Détail de l' Alliance nationale

National Alliance objectives:

General objectives:

To contribute to efforts in reducing hunger and malnutrition through the promotion of small holder agriculture.

Specific objectives:

Policy Dialogues & Advocacy:

To influence governments in formulating policies and programs in support of Smallholder Agriculture;

To monitor and enforce implementation of policies and programs of governments.

Capacity Building:

To enhance and strengthen capacities of Alliance members.

Public Awareness and Campaigns:

To generate awareness andbroader public support on food and nutrition security;

To engage with other stakeholders (academe, private, media).

Institutional Building/Strengthening of National Alliances:

To establish the national alliances as viable and credible mechanisms/ platforms to discuss and monitor food and nutrition policies and programs.

Resource Mobilization:

To mobilize resources to support the work of the alliance.

National Alliance composition:

1. ANGOC (ASIAN NGO COALITION ON AGRARIAN REFORM & RURAL DEVELOPMENT)

Nature of the organization: Regional Network of Asian NGOs/CSOs

Website:www.angoc.org

Brief description of the association: ANGOC is a regional association of 21 national and regional networks of non-government organizations (NGOs) from 11 Asian countries actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture and rural development activities.

2. PHILDHRRA (PHILIPPINE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN RURAL AREAS)

Nature of the organization: National NGO Network

Website:www.phildhrra.net

Brief description of the association: the Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) is a network of sixty - seven (67) non-government organizations involved in various development activities in rural communities all over the country. 

PhilDHRRA is committed to:

- Develop and provide the services needed by its members including provision of technical assistance (such as project developement), facilitating linkages with relevant institutions, facilitating information exchange, documentation of community development model-building approaches, and access to financial resources;

- Undertake advocacy and alliance work at the national and regional levels to articulate the issues of the communities being served by our members and to promote alternative development models, tools and technologies;

- Maintain a strong network with a struggle that clearly defines the roles and relationships of the national and regional secretariats, where the secretariat is transparent and accountable to the members and where members recognize and fulfill their responsibilties to the network;

- Ensure the financial sustainability of the network, e.g., through member service fees, business projects and non-traditional fund-raising schemes;

- Provide an environment for achieving personnel excellence and growth for all our employees.

3. CARRD (CENTER FOR AGRARIAN REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT)

Nature of the organization: NGO

Website:www.carrd.org.ph 

Brief description of the association: The Center for Agrarian Reform & Rural Development or CARRD started out as a working group of professionals in 1987 whose main purpose was to respond to the technical needs of peasant federations such as the Katipunan ng Samahang Magsasaka (KASAMA) and the Lakas ng Magsasakang Pilipino (LMP).

The particular needs that these groups articulated were with respect to research and advanced training for peasant leaders in the rural areas. This became more evident when the abovementioned federations took a proactive stand in preparation for the historic “Agrarian Reform Express”. This was a Luzon-wide peasant demonstration held in 1987 to pressure the then Corazon Aquino administration to pass an authentic agrarian reform program.

In October 19, 1988, the working group together with the leadership of KASAMA and LMP decided to institutionalize their partnership. It was aimed at sustaining their concerted efforts to advance the cause of agrarian reform and rural development and be of service to a broader segment of the rural population.

The group thereafter registered themselves with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a non-stock, non-profit corporation taking the name of Center for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development or CARRD.

Objectives:

- Ensure implementation of agrarian reform program by protecting the gains and advancing the interests of agrarian reform beneficiaries and rural communities through formation of farmer paralegals, education and mobilization, and advocacy

- Develop farming families into viable social entrepreneurs through interventions on increasing farm productivity, value adding to the product and developing market linkages in the context of sustainable agriculture

- Create sustainable livelihoods and promote socio-economic development through the formation of and assistance to rural cooperatives

- Strengthen institutional capacity and viability, and establish collaborative linkages with individuals, groups and movements in private and public sectors to achieve these goals

4. PAFID (PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION FOR INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT)

Nature of the organization: NGO

Website: www.pafid.org.ph

Brief description of the association: PAFID is a social development organization which has been assisting Philippine indigenous communities secure or recover traditional lands and waters since 1967. It forms institutional partnerships with indigenous communities to secure legal ownership over ancestral domains and to shape Government policy over indigenous peoples’ issues. PAFID works exclusively with the indigenous peoples’ sector, specifically upon written or signed requests for assistance from indigenous communities or their representatives.

PAFID and its partner indigenous communities have pioneered the use of community forest lease contracts and stewardship agreements, the development of social forestry instruments in the Philippines, and the formulation of ancestral domain bills to counter the wholesale dispossession of indigenous communities and their marginalization from natural resource use planning, disposition and management. PAFID is also a pioneer in the development of community mapping as a means to empower indigenous communities to engage or negotiate with Government. Since 1989 PAFID and its partners have surveyed and mapped a more than of 1.2 Million hectares of ancestral domains in the Philippines.

PAFID today is engaged in the development of indigenous social organizations and community organizing, ancestral domain management planning, community-based natural resources management, community mapping or cultural mapping, agro-forestry, potable water systems, radio communication networks, technical services, policy advocacy and others. Over forty percent of PAFID staff are themselves members of indigenous communities, and several are second or third generation descendants of community partners and advocates who had lobbied for ancestral land claims, and won. 

Core achievements and National Alliance activities/projects implemented in 2012 :

- Scoping Studies on Food and Nutrition Security – aims to describe the problems reinforcing hunger and malnutrition, and map mechanisms, policies, and programs on food and nutrition security of governments and CSOs in Asia. The Scoping Studies were conducted by AAHM National Alliance members;

- Published 2 Lok Niti Journal related to food and nutrition security – Lok Niti is the regional journal of ANGOC. The journals contain articles on Land Grabbing phenomenon, and the pervasive issues on food security, poverty, and sustainable development affecting countries in Asia; 

- Published 2012 World Food Day poster with the theme, “Dignity and Food Security for Small Food Producers”;

- Launched the AAHM Asia Blog and sent AAHM E-Newsletter to members.

Target Activities for 2013:

To establish the National Alliances a viable and credible mechanisms or platforms of key stakeholders; Organization of PDF Sub-working group on Food and Nutrition Security (FAO Mla, NNC, ANGOC, KAIN; plan to involve DA). To use WG for policy dialogue and monitoring.To identify other possible members from CSOs, academe, private sector. Identify targets of Phil. Alliance in relation to PDF.ANGOC, as the focal point for AAHM Philippines, actively engages stakeholders on policy formulation, advocacy related to Food and Nutrition Security. On the otherhand, PDF or Philippines Development Forum is a platform of the GoP for policy dialogue with stakeholders from international and local CSOs, and NGOs. To generate awareness and  broader public support on food and nutrition security; To engage other stakeholders (academe, private, media). Develop and Launch a FOOD SAVE campaign for World Food Day to include policy objectives and public awareness. Explore Food Ed Curriculum for K12 (to be proposed to PDF-WG). Promote “new farms” (urban farms, school farms, etc.) and Farm save (Ex. Farmer exchanges on agroecological production methods). Community radio to be tapped via Catholic Media NetworkTo mobilize resources to support the work of the Alliance. Mapping of resource organizations. Explore public-private partnerships especially for public awareness programs and on-ground programs.

a. To influence governments in formulating policies and programs in support of small holder   agriculture;

b. To monitor and enforce implementation of policies and programs of governments.

- Expolore involvment in the implementation of Organic Act 2010;

- Involvement in Policy discussions for Agricultural Ventures Agreements via the Department of Agrarian Reform;

-Passage of National Land Use Policy.