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Philippines: NCIP Administrative Order No. 03, Series of 2012, The Revised Guidelines on Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) …
a. General information about the Ancestral Domain and the ICCs/IPs of the area, including indigenous land
use plan, if existing and available;
b. Purpose of the declaration;
c. Natural resource for development, harvesting, extraction or exploitation;
d. Specific Location and area of the proposed site/s accompanied by maps, 3D
maps, sketches and/or other material reference monuments as annexes;
e. Projects, programs, activities or undertakings to be pursued to realize the purpose of the EPR;
f. Scope and duration of operational plan/s for every activity;
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g. Capability of the community to undertake the same or to engage a qualified partner;
h. Conformity with the existing ADSDPP and/or the Environmental Conservation and Protection Program of
the concerned ICCs/IPs as provided for under the IRR of IPRA;
i. Existence of a duly organized IPO registered and recognized by NCIP;
j. Recognition and Observance of IP Governance/Decision-making processes;
k. Existence and feasibility of EPR Plan & ECPP;
l. In the absence of a provision in an existing ADSDPP, or non-existence of an
ADSDPP, a statement that it shall be so included in the existing ADSDPP or
in the one that shall be subsequently formulated.
m. How income and/or benefits will be managed, shared, used and accounted for; and
n. Name and personal circumstances of the authorized elders/leaders who made the declaration and their
signatures or thumb-marks.
The community may request the assistance of NCIP in the preparation of their
EPR Plan, or an NGO duly accredited by NCIP.
4. Where to File. The declaration of EPR, along with its annexes, including the community resolution, shall
be filed, in five(5) legible copies, with the NCIP Regional Office that has administrative jurisdiction over the
area declared for EPR. If the same is filed with any other office of the NCIP, it shall be received and
immediately transmitted or endorsed to the concerned regional office.
Section 51. Validation of the EPR Declaration and Validating Team. The validation of the declaration of EPR
shall be done by a Validating Team to be constituted by the Regional Director from among personnel of the
appropriate Community Service Center, Provincial Office and/or Regional Office, which must not be more
than five (5) persons. The Validating Team shall use as its reference and/or do the following, among others:
a. CADT Claimbook and/or ADSDPP record, if existing. In the absence thereof, the barangay census or IP
census conducted by the NCIP, and other official documents produced in the performance of NCIP’s
mandate;
b. AD Profile, if existing, otherwise the team shall assist community in making one;
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