3rd Pamana National Congress

tr[ationa[Campaign Jbr tfieImmediate aj AAO lZ fo:sumptiaw f

Impfementation

August24-26 DepEd- EcotechCenter Lahug,CebuCiiy

PAMANA KA SA PILIPINAS

Foundotion Pacfurd 7\eDavid andLucile

'IHEJOTINDANDCA'IIIERINET,

MACARIEIJR

FOUNDATION

i

I t t,

C$DEH I

[.,

ll

I' li

IF

,"*,-EilSSfl"

PAI,IANAKA 5A PIIIPINAS A Traiana!AIi

ft o{Connmityqta'rd

ariw anu/ldlnar

in |freq*iliryitE!

26 September2003 Mr. Jolfre v. Balce ExecutiveDrector Foundationfor SustainableSociety,Inc. QuezonCity Rc:

Nationrl Campaign for th€ Imm€dirte Resumption of DAO 17 Irnplementation

Dea! Mr. Balce, ln b€halfofthe NationalCouncil,it is my greatpleasue andhonorto thank you for you! continuedsupportto the causeofPamanaka saPilipinas. Herewith,I am submittingto you the terminalnarrativeandfinancialreportsofthe project 'National Campaignfor the Inmediate Resumptionof DAO I 7 Implementation'. The activity wasoneofthe maineventsdudngthe "3d PamanaNationalCongess". which washeldon August24-25, 2003,at DepEd-EcotQcl!Lahug,CebuCity. Pleaseacceptalsomy apologyfor the delayofthe activity. Due to financialconstraints,the said congress,which wasoriginally seton June4-7, waspostponedsevemltimes.Neverth€less,it was a very successfulgatheringof 1?0smallfisherfolkandcommunityleadersnationwide.

{i

Agai4 we thank you for beingwith us in our struggleto upliff our conditionassmallfishers.We wish that your iDstitutionwould havemoreblessingsso it cancontinueto servethe less advantagedsectorofour society.More power! Very sincerelyyou$,

FERNAI{DO_E. TIBURCIO NationalPresident PamanaKa SaPilipinas

SaturnSuee!GochanSuMivision,BrgyTisa C€buCity,Philippircs com Telefar:(032)262-2713;enail: pananaka(@)nozcon

Narrative

PAMANAKA SAPILIPINAS

PROIECTTERMINALREPORT ProjectTitle:NationalCampaignfor the lmmediateResumptionof DAO17 lmplementation lG Sa PiliDinas Inc. ProDonent:PAMANA SaturnSt.GotchanSubd.Brgy.Tisa,CebuCity,Philippines Telefax@32)262-27-13 ContactPersons: lsidoreAncog National Coordinator, PAMANA Email: pA$gtgbA@nazagll@m Femando Tiburcio President, PAMANA Email:[email protected]

ffiuffirftjii:

INTRODUCTION After two years since t}Ie 2"d PAMANA National Congress in June 5-7,2001, many things have occurred as far as Pamana Ka sa Pilipinas is concerned. Institutionally, Pamana has become independent from its mother institution, the Haribon Foundation. With official permission from her funding donor, Ha-ribon Foundation entrusted to Pamana a one-year operational fund, an office in Cebu City with equipment and and a fixtures, Also motorcycle. viith included the was six deplo]'ment field staff that served as Pamana Secretariat. On the other hand, Pamana Ka sa Pilipinas took its part effectively in delivering its two-fold institutional trust. Flrrtly, as an advocacy alliance of community-based managers of marine sanctuaries, Pamana joined with other groups in the fisheries sector in advancing the full implementatjon of DENR DAO 17 - the delineation and delimitation of Municipal Waters as mardated in the R.A. 8550. The Bangkat Buhay 2002 campaign in ten different bio-geographic ecosystems nation-w'ide have in one way or another steered respectjve stakeholders to unite not only for DAO 17 implementation but also with other pressing issues confronting coastal law enforcement. During the Bangka't Buhay campaign, Pamana was also actively involved in various forms of networking and linkaging activities. Advancing its very own advocacy agenda, ttre alliance became known and recognized as an active participant in fisheries reform. \--l

s€condly, as a national alliance working for institutional sustainability, Pamana in its continuing effort to strengthen its membership installed a membership development mechanism integral to the advocacy campaign. Along with the Bangka't Buhay, Pamana was able to form 10 Chapters out of t}Ie i9 targeted ba]'v/ide sites for Pamana Chapter Building. Ongoing chapter building is in the process for tl:e remaining seven, However, as the process went on, ma.ny more community-based ma.dne sanctuaries have expressed interest to become members in other areas not initially prioritized. Meanwhile, the number of members does not only measure sbengthening membership but also ensuring well malaged and sustained sanctuaries. As a matter of policy, Pamana has provided in its constitution and by-laws few membership requirements to be regularly accomplished by both old members and new applicants. In this framework, regular membership validauon is ensured through regular meetings and assemblies. Membership of good

