Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy, 3rd edition (2006) CHAPTER VIII. MONITORING MECHANISM A. OBJECTIVE The main objective of monitoring the implementation of the Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs), MOA with IPs in ancestral domains, and IPAPs is to determine if these RAPs, MOA, and IPAPs are being carried out in accordance with this LARRIPP. It involves the monitoring of land acquisition, payment of compensation for lost assets, resettlement of persons severely affected by the project, and release of funds for and the actual implementation of MOA (ancestral domains) and IPAPs. B. SCOPE The RAPs to be prepared, implemented and monitored, shall cover all the items mentioned in the RAP outline including but not limited to the identification and compensation for the affected following: for Structure and Other Improvements, and Land that will have to be taken for right-of-way and income restoration. The content of the MOA with affected IPs will follow the outline spelled out in Part VIII of the Free, Prior and Informed Consent Guidelines of 2006. The outline of the IPAP is spelled out in the Social, Environmental Management Systems Manual (SEMS). C. MONITORING MECHANISM 1. Supervision and Internal Monitoring The Environmental and Social Services Office (ESSO) under D.O. 58 of the DPWH shall conduct the supervision and in-house monitoring of implementation of the RAPs and the IPAPs (for affected IPs outside the ancestral domain) and will be alternately called the Internal Monitoring Agent (IMA). Environmental and Social Services Office Department of Public Works and Highways March 2006, Revised October 2006 40