Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy, 3rd edition (2006) CHAPTER VII. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS A. The Project Implemention Office or the Project Management Office (PMO) of the DPWH It has overall responsibility for implementing the project. In coordination with relevant agencies, the PMO shall manage and supervise the project, including resettlement activities and land acquisition. It shall ensure that funds for the timely implementation of the RAP, IPAP, and MOA are available and that expenses are properly accounted for. The PMO shall be assisted by ESSO (formerly EIAPO per D.O. # 58 dated May 21, 2004) in providing technical guidance and support in the implementation of the RAP, IPAP, and MOA. B. Environmental and Social Services Office (ESSO) ESSO shall provide technical guidance and support in the implementation of the RAP and IPAP and will be responsible for the following resettlement and IP safeguard activities: 1. overall preparation and planning of the RAP and IPAP; 2. coordinate with the NCIP and with DPWH field offices in the preparation, planning, and if needed, revision of the MOA for affected ancestral domains; 3. submit RAP, IPAP, and MOA budget plans (to include compensation, relocation costs, operations) for approval and allocation of needed resources by the DPWH central office; 4. in accordance with the Department’s resettlement policies, guide the District Engineering Offices and the Regional Offices in their tasks, such as the identification of IPs who will likely be affected by the project, verification of PAFs, final inventory of affected assets, information dissemination, public consultation, presentation during the CCA of the affected IP community, and dispute resolution; 5. amend or complement the RAP and IPAP in case problems are identified during the internal and/or external monitoring of its implementation; 6. in collaboration with its counterpart in the Region, follow-up with the DPWH Regional Office the processing of compensation claims of PAFs and the release of funds for the implementation of the IPAP and the MOA; 7. in collaboration with the PMO, monitor the actual payment of compensation to PAFs and release of funds for the implementation of the IPAP and the MOA; Environmental and Social Services Office Department of Public Works and Highways March 2006, Revised October 2006 37