starding is defined in how effective the members can sanctuary sustain In management initiatives. Pamana has the return, provide responsibility to quality inputs to its members venues for by providing discussion and shfiing. That includes a regular National Congress. Provided also in the alliance's constitution and by-laws that the regular national congress happens every two years. The 2"d National Congresswas held last June of 2001, and expectedly, the 3.d National Congresswas set on June 2003. On January 2003, barely two montis after the nationwide Bangka't Buhay 2002 campaign, Pamana began its crusade in organizing and formation of more ecosystem-basedchapters. It raised consciousnessof its member site people's communities by bringing down successes and organizations ald accomplishments of the alliance related to tlle advancement and promotion of the five-point advocacy agenda bannered by the DENR DAO 17 or the delineation and delimitation of Municipal waters. However slow, accomplishments by the govemment with other private stakeholders in delineating municipal waters were celebrated. Yet, more organizing and information campaign were done in order to inspire concemed national govemment agencies and local govemment units to accomplish more. Sometime in March 2003, while Pamana was in the height of its chapter launching and campaign, the then newly appointed DENR Secretary Elisea Gozun issued an order revoking DAO 17 and eventually stopping its implementation - an act that angered the small lishers and the conservation community.

PROJECTBACKGROUNDAND RATIONALE The revocation of DAO 17 in March 2003 triggered different reactions by the fisheries sector aIrd the conservation community. This prompted various people's organizations, alliances artd networks of small fishers to organize different levels of protests condemning the act as unjust and unfair, Small fishers nationwide were mobilizing to light against tle revocation. Having been enacted by then DENR Sec. Heherson Alvarez, DAO 17 was hailed as the most important and long overdue measure to jumpsta-rt the implementation of the 3year-old Fisheries Code. DAO 17 is about the delinealion and delimitation of

15hn municipal lisheries, paving tlle way for greater ownership and control by small flshers and local govemment units over larger fishery areas for increased productivity and equity. However, just as the implementation was getting momentum, the new Sec. Elisea Gozun issued the revocation thereby stopping its implementation. Pamana Ka sa Pilipinas is only one of those national nefilork of small frshers who fought for the immediate resumption of DAO 17 implementation. The effort maybe futile, yet it did not prohibit to unmask the dubious intention of the revocation that it was obviously wrapped with the vested interest of commercial fishers in the guise of technicalitjes and legal parlance. In tl1is context, Pamana has decided to continue $rith the fight in a long-term perspective. Despite the organization's linancial difficulties, its ls-member National Council decided to push through vrith the 3'd Pamana National Congress in order to draw a strategic pLan of action on how to address the issue at hand. Eventually, the then ongoing chapter organizing and assemblies in April has shifted its course to a more aggressive campaign for the resumption of DAO 17 implementation at the ground level. The move laid the foundation for a wider campaign that wiu be conducted come 3"d National Pamana Congress. There were three general objectives of the congress, namely: 1) improve and strengthen membership development mechanisms for organizational sustainability; 2) review, validate and affirm the alliance's policy advocacy agenda; and, 3) examine ita relevance to the cuffent political, social, economic and environmental situation of the country. From the general objectives, specilic objectives were also laid: 1) To design a long term course of action for a national campaign on the resumption of DAO 17 implementation; 2) To ratiry ttle Alliance's Constitution and By-Laws in response to the recent organizational development vis-e-vis organizational setup and structure; 3) To update the members {rith the two-year Pamana accomplishments, formally proclaim new members of the Alliance and elect its new set of oflicers for another term; 4) To review and re-validate progress and development of the s-point Pamana advocacy agenda and its relevance to the present Philippine condition; alrd, 5) Formulate action plan for the next course of action on botfr organizalional sustainability and campaign strateg/. Aside from the organizational objectives laid for the 3'a four Congress, National speci{ic objectives directly aim€d at achieving concrete course of action in relation to t}Ie DAO 17 tragedy. These were: 1) discuss updates arrd

expert opinions on the Fisheries situation and DAO 17;21 analyzn the various stakeholders involved in the case; 3) come out wit]l a campaign plan to reverse the decision of DENR on DAO 17; and, 4) agee on a common statement to make public.

