Cordillera RDC addresses IP concerns as it plans for 2021
>> Tuesday, December 22, 2020
BAGUIO CITY – The Regional Development Council
has addressed issues related to indigenous peoples like addressing the proposed
demolition of the memorial of Macli-ing Dulag that was constructed along the
national road in Bugnay, Tinglayan, Kalinga.
This, as the RDC’s committee on indigenous peoples’ concerns held its final meeting of the year to review its accomplishments and plans for 2021.
Newly assigned acting National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Cordillera regional director lawyer Marlon P. Bosantog presided the meeting wherein he was warmly welcomed by the committee.
The results of the webinar series on IP rights, innovation in culture and arts and autonomy which tackled relevant issues confronting the IP sector such as cultural misrepresentation and appropriation, cultural innovation and preservation, and the role of policies and agencies in the development of culture was highlighted during the meeting.
The committee recognized the webinar as its top accomplishment for the year as said event heightened awareness and improved quality of discussions on said issues with the insights of resource persons who are experts, practitioners and advocates coming from a multi-disciplinary fields with practical experience.
It improved the range of stakeholders which engaged more than 9,000 participants and viewers not just in the Cordillera but in the country and the world with the use of virtual platforms that would not be possible in pre-pandemic conditions.
The committee aims to continuously explore and focus on deeper issues affecting IP rights in the region with increased participation from all sectors at all levels especially from grassroots through the replication of the webinar series in 2021.
The committee aims to further engage in facilitating problems arising from projects affecting indigenous cultural communities/ICCs which is similar to its involvement in addressing the Chico Pump Irrigation Project that affected the ICCs of Kalinga in 2019.
Related to this, the committee aired support to Bosantog in coordinating with Dept. of Public Works and Highways in addressing the proposed demolition of the memorial of Macli-ing Dulag that was constructed along the national road in Bugnay, Tinglayan, Kalinga.
This, as the RDC’s committee on indigenous peoples’ concerns held its final meeting of the year to review its accomplishments and plans for 2021.
Newly assigned acting National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Cordillera regional director lawyer Marlon P. Bosantog presided the meeting wherein he was warmly welcomed by the committee.
The results of the webinar series on IP rights, innovation in culture and arts and autonomy which tackled relevant issues confronting the IP sector such as cultural misrepresentation and appropriation, cultural innovation and preservation, and the role of policies and agencies in the development of culture was highlighted during the meeting.
The committee recognized the webinar as its top accomplishment for the year as said event heightened awareness and improved quality of discussions on said issues with the insights of resource persons who are experts, practitioners and advocates coming from a multi-disciplinary fields with practical experience.
It improved the range of stakeholders which engaged more than 9,000 participants and viewers not just in the Cordillera but in the country and the world with the use of virtual platforms that would not be possible in pre-pandemic conditions.
The committee aims to continuously explore and focus on deeper issues affecting IP rights in the region with increased participation from all sectors at all levels especially from grassroots through the replication of the webinar series in 2021.
The committee aims to further engage in facilitating problems arising from projects affecting indigenous cultural communities/ICCs which is similar to its involvement in addressing the Chico Pump Irrigation Project that affected the ICCs of Kalinga in 2019.
Related to this, the committee aired support to Bosantog in coordinating with Dept. of Public Works and Highways in addressing the proposed demolition of the memorial of Macli-ing Dulag that was constructed along the national road in Bugnay, Tinglayan, Kalinga.
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