1. NCIP-NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

  2. VISION

    3. As an enabling partner and lead advocate, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) envisions genuinely empowered Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples whose rights and multidimensional well-being are fully recognized, respected, protected and promoted within the framework of national unity and development.

  3. MISSION

    4. The NCIP is the primary government agency that formulates and implements policies, plans and programs for the recognition, promotion and protection of the rights and well-being of ICCs/IPs with due regard to their ancestral domains and lands, self-governance and empowerment, social justice and human rights, and cultural integrity.

    The NCIP coordinates multi-sectoral efforts of stakeholders in safeguarding the rights and advancing the collective interests and welfare of the ICCs/IPs within the context of the elemental pollicies of holistic perspective, consultation and participation, self-determination, sensitivity to cultural diversity and appropriateness, and sustainability in resource management and development.

  4. OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

    1. To be the primary government agency responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies, plans and programs, and with its main public clientele, the indigenous peoples;

    2. To promote and protect the rights and well-being of the ICCs/IPs and the recognition of their ancestral domains based on customs, traditions and institutions; and

    3. To serve as the primary government agency through which the ICCs/IPs can seek government assistance and as the medium through which such assistance maybe extended.

  1. PRIORITY PROGRAMS (ON-GOING)

    1. SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONCERN

    1. Economic Livelihood Assistance

      1. Draft Animal Dispersal Project

      2. Infrastructural Support Project (construct tribal hall, water pumps, etc.)

      3. Vegetable Seeds Dispersal Project

      4. Hog Dispersal Project

      5. Organization of Tribal Cooperative

    2. Manpower Skills Training

      1. Leadership Training

      2. Automotive Driving Course

      3. Food Processing

      4. Dressmaking and Tailoring

      5. Craftmanship Trainings

    3. Conduct of Socio-Economic Research

      1. Concept Paper for Community Extension Services

      2. Listings of IP Census within CADC and PAMB Areas

      3. Listing of Manpower Labor Force

      4. Listing of Priority Projects

      5. Listing of Tribal Adults (50 years old above)

      6. Preparation of Project Proposals

    1. HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONCERN

    1. Educational Advancement

      1. Literacy Class

      2. NFE-LSCS Phase I (Adult Education Class)

      3. NFE-LSCS Phase II (Cum-Livelihood Project)

      4. Pre-School Class

      5. Daycare Class

      6. Scholarship Grants

    2. Delivery Health Services

      1. Treatment of Walk-in Patients

      2. Referral of Patients

      3. Conduct of Health Teaching

      4. Tribal Home Visit

      5. Conduct of Medical and Dental Mission

    3. Other Services

      1. Pasko sa Tribo

      2. Distribution of Relief Goods

    1. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT CONCERN

    1. Extension of Legal Assistance

      1. Rendered Legal Advises and Para-Legal Services

      2. Organization of Tribal Council of Elders

      3. Conduct of Tribal Dialogue

      4. Investigation of IPs’ complaints