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS On August 24-26, 2OO3, 170 leaders of small fishers organizations and communities representing 122 community-based marine sanctuaries gathered in Cebu City for the 3"d Pamana National Congress. Prior to this big event, ground level flexing were done in 22 bio-geo$aphic ecosystem chapters nationwide, consolidating t}Ie sentiments of small fishers regarding tl1e revocation of DENR DAO #17 by tlle Hon DENR Sec. Elisea Gozun. ltrus, this nationwide gathering was algo known as tl:e National Campaign for the Immediate Resumption of DAO 17 Implementation. Dav 1: Auo$t 24. 2OO3(Sundavt- Arrival and Reolstrationof Pattlcioants.While ttre bulk of the congress delegation started to arive at the venue, the National Council and the Secretariat held a special session in a separate venue in Cebu City. This waa aimed at finalizing the flow and the of dynamics congress in th€ next two from Aside days. designing how to run the congress, preparation of congress logistics and financial facilitation were also addressed, was The Congress divided into two major parts. One day was allotted in matters conceming campaign, advocacy and networking, while another was allotted on matters conceming organizational strengtlening and sustainability. (Pleaserefer attached Ptogram of Actiuities) Dav 2; Auoust 25. 2003(Mondavl- Ooenino.lnDutsand Worbhoos. After the welcoming of the delegaGs, pa-rticipants arld guests, speeches and statements of support formally opened the congress. Mr. Femando Tiburcio, the National President of Pamana, also gave a two-year account of the accomplishments of tfie Allialce since the 2"d Congress in June, 2001.

!

An invited resource speaker in the person of Ms. Belinda 'Beechee" dela Paz gave inputs on t}Ie National Fisheries Situationer. lPleose the see altachment for of the entire documentation inputl. Although her input covers a broad Philippine lisheries situation, Ms. Dela Paz was able to emphasize detailed updates on the recentlv concluded series of regional consultations in preparation for the mandatory review arrd amendments of R.A. 8550 that supposedly took off tJ:is year (2003). She also gave detailed updates on the national debate of the controversial DAO 17. Beechee dela Paz is the Advocacy Officer of Haribon Foundation and is also sitting as the present Chair of the NGO's for Fisheries Reform (NFR). The whole afternoon q/as devoted entirely for workshops. Five workshop groups were created among the participants. Each workshop group was assigned to discuss a particular advocacy agenda of Pamana, Ttrese are: l) Delineation and delimitation of municipal waters vis-a-vis the fate of DAO 17; 2) Marine Tenure; 3) Strict implementation of R.A. 8550; 4) Establishment of a Special Marine Court; and 5) Institutionalization of Deputized Fish Wardens.

\.'

Each workshop group was given a guide framework, which was generally aequenced in three levels of discuasions. The lirst level was to discuss the cunent realities and situation related to the issue. The second level was the discussion on the merit of the issue, the progress a:rd accomplishment of Pamana in advocating the issue together with other initiatives of other advocacy groups at different levels. The third level was the analysis of the issue based on the first and second level leading to a drafting ofa course of action to be used as basis to guide a reasonable a.nd effective campaign. During the course of individual workshop discussions, modilication and flexibility of dynamics was observed to fit into the real experience of the participants. Outputs were documented and presented to the plenaqz for critiquing and approval- (Plea.sesee atTo.ch.ed doa.rmentsof unrkshpp outwts). Dav 3: Auoust 26. 2003 - Amendment.Electionand lnduction, On organizational matters, t-lle day was spent mostly for the amendment of the alliance's Constitution and By-Laws (CBL). The National Council has prepared a proposa-l amendment approved during one of the council meetings. It was presented to the national assembly as a working paper. After the deliberadon, election of new set of olficers followed according to t}Ie amended bylaws, 6

Induction of the new set of oflicers culminated tlle event with Ms. Anabeue Plantila, t-he Executive Director of Haribon Foundation as the Inducting Otficer. (Plea.sesee ettactBd. mitu)tes and proceedings ofthe enlire congress)

OUTPUTSAND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Courseof Actionfor s-pointAdvocacyAgenda (Basedon the wo*shopresu,/l.Pleaseseeattached) 1. DAO 17 / Delineationand Delimitationof MunicipalWaters Education and awareness raising campalgn. Municipal ordinancesclearly demarcating municipal water boundaries. Call for the adoption of DAO 17 in toto and its immediate imnlpnphtrri^n

2. R.A.8550 Conduct legal and para-legal trainings. Pamana should have its own legal counsel to serve the member sites in terms of legs-lelld para-legal needs. Lobbying for the mandatory review of R.A 8550. 3. SpecialMarine Court Intensiry information drive and campaign regarding the Pamana proposed bill for the establishment of a special marine court. Strong lobbying to congress for tl1e passage of the law come next congressin 2004. 4. Institutionalization of Deputized Fish Wardeng Creation of a special committee within the national council to formulate a design for flsh warden institutionalization. Lobbying to national agencies, congress aid other line agencies. Regular updating to member sites through a newsletter regarding that will feature lish wardens.

