Republic of the Philippines

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
CARAGA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
REGION XIII
2 Floor Intino Bldg. JC Aquino Avenue, Butuan City
ND

Tel. fax (085) 341-67-85 / 8152036

PPF NO. 1 (Annex A)

PROJECT PROPOSAL

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

Project Title : Leadership Development, Training and

Capacity-Building for the Indigenous People
Mandatory Representatives (IPMRs)

Project Site :
Sitio : Purok 3 Barangay : Brgy. Amontary
Municipality : Nasipit Cong’l. Dist. : Agusan del Norte
Province : Agusan del Norte Region : CARAGA Region
CADT/CALT# : Name of AD:
Project Basis : As proposed
Total Proj. Cost : 700,000.00
Direct : 700,000.00
Indirect : 700,000.00
Source of Fund/(Year) : GAA
Beneficiary/Convergent Agency(ies) Counterpart (if any):
NCIP : NCIP Region XIII
Other Source/s: DILG
Estimated Beneficiaries:
Direct Beneficiaries:
Benficiaries Total Male Female
IP Group 70 70 0
PWD 0 0 0
Children 0 0 0
PWD 0 0 0
Youth 0 0 0
PWD 0 0 0
Adult 70 70 0
PWD 0 0 0
Older 0 0 0
PWD 0 0 0

Indirect Beneficiaries : (Use the same table per IP Group and for the indirect beneficiaries
Program & MFO Addressed :
( ) Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Communities Policy ( ) Support to Operation
Services
( ) Ancestral Land & Domain Titling Services ( ✔) Other please specify
Local Government Units in CARAGA
Region
( ) Human & Economic Development Services
( ) Indigenous Peoples Rights Protection Services

Project Status :
( ✔) New ( ) Coordinated

( ) Continuing ( ) New ( ) Continuing

Project Linkages and Address :

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 Name Office Address Contact Number
LILIBETH A. Department of Interior Butuan City (085) 342 2045 | Fax:
FAMACION, CESO III and Local Government (085) 815 1299
(DILG) – Regional Office

Proponent(s) and Address :

Name Office Address Contact Number

Atty. Marceliano P. CARAGA Administrative 2ND Floor Intino Bldg. JC Tel. fax (085) 341-67-85
Monato III, Jr. REGION XIII Aquino Avenue, Butuan / 8152036
City
Atty. Reboyun NCIP-SDS
Atty. Bernal NCIP-SDN
Gabriel Mapalo NCIP-ADN

Period of Implementation :
Target Date of Start : 1st to 2nd Quarter of 2018
Target Date of Completion : 3rd to 4th Quarter of 2018

Mode of Implementation :
(✔) By Administration ( ) By Contract (Pakyaw)

Implementor(s) and Address :

Name Office Address Contact Number

Atty. Atty. Jose CARAGA Administrative 2ND Floor Intino Bldg. JC Tel. fax (085) 341-67-85
Dumagan Jr., Director IV REGION XIII (CARAGA) Aquino Avenue, Butuan / 8152036
City
LILIBETH A. DILG-Regional Office Butuan City (085) 342 2045 | Fax:
FAMACION, CESO III CARAGA (085) 815 1299
Provincial Officer, NCIP-Provincial Station T. Curato Street corner (085) 343 1840
Agusan del Norte S. Curato Street,
Cabadbaran City,
Agusan del Norte, 8605
Provincial Officer, NCIP-Provincial Station Patin-ay, Prosperidad, (085) 343 7402
Agusan del Sur Agusan del Sur
Provincial Officer, NCIP-Provincial Station Cascag, Surigao City (085) 365 1768
Surigao del Norte
Provincial Officer, NCIP-Provincial Station Provincial Capitol, 63 86 211 3937
Surigao del Sur Tandag City, Surigao del
Sur
Hon. Ma. Angelica Office of the Provincial Butuan City, Agusan del (085)
Rosedell Amante-Matba Governor, Agusan del Norte 3428022/3418655.
Norte
Hon. Adolph Edward Office of the Provincial Patin-ay, Prosperidad, (085) 343-7144 / 343-
Plaza Governor, Agusan del Agusan del Sur 7136 / 343-3750/ 343-
Norte 3751.
Hon. Sol Matugas Office of the Provincial Surigao City, Surigao del (086) 826 – 7778; 826-
Governor Surigao del Norte 0462
Norte
Hon. Vicente Pimentel Office of the Provincial Tandag City, Surigao del (086) 211 3257
Governor Surigao del Sur
Sur

II. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE

Indigenous representation in the local legislative council is a sign of a healthy democracy. With the passage of Republic
Act 8371, Indigenous People’s Rights Act (IPRA), representation of indigenous peoples in local governance was
recognized. This traces the roots of their underrepresentation and that they were historical marginalized group. Thus,
their unique interests must be heard and translated into relevant policies, while at the same time preventing conflict.
Indigenous representation in the legislative council can also benefit society at large, because indigenous practices and
knowledge can provide solutions to complex environmental, developmental and governance problems that all
societies face today.

Today, twenty one percent (21%) of the total population in CARAGA region belong to Indigenous Peoples and Cultural
Communities (IPs/ICCs). Studies showed that due to lack of empowerment and peace and order situations, IPs/ICCs
roughly represented in the local governance. Since the passage of IPRA, however, Indigenous People Mandatory
Representatives (IPMRs) have increased from the Municipal down to the barangay level.

These representations are first and foremost a reflection and symbol of the State’s recognition of the unique interests,
needs and rights of indigenous peoples. This presupposes the recognition of indigenous peoples as a distinct identity
and legal category in CARAGA Region which is the home of Manobo, Mamanwa, Higaonon, Banwaon and Mandaya
tribes.

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 But unlike those vulnerable and minority group, IPs/ICCs are rooted in the principle of self-determination, entailing
the right to self-government in internal and local affairs, and to the ways and means needed to finance their
autonomous functions.

Moreover, there are more challenges facing the IPMRs. Basic to these challenges is how to provide effective and
efficient representation given the institutional mechanism in place. Pursuant to NCIP Administrative Order No. 01,
Series of 2009, or the national guidelines for the mandatory representation of Indigenous People in local legislative
Council, the NCIP in partnership with ther national agencies of government are mandated to provide capacity building
and trainings to IPMRs. As phrased under Section 4 (f) thereof, capacity-building is aimed at achieveing an effective
and efficient representation of IPMRs to their constituent IPs/ICCs as opposed to inefficient and passive ones.

Today, virtually all local government units of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) observe
parliamentary procedure as ethical practice in local legislation. Parliamentary law refers to the rules, laws, or
regulations of organizations, governing the orderly, expeditious and efficient transaction of business and meetings and
conventions. Without rules, there would be injustice and confusion. Knowledge to basic management skills and these
rules are matters of urgency and necessity. It is urgent since unfair local legislations, for instance, once approved are
difficult to repeal or amend. Thus, IPMRs needs to communicate properly their concerns in the deliberative stages of
local policies on the table. Without leadership and technical skills, representation remain an empty word, so to speak.

III. OBJECTIVES

Generally, the project aims to provide a leadership development and capacity building to IPMRs for effective and efficient
representation of IPs/ICCs in local governance.

Specifically, the project aims the following:

a. To conduct a need assessment on the core IPMR leadership competencies and basic skills to respond to public policy
issues;
b. To develop competencies among IPMRs in basic parliamentary procedures and leadership;
c. To foster the development in legislation through collaborative, concerted actions and strategic alliances from both local
and national institutions;
d. To facilitate mechanisms to prepare strategic and action plans, develop goals, clarify values and create a shared vision
with the local government units concerned;
e. To transform and empower IPMRs by enhancing their skills in self-awareness, goal-setting, listening, and conflict
resolution, among others;
f. To know how IPMRs usually conduct themselves as representative of IPs/ICCs in local governance;
g. To update their knowledge on existing existing laws and regulations relating to local governance;
h. To identify the problems and challenges in policy-making;
i. To make an honest assessment the level of active participation of each IPMRs in their respective locality;
j. To bridge the gap between customary laws and parliamentary rules in decision making process;
k. To train practical and workable principles in parliamentary procedures;
l. To develop a sense of organization how to respond to case simulations and apply it to actual situations;
m. To train IPMRs how to craft genuine policies, resolutions or ordinances; and
n. To craft a leadership curriculum to sustain the capacity building initiatives of NCIP and its partners to the local
government units and Indigenous Political Organizations (IPOs);

IV. EXPECTED OUTPUT

a. Partnership Mechanism. In the macro-level, the Project is geared towards building partnerships with government
agencies who either control, supervise, or coordinate with the IPMRs. The Monitoring Agencies in Chart 01 below will
basically provide the mechanism in the Capacity Building of IPMRs. This will be headed by the NCIP Regional Office in
coordination with its partners as implementors, the DILG, Provincial Officers of NCIP in 4 provinces and the Provincial
Government LGUs of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte. Chart 01 below shows
the flow organizational monitoring and evaluation team.

