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Agrarian Reform Communities Project II Indigenous Peoples Safeguards Monitoring Report Project Number: 37749-013 Loan 2465/Loan 8238(OFID) October 2019 Philippines: Agrarian Reform Communities Project II Prepared by Engr. Dominador Eusebio for the National Project Coordination Office, ARCP II for the Asian Development Bank In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. This indigenous peoples safeguards external monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Indigenous Peoples Safeguards External Monitoring Report __________________________________________________________________________________ Monitoring Period Covered: 2009- 2018 L2465/37749: DAR-ADB Agrarian Reform Communities Project II (ARCP II) This report is ARCPII-DAR document. Statements and views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of ADB’s Board of Directors, management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. The Asian Development bank does not intend to make any discretionary judgments as to legal or other status of any LGU localities pertaining to their respective programs or strategy, financing any project, nor by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document. Prepared by Engr. Dominador Eusebio for the National Project Coordination Office, ARCP II 1 CONTENTS Page I. EXTERNAL MONITORING ON ARCP II IP SAFEGUARDS 4 a. Project Background 4 b. Facilitating ARCP II in Indigenous People Areas 6 c. Project Area 7 d. Consultative Process 8 e. External Monitoring Framework: Making the Evaluation 9 Process Culture Sensitive f. Methodological Approach 10 a. Ethnographic Description of the Evaluation Sites 10 II. MEASURING THE PROGRAM’S PERFORMANCE IN SAFEGUARDING THE 15 RIGHTS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE a. Effectiveness of ARCP II Intervention 17 b. IP on ARCP-AED Enterprises and Organizations 19 c. Culture Sensitive Engagement with the Indigenous People 19 Communities d. Implementing Indigenous People Safeguards 20 e. Establishing IP Culture Sensitive Grievance Redress 21 Mechanism f. Establishing IP Culture Sensitive on Gender 21 g. Measuring Project Efficiency in IP ESS Safeguards 22 III OVERALL ASSESSMENT 24 a. ADB Overall Project Rating 24 b. The ARCP II Model for Integrating Culture Sensitive 24 Facilitation: Lessons Learned c. Commitment of ARCP II to Culture Sensitive Strategies 25 Critical for Effective and Appropriate Development Projects for Indigenous People d. Key Issues to Address in the Future DAR-ARCP II Activities 25 Involving Indigenous People 2 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: List of Subprojects in ARCs with Indigenous Peoples Table 2: List of ARCP II covered Municipalities, Provinces with IPs Table 3: ARCP II Subprojects ESS compliance on Indigenous People, as of June 2018 Table 4: Overall Project Rating ABBREVIATIONS AED Agriculture Enterprise Development ADB Asian Development Bank ADSDPPP Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development Protection Plan ARB Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries ARC Agrarian Reform Community ARCP Agrarian Reform Community Project CADC Certificate of Ancestral Domain Claim CADT Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title CDD Community Driven Development CNC Certificate of Non Coverage CNO Certificate of Non Overlap CP Certificate of Precondition DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources ECC Environmental Compliance Certificate EMB Environmental Management Bureau EMMP Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan ESS Environmental and Social Safeguards FBI Field Based Investigation FPIC Free and Prior Informed Consent GAD Gender and Development GOP Government of the Philippines GRS Grievance Redress System IPDF Indigenous People Development Framework IP Indigenous People IPRA Indigenous People Right Act LGU Local Government Unit NCIP National Commission on Indigenous People NPCO National Project Coordinating Office PAP Project Affected People PIM Project Implementation and Management PSDS Phesalabuhan Subanen de Siay RI Rural Infrastructure SI Social Infrastructure 3 I. EXTERNAL MONITORING ON ARCP II IP SAFEGUARDS 1. Project Background Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the OPEC Fund for International Development approved loan assistance to the Government of the Philippines to finance Agrarian Reform Community Project II (ARCPII) of the Department of Agrarian Reform in 27 October 2008. The loan took effect on 4 March 2009 with completion date of December 2014 which was extended until December 2017 for physical completion while the loan closing dates for the ADB and OFID loan were extended to 30 June 