collective rights over land and resources guaranteed under both national and international human
rights law in IPRA and the UNDRIP.
2. Pending congressional enactment of the National Land Use Act and an act to finance
the ADSDPPs (Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development Protection Plan), there is
no clear State assistance to development of Ancestral Domains along the planning
done by the IP through their ADSDPPs.
Existing government programs only go so far as to provide basic services in health; education
and agriculture addressing individuals who may incidentally be IP but not the collective rights of
IP which should entail budget appropriations for direct development assistance to IPs
Existing government programs that were reported during the inquiry include:
a) NCIP-Human, Economic, Environmentalists Development and Protection Services, Education
Assistance Program, Merit-based scholarship, Health Program;
b) NAPC- representation of the IPs in Bottom Up Budgeting, Grievances Redress Committee
and the Local Poverty Reduction Action Teams in the Citizens and Municipalities;
c) NEDA-CAR-Regional Development Council-program for the social preparation of the
Cordillera into Autonomous Region;
d) DA- Special Agricultural Area Development Project wherein priority beneficiaries are IPs; Rice
Program; Corn Program; High Value Commercial Crops Development; Organic Agriculture
Program; Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance; Agricultural Competitiveness
Enhancement and Fund Scholarship Program;
e) SSS- Accreditation program under the Cooperatives and Informal Sector Group including IPs,
Subsidy program; AlkanSSSya Program; JO-KaltaSSS Program;
f) DOH- IP Health Program;
g) NHA- Resettlement assistance programs in partnership with LGU;
h) MGB - Administration and disposition of mineral resources;
i) DepEd/NCIP- IP Education;
j) DOLE - IP Desks;
k) DENR- IP Desks, conduct of survey of alienable and disposable lands, National Greening
Program; net granted Natural Resources and Environmentalists Management Projects;
Forestland Management Project; Philippine Biodiversity & Watersheds for Stronger Economy
and Ecosystem Resilience (B&WISER); Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation; IP Conserved Areas; Protected Area Management Enhancement;
l) PSA- delivery of relevant reliable statistics and civil registration services;
m) DSWD - Pantawid Pamilya; Kalahi-CIDSS; Sustainable Livelihood Program; Listahanan;
Social pension; Supplementary Feeding Program; Disasters Response Operations; Payapa
at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA); Protective Services Program; Adoption and Forster
Care; Gender and Development Program; Modified Conditional Cash Transfers for IPs;
n) DAR - Land Tenure Improvement Services; Program Beneficiaries Development Support
Services; Agrarian Legal Services; Land Distribution and Acquisition.
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