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Poblacion, Kiangan, Ifugao Email: Teddy.Ifugaocongre TEODORO BRAWNER BAGUILAT, Jr. Representative Lone District Ifugao PERSONAL DATA Date of Birth: July 30, 1966 Home Address: Poblacion, Kiangan, Ifugao Email: [email protected] Parents: Father: Teodoro Bahni-Bulayungan Baguilat Mother: Felisa Aliac Brawner-Baguilat Tribes: Tuwali, Gaddang Party Affiliation: Liberal Party EDUCATION College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City B.A. Mass Communication, Major in Journalism Saint Joseph High School, Kiangan, Ifugao Saint Martin Technical Institute, Manila ORGANIZATION AFFILIATION: Chairperson – Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) Board Member – ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) Vice Chairman – Asian Forum of Parliamentarians for Population and Development (AFPPD) Vice Chairman for Luzon – Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) Board Member – Kaya Natin! Movement for Good Governance House of Representatives Committee Leadership 16th Congress: Chairman – Congressional Oversight Committee on Agrarian Reform Vice Chairman – Committee on National Cultural Communities Vice Chairman – Committee Peace, Reconciliation & Unity House of Representatives Committee Leadership 15th Congress: Chairman – Committee on National Cultural Communities WORK EXPERIENCE Member, House of Representatives Representative, Lone District, Ifugao 2010-2013 2013-2016 2016-Present Governor, Province of Ifugao 2001-2004; 2007- 2010 Mayor, Municipality of Kiangan, Ifugao 1995-2000 Municipal Councilor of Kiangan, Ifugao 1992-1995 Teddy Brawner Baguilat_2018 CV OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCES LGU Specialist, DOH Policy Audit 2006 ➢ Evaluated DOH policy processes particularly adoption at local level and recommending prescriptions for improvement. Media Consultant, GTZ Nov 2005 ➢ Provided technical advice in public relations campaign for GTZ, helps prepare press releases, refines information materials, design communication plan and helps implement such includ-ing organizing media events for the GTZ Programme activities. Convenor, SOLIDARIDAD Aug 2005 ➢ One of the founding member and organizers of SOLIDARIDAD, a media group devoted to facilitating the promotion of positive developmental news coming from the grassroots particularly NGOs, People’s Organizations, corporate foundations, LGUs, and socio-civic organizations. LEAD evaluation team LGU Specialist Jul to Nov 2005 ➢ Joined the mid-term evaluation for the USAID’s LEAD for health project as LGU specialist. Analyzed gaps in the health project particularly on the weaknesses of project in engaging LGUs to strengthen health financing and policy making. Partner, Palibare Incorporated Sept 2004 Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement President Aug 2004 to Jul 2007 ➢ Chief Executive Officer of SITMO, an NGO handling development programs on natural resources, indigenous knowledge, renew-able energy, organic agriculture and other programs in Ifugao City Development Strategies Knowledge Manager ➢ Facilitated exchange of information among members of the League of Cities particularly on the CDS program, a World Bank technical assistance program on development planning AWARDS ➢ Dangal ng Bayan Award, One of the Most Outstanding Civil Servants in 1996 given by the Civil Service Commission and awarded by President Fidel V. Ramos ➢ Most Outstanding Governor, Baguio Midland Courier ➢ Most Culture-Friendly LGU Executive by National Commission on Culture and Arts ➢ Most Supportive LGU Executive by the Department of Education ➢ Various awards as outstanding chief executive from POPCOM, Department of Tourism and other agencies INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED ➢ Participated in various International Conferences for the World Heritage Site in Paris, Hanoi, Vietnam, and Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. ➢ Participated and presented a paper on the Ifugao sustainable forestry practices in the Regional Dialogue on Indigenous Peoples and Natural Resource Management in Nov. 2007 at Chaing Mai, Thailand. Teddy Brawner Baguilat_2018 CV ➢ Attended the EIIHCAP-UNESCO Regional Meeting entitled “Safeguarding Intangible Heritage and Sustainable Cultural Tourism: Opportunities and Challenges” in Dec. 2007 at Hue, Vietnam. ➢ Guest Speaker during the fund raising event called Ifugao Baddang Gala to support Health Programs of the Province in Dec. 2007 at Hilton Hotel, Pasadena, California, USA. ➢ Speaker to Norwegian Leader and Youth on “Philippine Perspective on Norwegian Hydropower Investment” in August 2008 at Norway. ➢ Attended training on “Area Focused Knowledge-Based Seminar for Asia” in Nov. 