Chart 01.

NCIP
Regional
Office

DILG 4 Provincial 4 Provincial

Officers Local
Government
Units

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 b. Inter-agency Cooperation. The Monitoring Agencies are charged with monitoring and evaluation. As provided in Chart
01, they will continuously and routinely gather data during project implementation of the Project. Each agency will
have their own assessment and evaluation of IPMR’s accountability to issues and concerns in his/her local jurisdiction.
Close coordination, however, is expected among these agencies. For instance, the DILG would have provided the data
of IPMRs validated or confirmed to NCIP-Provincial Offices. While PLGUs have their own supervision over IPMRs, the
DILG also retained the power to discipline them. Each agency will assess the performance of IPMRs since the
implementation of the Project. NCIP Provincial Officers are mandated to provide list of leaders of IPOs and
applied/unconfirmed IPMRs who are willing to be trained as well.

c. Information Sharing to constituent IPs/ICCs. Leadership and capacity building are not limited to the IPMRs. These
trainings are to be shared to future generations as well. Aside from their normal duties and responsibilities as IPMRs,
they are required to regularly share the informations that this Project have provided them to their respective IPs/ICCs
or IPOs. IPMRs are required to report the seminar or training they conducted to any of the partner agencies, which
would in turn keep a record for ready reference of the Project Head.

d. Leadership Curriculum for Sustained Capacity Building. The Partner agencies will formulate curriculum for Leadership
Training as requirement for IPMRs guided by their supervisory powers over LGUs. Being elected IPMRs entails
responsibilities and one of which is to maintain a consistent leadership experience. As a regular course, implementing
agencies would provide the Head agency in Chart 01 their target IPMRs whom they think needed more
training/enhancement.

e. Core outputs. At the core of this project, IPMRs are expected to develop competent leadership, which would enhance
their capacity towards an effective and efficient representation of the rights of IPs/ICCs in local governance.
Meaningful results and conclusions will be assessed by the facilitarors and as a group. Learning will be experientiall;
thus, IPMRs are expected to apply these experiences in real life situations. In the course of the training, greater
emphasis to leadership skills, communication, team building, partnerships with government and non-government
sectors and building strategic alliances. As such, these training examines and develops critical thinking. Since legislative
governance are highly political, IPMRs will build inter-organizational working teams, and are expected to collaborate.
On the technical level, the facilitating group will assist the IPMRs in bringing specific solutions to the issues and
concerns of their respective constituent IPs/ICCs be resolved before the local government which they are elected.
IPMRs will formulate effective team building strategies, conflict management and resolution, and to work in
collaboration with other legislative council members.

V. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION and M & E STRATEGIES

a. Diagnostic phase – A focus group discussion will be conducted by the NCIP staff and key facilitators to assess the
program specific needs to the clustered group of IPMRs (Team). Each team will be interviewed on their level of
knowledge to the basic rules, laws and ethical standards of governance. Experiences at the grassroots level are
also gathered such as but not limited to, conflict resolution, proposing and objecting motions, problems on
building alliances, and other legislative or administrative works such as preparing motions and participating in
deliberations. The gathered data will be analyzed by the team of facilitators, which will then be the basis of a case
build-up. These cases will be transformed into hypothetical cases for next session.

b. Case simulation - This phase constitutes the core piece of the facilitation process. Hypothetical cases are to be
presented by the facilitators, diving the clustered group into the government side (IPMRs) and another in the
indigenous group sector. The IPMRs will respond to the IPs/ICCs and vice versa depending on the cases being
presented for resolution. At this point, the team will select their respective representatives to discuss their
output. Series of technical and administrative skills will be developed and learned to enhance/measure the
clustered teams’s overall success and effectiveness.

