied to JBIC funded projects. To ensure uniformity of standards in Resettlement Planning, a revised LARR Policy, 3rd edition, was formulated. This third edition of the policy now contains the Department’s Indigenous Peoples Policy, based on the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA) and NCIP Administrative Order No. 1, series of 2006 or the Free and Prior, Informed Consent Guidelines of 2006. The 3rd edition, now called the Land Acquisition, Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Indigenous Peoples’ Policy or LARRIPPP shall provide guidance to those preparing resettlement action plans (RAPs) and safeguard instruments for Indigenous Peoples (IPs) affected by all types of infrastructure projects implemented by the DPWH, whether foreign or locally funded. This policy includes the principles and objectives of the involuntary resettlement policy, the legal framework, eligibility, compensation and entitlements, the indigenous peoples’ policy framework, implementation procedures that ensure complaints are processed, public support and participation, and the provision of internal and external monitoring of the implementation of the RAP and safeguard instruments for IPs. Environmental and Social Services OfficeDepartment of Public Works and Highways February 2007 1