The NCIP is the primary government agency that formulates and implements policies, plans and programs for the recognition, promotion and protection of the rights and well-being of IPs with due regard to their ancestral domains and lands, self-governance and empowerment, social justice and human rights, and cultural integrity. | NAME OF AGENCY | National Commission on Indigenous Peoples | | MANDATE | The NCIP shall protect and promote the interest and well being of the ICCs/IPs with due regard to their beliefs, customs, traditions and institutions.
| | AGENCY TYPE | Other Executive Office/independent agency under the Office of the President (Chapter VII, Section 40, Republic Act 8371, Indigenous Peoples Rights Act)
| | ORGANIZATIONAL CHART | View Organizational Chart
| PERSONNEL COMPLEMENT
| 1,588 as of CY 2002 plantilla positions
| | NO. OF REGIONAL / EXTENSION OFFICES | 12 regional offices
| | NO. OF PROVINCIAL OFFICES | 46
| | NO. OF COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERS | 108
| TOTAL ANNUAL BUDGET
| PhP 360 million (FY 2001)
PhP 408 million (FY 2002)
PhP 440 million (FY 2003)
| ETHNOGRAPHIC REGIONS | | CAR and Region I | | | Region II | | | Region III and Rest of Luzon | | | Island Group | | | Southern and Eastern Mindanao | | | Central Mindanao | | | Northern and Western Mindanao | |  |
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