2018. ARCP II is designed to enable the DAR - agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) to reduce poverty and sustain improved incomes and quality of life. The Project is aimed at enhancing the capabilities and well-being of poor and marginalized groups in 152 Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) and 11 ARC clusters spread across six regions, covering 19 eligible provinces and approximately 168 LGUs in the southern part of the country. The Project goal will be achieved through the implementation of an integrated and complementary package assistance involving: a) Community Driven Development (CDD); b) Agriculture and Enterprise Development (AED); c) Rural Infrastructure (RI); and d) Project Implementation and Management (PIM). As shown in Table 1 below, the National/Regional Subproject Approval Committee (NSAC/RSAC), ARCP II approved a total of 475 rural infrastructure rural infrastructures subprojects funded by the Project. These includes Farm to Market Roads (FMR), Potable Water Supply (PWS), School Classrooms, Multipurpose Halls, Warehouse and Solar Dryers, Tribal Centers and Barangay Health Centers for selected communities. Other RI SPs include community managed Communal Irrigation System (CIS), FMR with drainage structures and bridges, as well as improved processing facilities. These were perceived to help promote IPs agricultural productivity, better access to markets, and better opportunity to social services, and increasing value addition to rural livelihoods. Project management mainstreamed in government at several layers with accountability and fiduciary responsibility enforced through controls at various levels. The Project pledged to adhere to IPs’ unique cultures and traditions ensuring all activities will be carried out in a participatory and culturally appropriate manner. Table 1. List of Subprojects in Agrarian Reform Communities with Indigenous Peoples SUBPROJECT TITLE MUNICIPALITY ARC Camarines Sur Antipolo-Divino Rostro 1 Concreting of Antipolo-Divino Rostro FMR Buhi ARC Antipolo-Divino Rostro 2 Rehab of Maligaw-ligaw FMR Buhi ARC Iloilo Concreting of Sitio Nagpana to Sitio Proper, Lipata to San Geronimo 3 FMR Barotac Viejo Lipata Special ARC 4 Concreting of JNR-Agsirab-Bagongbong-Sitio Agdalusan FMR Lambunao AGSIBAGO ARC 4 Zamboanga del Norte 5 Rehabilitation of Dipolog CIS Dipolog City DCS3 Expanded ARC 6 Concreting of Sitio Jiay-Sitio Sibulan Bgy. Balas FMR Labason GBL ARC 7 Concreting of Lingatongan-Meses FMR Manukan Manukan East ARC 8 Concreting of Gupot FMR Manukan Manukan East ARC 9 Rehab with Concreting of Polayo-Denuyan FMR Siayan Siayan West ARC 10 Rehab with 0.75 km Concreting of Paranglumba FMR Siayan Siayan West ARC 11 Rehab with 2 km. Concreting of Sitio Bolanao-Litolet FMR Siayan Siayan East ARC 12 Rehab with 0.7 km. Concreting of Moyo-Sitio Pase FMR Siayan Siayan West ARC 13 Rehab with 0.9 km. Concreting of Gonayen-Sayaw FMR Siayan Siayan East ARC 14 Rehabilitation/Concreting of Junction Muñoz-Litolet FMR Siayan Siayan East ARC 15 Rehabilitation/Concreting of Poblacion-Moyo FMR Siayan Siayan West ARC 16 Rehabilitation of Lituban CIS Siocon Jolamipaman ARC 17 Concreting of JNR Pangian-Greenridge FMR Siocon Jolamipaman ARC 18 Upgrading/Rehab of Poblacion-New Dapitan FMR Tampilisan Rubber Stump ARC 19 Concreting of Poblacion-ZNAC FMR Tampilisan Rubber Stump ARC 20 Construction of Mangop Elementary School Building Leon Postigo Triple MS ARC 21 Construction of Sta. Maria Barangay Health Center Leon Postigo Triple MS ARC Zamboanga del Sur 22 Rehabilitation of Sagrada Familia CIS Aurora TaGuMa ARC Josefina Highland 23 Rehab of Brgy. Moradje-Ebarle FMR Josefina Cluster ARC Josefina Highland 24 Rehab/Concreting of Brgy. Moradje-Tagaytay-Dawa FMR Josefina Cluster ARC Josefina Highland 25 Construction of Josefina Cluster ARC Tribal Center Josefina Cluster ARC Balongating Expanded 26 Rehabilitation of Guipos CIS Guipos ARC Baganian Peninsula ARC 27 Const of Junction Poblacion Kumalarang-Bualan FMR Kumalarang Cluster Baganian Peninsula ARC 28 Construction of 1 Unit Tribal Hall Building Kumalarang Cluster Const/Improv of Bualan-Maruing-Pampang-Poblacion Lapuyan FMR Baganian Peninsula ARC 29 Lapuyan Cluster 30 Construction of Dipaya Day Center Labangan Labangan Cluster C ARC 31 Construction of Bokong Tribal Center Labangan Labangan Cluster C ARC 32 Construction of Binayan Tribal Center Labangan Labangan Cluster C ARC Concreting of Bgy. Lower Salug Dako-Balamban-San Jose DCM FMR Balamban Expanded 33 Mahayag ARC Balamban Expanded 34 Construction-Rehabilitation-Concreting of Bgy. DCM FMR Mahayag ARC Balamban Expanded 35 Const of Bgy. Lower Sto. Niño FMR Mahayag
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