9TH IGOROT CORDILLERA BIMAAK EUROPE (ICBE) CONSULTATION

Proceedings of the 9th Igorot Cordillera BIMAAK Europe (ICBE) Consultation

April 28 -May 1, 2017

Theme: "Appreciating Benguet (Land, People and Culture); Highlighting Cordillera Issues, and Experiences of Cordillera Migrant Workers in Italy"

Venues:

Casa per ferie Salesiana del Sacro Cuore, Via Marsala, 42, Rome, Italy; Moon
River Campo Sportivo, Via Angelo Batelli, 6, Roma 00146; Park Villa
Borghese.

Host: Cordillerans in Rome

Conference Report:

The 9th Igorot Cordillera BIMAAK Europe (ICBE) Consultation

• By Yvonne Belen
  
  

Speeches:

Benguet: Land, People, Culture

• By Cesar Tomilas Taguba
  
  

Benguet and Ibaloy Culture

• By Gil Tiban Catimo
  
  

Tourism and Sustainable Development in the Cordilleras

• By Marie Venus Q. Tan
  (Delivered by Doris B. Wilson)
  
  

Reports:

Morning Session (April 30, 2017)

• By Cristobal Agnaonao
  
  

Report on the “Panel Discussion “Highlighting Experiences of Cordillera Migrant Workers in Italy”, April 30, 2017

• By Averil Pooten-Watan
  
  

Workshop Group Discussion on: Highlighting and Responding to Cordillera Issues: “The Cordillera we dream of.”
     
 Report of Group Discussion No. 4 

• By Marilyn Aro & Ric Cuyob
  

Synthesis of Group Discussion Reports

• By  Cesar Tomilas Taguba
  
  

Igorot Cordillera-European Cultural Night

• By Jane Klee Morgens
  
  

Closing Session (May 1, 2017)

• By Yvonne Belen
  
  

Closing session (May 1, 2017)

• Song sang by Ric Cuyob 
  
  

Resolutions:

• Resolution on the Proposal of President Rodrigo Duterte to Creat a Department of Overseas Filipino Workers.
  
• Resolution Reaffirming the 2013 Barcelona ICBE  Resolution on Commemorating the  1887 World Exhibition in Madrid where Igorots and other tribal Filipinos were displayed to justify Spanish colonial rule
  
  

Historical and Cultural Tour:

Rome, Italy 2017 - 9th Cordillera Conference: My story, my Experience

• By Leticia de Jong (Tizya)
  
  

An Igorot’s Search for the Seven Hills of Rome

• By Yvonne Belen
  
  

Resume of Speakers:

Cesar Tomilas Taguba

• Read by Marivonne P. Cuyob
  
  

Venus Marie Q. Tan

• Read by Jane Klee Morgens
  
  

Impressions:

• Impressions by Marilyn Aro
  

• Impressions by Yvonne Belen
  

• Impressions by Gil Tiban Catimo
  

• Impressions by Jane Klee Morgens

• Impressions by Averil Pooten-Watan
  
  

Graduates of ICBE Consultations:

Graduates of ICBE Consultations

• By Conchita Pooten
  
  

Acknowledgments:

Acknowledgments

• By Yvonne Belen
  
  

Participating Organizations and Countries:

• List of Participating Organizations and Countries
  
  

Programme:

• Overall Programme
• Igorot Cordillera-European Cultural Night
• Front and Back Cover: Igorot Cordillera European Cultural Night