Training on Lumad Self- representation and Leadership aims to assist the Lumad movement for cultural regeneration, specially the leaders and the youth, gain culturally-appropriate self-assertion and leadership skills.
Training for Researcher and Development Worker aims to help develop interventions fitted to the Mindanao context. We train young anthropologists and scholars and share academic research methods with the communities. We give cultural diversity workshop for Church workers, and cultural sensitivity workshops for development practitioners and business groups.
Seminar on Barangay Local Governance
This seminar was conducted in partnership with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). It was aimed to give a deeper understanding of the Republic Act 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 specifically at the barangay level.
The activity started with the usual preliminaries and the introduction of the resource person from the DILG, Mr.
The governance as specified in Local Government Code was defined as the relationship of the barangay officials to the people. Metaphorically, Mr. Baldos likened governance to the saying, “…And the word was made flesh..” through the law which directs the organization, the officials, with people’s participation in the spirit of transparency. On the other hand, another word that was associated with governance was development that was defined as growth plus change to a people as the subject or object of development.
Seminar on Basic Research and Documentation
Input I. The Research Process: Introduction
Research (Pagpanuki-duki)—investigation to discover for the advancement of human knowledge.
- Exploration and learning
- Detailed study of a subject
- Discover information, new understanding
- Investigating information
- Interpretation
- Evaluating the information
- Qualitative method- e.g., case studies, ethnography, among others
- analysis of data from interviews (focus group discussions, key-informant or personal), pictures, films, video, objects, an artifact
- Quantitative method- e.g., (statistical) hypothesis testing, sampling, controlled trials, etc.
- Involves analysis of numerical data.
Why is there a need to participate in community research?
- Understanding the present status of the community (social and economic status – resources, health, crimes, etc.)
- Identification of community problems and needs based on the data gathered
- Planning on future actions to address the problems and needs
- Intervention measures such as policies, resolutions, ordinances to be implemented in the community
- It is very important to get accurate data from the community. This can only be done when the members of the community participates in the research especially in the data gathering process.
Six (6) sectors:
- Land Use Development
- Agri/Aqua-Industrial Development
- Economic Development
- Human Resource Development
- Infrastructure Development
- Development Administration
The Resource Persons for this seminar were the Provincial Officer (PO) of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and a Research Fellow of the Mindanawon Initiatives for Cultural Dialogue.
The first part of the activity was handled by the NCIP-PO who gave an overview and the highlights of the IPRA as a law that: 1.) fully recognizes the rights of the indigenous peoples through a.) Ancestral domain, b.) Self-governance and Empowerment, c.) Social Justice and Human Rights and, d.) Cultural Integrity; 2.) implement, and enforce the creation of the NCIP.
The second part was the presentation of the Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) case studies on different IP communities that have had development projects implemented in their areas.
Seminar Workshop on the Legislative Process: Resolution and Ordinance Writing
Input I. Introduction: Legislative Powers:
1. Congress – Senate and House
2. Sangguniang—Panlalawigan (province), Bayan (municipalities), Panglungsod (cities) and Barangay (barangay),
Composition of the Sangguniang Barangay:
1. the punong barangay, as presiding officer
2. the members of the sangguniang barangay, as regular members
3. the sangguniang kabataan chairman, as ex-officio member.
The primary function of the sanggunian is the enactment of laws for general welfare. Anything contained under Section 16 of the Local Government Code of 1991.
Requisites in enacting a law:
1. quorum
2. presiding officer
3. secretary
4. internal rules of procedure or commonly known as house rules
5. order of business
Teachers’ Seminar Workshop on the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (RA 8371)and the Theories of Development
Input I. R.A 8371 otherwise known as the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act. (IPRA)
- State Policies Toward Indigenous Peoples: A Historical
Perspective
United Nations
“Indigenous communities, peoples and nations are those which having a historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories, consider themselves distinct from other sectors of societies now prevailing in those territories, or parts of them. They form at present non-dominant sectors of society and are determined to preserve, develop and transmit to future generations their ancestral territories, and their ethnic identity, as the basis of their continued existence as peoples, in accordance with their own cultural patterns, social institutions and legal systems (UNDP 2003; UNESCO 2002).”
(UNWGIP) UN Working Group for Indigenous Peoples
- Discarded the definition due to diversity.
Peoples
Indigenous peoples have the right to determine their own identity or membership in accordance with their customs and traditions. This does not impair the right on indigenous individuals to obtain citizenship of the States in which they live.