5. Marine Tenure I

Municipalities to enact ordinances of stewardship of marine Banctuaries to people's organizations (PO's). ) Execution of Memorandum of Agreements / Memorandum of Understanding between Local Government Units and People's Organization as 1ega1instrument of tenure for marine sanctuaries. > lobby for the amendmentsof R.A. 8550 and R.A. 7160. OrganizationalStrengtheningand Sustainability 1. CBL Amendment > Amended provision supporting tl1e creation of ecosystem-based chapters replacing the old regional chapter structure: Luzon, Visayas and Mindalao, ) Amended provision replacing the 15 member national council to more membership based on the number ecosystem chapters that will be admitted to membership. > Amended provision replacing the number of Execom members from 7 to 2. Membership Development and Sustainability Mechanisms > Increasedmembership by 100%. > Improvedcollection mechalisms for membership feesand annual dues. > Improved site-based structure for easy communication arid delivery of aervices to member sites.

cl 3l 6 =

63

;l

-- tf

al

e:.

q

P I:

a

o a

o =.

F

s 6

F It

l!

9l

a.

= :,

=

a

3

a

:l ftx

e

ilHx E

;3b, Fq

ztD

q;

iIE

e

E tl

Q

=iB Hi 6'

;l I al

=, fl

a

E ti

s

it

p.

8

B I

€

E

= R

6

9>(})

"lB; l'< n

l" l

I

3 l

.l

gg a

PP > Fr F * :6 F3

da-l

oa

'!q

-l

s r l ag-

sH 9

;

FJ

z

; 6-

'| g1 2

9. 9.

I z

o

F

c

e.

o

o

€ d

3

-t

a

6

o

q

C f >'

{-

,l

a

t

t

F'

ats 6'

t: ?

itF

64 az F z ^r o II

3

I

E

3 a

o

8

to

a a 'l '(

ErP ?

t1F

F.

.\

4

!

B t

e\

F

zP

t.

L-

o rE. o=s r€ i e I d'l PB .rdl z6 E1l g" o.

dd

t E

s I

F l!

6 l! l!

o

-t

=

o =

3

2

I

i

a

a

6' z 3

9

e

e

d

E

z 4

-t q

B. s

o_

z

I q

.

d

fl

s

3

e ul

2

a

2

o

g s e

Q

2

r!

2

=

9" l1

e

=

3

€ d

z

€

e a

I

E !

q

6e

a_

f-

8

PJ 6€

8s

-a o

:}

n

o

6_x 36

E99C

6d

iq: 3 6 6

Fg 6q 63 33

3

sH o

,r

o g

*( St

E

'-\

\rN

...J

6-

I g"

&

t

t\

l)4 1 N Ta+ v F. G.

)a.

C

,$

o3

.o

I \

o

q

C.

ts

s

o

o

F

FT

6'

o c

F"'6 e Ig8 53

=,

E E

o

e

= < g. 8 ri a o , z 8 ^z=8

5F; o "

N t' *

E

{

)

f a

I

c


=

-l

t

L

t =

6

d =

lE'

(tq

ll

ll

rt P :':16

t! E

nlE

o

E

BI d :l d - | a

-d

fl

nlt!

?

9

I

e

{

9

;l

q


9L

3

3

= -

s?

d

3

E

I

3

?

I

;l

d

;l

?

a

cl

?

,l!l

l'l'

.l

I

r,l ;l

?

E .ll

:t

?

I

!l

I I

L

I o

E

6

q

&

I

.e59lE >g

ME

s3

qp

>q

o

c -

6

ZE ; 9 Et EP 3 gl > 9 > x >-= P Aol ad o

3

o

rig

zt= a6

o-

a

a

a

-t

a

:d

a

6 o

s. o

c

,8

L

L

8"

J m r il 'N"

.l' .\

\ \

t\

6l

I

8i

p\

o f

g

ts

€F git N,F

P .,.1

G

o

I

RI I * 5c) g, 3 < 7V "a F,gl

l o

a

q<

h'l

3

3

I e-l

=

I q

I {

il Fr-f L $I' )\

L

N

\

Ns,s\ )'

F j\ .J\

.