c. Training sessions - The sessions will include topics such as: (1) trouble shooting (2) effective listening (3)
measurement of compliance (4) accountability mechanisms (5) organizational relationships (6) effective
communication and (7) technical skills training on parliamentary procedure, which include drafting Motions,
Resolutions, Ordinances and related documents.

d. Application – This phase will measure success and assure compliance of partipant IPMRs. The clustered team will
submit their output based on the topics provided in the training sessions and will be assessed based on some
diagnostic tools prepared by the facilitators to measure progress and performance and identify standards of
excellence.

e. Leadership Curriculum – Pursuant to Item IV (Expected Output), the Project will be institutionalized in the
respective partner agencies. Thus, the subject matters of this Project are to be embodied in DILG, NCIP and PLGUs
for future planning and enhancement, if any. CADT areas, IPOs and all sectors of ICCs/IPs may avail of the
Leadership Curriculum based on this Project to be conducted by the trained and capacitated IPMRs within their
respective local jurisdictions. With these, Leadership curriculum would not just be limited to IPMRs but to future
generations of leaders as well. Project orientations conducted by the IPMRs in their respective localities will be
reported to the Provincial Offices for corresponding assessment, while these reports will be integrated in the
Merit Selection Plan of the DILG.

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VI. SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
The project aims to provide a continuing training for the capacity building of IPMRs. Thus, the sustainability plan are
broken down as follows:

F
Identified problems Objective and Target Responsible Source of Funds
tion as
Office and
Proposed Activities 2018
Person

Lack of understanding on To provide a Phase 1 NCIP- NCIP

local governance, and the comprehensive knowledge Regional Appropriations
1st and 2nd
needed knowledge how to of the existing laws, and Office Budget in
Quarter
lead IPs/ICCs before the parliamentary rules based through all partnership
LGU concerned. on the result of the of its four with the DILG
diagnostic (4) and Provincial
evualtion/assessment on Provincial Local
the level of their awareness Officers Government
and leadership experiences Units in
CARAGA Region

Inability to respond To allow IPMRs to Phase 2

correctly and promptly to effectively and effeciently
1st and 2nd
the issues cases affecting respond to issues and
Quarter
their constituent IPs/ICCs concerns of their
constituent IPs/ICCs by
simulating hypothetical
cases gathered from the
diagnostic group
discussion.

Phase 3 –
Absence of intensive and To empower IPMRs to
3rd to 4th
practival training for decide, propose and
Quarter
capability training participate in policy
making activities of LGU
by providing relevant
trainings therefor
Lack of mechanism to To monitor and evaluate Phase 4 –
assess the regularly the progress and
3rd to 4th
progress/changes in the changes in leadership skills
Quarter
leadership skills and and capability of trainees
capability of trainees. based on post-training
assessment.
follows:

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VII. BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS
ITEM BREAKDOWN Peso (Php)

Particulars Pax GAA Fund

Inclusive of Pre-Training, Training and
Post-Training
1. Consultant(s)
01.01 Consultants 2 from DILG-XIII 500/hour *4hours*2 5,000
01.02 Consultants from 4 PLGUs 500/hour*4hours*4 10,000
2. Accomodation
02.01 Expected Participant IPMRs 1,000*70 pax*3 days 210,000
02.02 Facilitators 1,000*40 pax*3 days 120,000
3. Transportation and Logistics
03.01 Participant IPMRs 1,000 *70 pax 70,000
03.02 Facilitators & Consultants 1,000*46 pax 46,000

03.03 Rent of the workshop facilities 1,000*3workshops 3,000

03.04 Handout preparations 100*3workshops*70 21,000
4. Food
04.01 Meals 150*116pax*4days*3meals 208,800
04.02 Snacks (participants only) 30*70pax*3days*1snack 6,300
GRAND TOTAL 700,000
VII. ATTACHMENTS
a. Project Procurement Management Plan
b. Project Implementation Plan/Gantt Chart;
c. Summary of Estimated Project Cost; and
d. List of Beneficiaries
e. Other attachments - Community Resolution, if any , MOA, ROI, Plan, Bill of materials, Vicinity Map, Project
Basis

Prepared by: Reviewed by:

ATTY. MARCELIANO MONATO III RANDY D. ROSAS, DPA

Regional Legal Officer OIC Chief -TMSD

Approved by:

ATTY. JOSE DUMAGAN, JR.

Regional Director

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