The document discusses free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) and its importance for indigenous peoples and green inclusive growth. It provides definitions and explanations of FPIC, including why consent must be free, prior, and informed. Interviews with indigenous community members express skepticism of government-led growth due to past harms from mining. The document outlines FPIC procedures and argues it can ensure growth in indigenous domains does not harm their lands, culture, and self-determination. It introduces Victoria Cajandig, the first indigenous representative to a regional development council, who advocates for including indigenous communities in frameworks for green development.

1. Ms. Victoria M. Cajandi
Executive Officer
Member of Regional Development Council
RDC-IX, Phil.

2. FPIC
Green and InclusiveGrowth

3. What is
FPIC ?
•Free
•Prior and
•Informed
•Consent

4. BASIS States shall consult and
cooperate in good faith
with the indigenous
peoples concerned
through their own
representative institutions
in order to obtain their
free, prior and informed
consent before adopting
and implementing
legislative or
administrative measures
that may affect them.
Paragraph 19,
Uni t ed Nat i ons
Decl arat i on on
t he Ri ght of
I ndi genous
Peopl es
(UNDRI P)
Paragraph 19,
Uni t ed Nat i ons
Decl arat i on on
t he Ri ght of
I ndi genous
Peopl es
(UNDRI P)

5. Why Free? • IP communities
should be able
to decide
whether to give
their consent to
activities on
their land
without force,
intimidation or
manipulation.
Timuay Anoy during one of the FPIC
consultation called by the National
Commission on Indigenous Poeples (NCIP) for
the mining project of Canadian company TVI.

6. Why Prior?
• Consent must be
obtained before
formal decisions
are made (such as
by the government
or companies)
about whether to
allow the proposed
development to go
ahead.

7. Why
Informed?
• full and frank information
and data on costs, benefits
and impacts given in a
timely fashion.
• possible alternatives to
development proposals
that will allow IP’s to meet
their needs and economic,
political, social and cultural
aspirations.

8. Consent
Give or agree
• Ensure consensus &
documentation
• Transparency
Withhold or disagree
• Ensure consensus &
documentation
• Prepare for request
for reconsideration
• Be firm and
consistent

9. Potential Impacts
When Consent is
Given
When Consent is Not
Given
Potential Impacts

10. Why is FPIC important for
GIG
Green Inclusive Growth

11. Timuay Noval Lambo during
inspection at the Canatuan
Mining Site. Part of the mine is
seen in the background
“ I believe, we, Subanons,
had been practicing a green
economy since before but not
for profit, for subsistence.
Because of this we were
excluded from the market
because we could hardly
produce goods for the
market. I’m not familiar with
growth but our tribe had
survive for hundreds of years
despite the assault to our
lands and communities. I
think that’s growth for us.”

12. “Green growth is new to me. What I can remember
is when the government said it wants growth, they
allowed mining into Mt. Canatuan, our sacred
mountain. The mountain is not green anymore.”
Timuay Jose Anoy,
Chieftain, Siocon Ancestral Domain, Mindanao Philippines

13. 1. Republic Act No. 7076 – Peoples’ Small-Scale
Mining Law of 1991, Section 7
2. Republic Act No. 7942 – Mining Act of 1995, Sec. 16
3. Republic Act No. 8371 – Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Act (IPRA) of 1997, Section 3, g; Section 59.
4. NCIP Administrative Order No. 1, series of 1998,
Sections – Implementing Rules and Regulations
(IRR) of IPRA, Part III, Section 1 to 9.
5. NCIP Administrative Order No. 3, series of 2006 –

15. Application Regional Office
Pre-FBI
Conference
Preparation of
WFP & Payment
of FBI Fee
FBI Proper
Within 10 days
CNO
Pre-FPIC Conference
First Meeting
Payment of FPIC Fee
Consensus
Building Period
Decision
Meeting
Request for
Reconsideration
MOA Drafting
Validation &
Signing
Preparation of
CP by RD
E.R. Comm. Chairperson
Not less than 10 days
from 1st
meeting
Within 30 days
Within 3 days
For concurrence For confirmation
Community
Validation
NO
YES

16. FPIC can ensure that
the growth the IPs
want do not harm
them, allows them to
decide what direction
they want, who will
be their partners and
how it will be done in
their domains.
FPIC in GIG

17. Victoria M. Cajandig
First IP Representative to the
government’s Regional
Development Council of
Region IX, a region claimed by
the Subanens as their
homeland.
“We have green assets in our
ancestral domains – land, water,
forests, minerals, indigenous
knowledge – and many more. We
have a culture that promotes
green development. We desire to
be included. I think the biggest
problem is the framework of the
growth that we are talking. It
brings a lot of dangers to our
culture and territory. We also
need to break the barriers of
inclusion.”

20. • Poverty reduction through
Farming.
• Potential investments to
come in to ancestral
territories.
• New knowledge and
technologies can be made
available.
• Better infrastructure,
education, social services,
etc.
• Access to markets
• And the preparation to the
next generation
BENEFITS OF INCLUSION

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