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. ➢ Attended “A Twinning Programme of Exchange and Cooperation between the World Heritage Properties of the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordillera and the Cinque Terre of Italy” at Cinque Terre, Italy in May-June 2009. ➢ Philippine Participant - “UNFPA Expert Group Meeting, New York City, USA January 15-17, 2013 ➢ Observer “GPH-MILF Signing”, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ➢ Report delivered to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur, March 2013 This report focuses on the exercise of the mandate granted to the Office of Representative Teddy Brawner Baguilat who chairs the House of Representatives Committee on National Cultural Communities. ➢ Delegate – visit/study tour for Land Use/Spatial planning model, Berlin, Germany, October 11-19, 2014 ➢ Speaker/Presenter on the ICCA – World Parks Congress, Sydney, Australia, November 8-16, 2014 ➢ National Report Presenter, Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) 11th General Assembly and consultation on the 2016 activities, October 9-12, 2015, Bangkok, Thailand ➢ Guest Speaker, Tri-Sector Forum on Business and Human Rights, October 27- 28, 2015, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, organized by ICCO Cooperation, PLCPD, Cambia Center for Human Rights ➢ Speaker on ICCA in Myanmar, June 7-8, 2016 Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar ➢ Speaker, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), August 1-6, 2016 Dili, Timor Leste ➢ Speaker on “Making Land Tenure and Human Rights Binding on Agribusiness, IP Rights in Forest Management (ICCA)”, organized by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights – Economic Social and Cultural Rights, September 28, 2016, Quezon City, Philippines ➢ Launching of the Philippine ICCA Project, October 26, 2016 by the Biodiversity Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ➢ Participant, The ICCA Consortium XIth General Assembly, 25-26 November, 2017 and the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 27-29 November 2017, Geneva, Switzerland ➢ Keynote Address at the National Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme Conference 2018, July 24-27, 2018, San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines ➢ Speaker at the Forum on House Bill 115 or the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCA) Act of 2016, organized by the Regional Development Council of the National Economic and Development Authority Region 10, September 12, 2018, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines ➢ Supported the ICCA Project Areas roll out 2018 in Balabac, Palawan; Tinoc, Ifugao; Kanawan, Bataan; Impasug-ong, Bukidnon; Magpet, Cotabato; Tinglayan, Kalinga; Maria Aurora, Aurora; San Toribio, Agusan del Norte; Sote, Surigao del Sur ADVOCACIES: • Environment protection and conservation - National Land Use, Alternative Mining, Indigenous Communities Conserved Teddy Brawner Baguilat_2018 CV Areas (ICCA), Forest Resources, Protection and Rehab of Ifugao Rice Terraces, Promotion of Renewable Energies • Indigenous Peoples rights and welfare - IP Education, IP Scholarships, Anti-Discrimination, Amendment of IPRA and the FPIC process • Good Governance - Freedom of Information • Lasting Peace - Peace in conflict areas like Mindanao • Gender and Empowerment - Promotion of women and children’s health, Anti-Discrimination • Food Security and Nutrition - Promotion of First 1,000 days • Reproductive Health • Agrarian Reform - Continuation of Notice of Coverage issuance and completion of CARP implementation • Climate Change • Human Rights – against Extra-Judicial Killings and Death Penalty • Federalism through Constitutional Convention • Maritime and Territorial Concerns - Maritime Code, Creating a Maritime Authority HOUSE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS FILED IN 17TH CONGRESS: NATIONAL BILLS: HB112 Freedom of Information HB113 Alternative Mining HB114 Issuance of Notice of Coverage (NOC) of CARP HB115 Protecting and Strengthening the Indigenous Communities Conserved Areas HB1601 Tax Amnesty HB1599 National Land Use and Management HB1598 Accreditation of NGOs and POs HB 1605 Institutionalizing a Pre-Hospital Emergency Care System HB1286 Providing for a Maritime Code of the Philippines HB1287 Creating a Maritime Authority of the Philippines HB1288 Registration of Ships HB1104 Sustainably Manage Forest Resources Bill HB1105 Promotion of Social Enterprise to Alleviate Poverty HB1106 Strengthening the HIV/AIDS Prevention HB1107 Ifugao Rice Terraces Rehabilitation and Preservation HB1108 Anti-Discrimination HB2836 Free Internet Access HB2837 Sagip Saka HB 2839 Granting Eligibility to Government Employees of 5 years in efficient service HB2840 Coco Levy Trust Fund HB2842 Creating a Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources HB2844 Institutionalizing Grassroots Participatory Budgeting in the Planning and Identification of Programs and Project to be Funded by GAA [Other bills filed and co-authored are available upon request] HOUSE RESOLUTIONS: HR61 Calling for an Investigation of Extrajudicial Killings HR 241 Conduct an Inquiry on the Effectiveness of Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act JR04 Urging Pres. Duterte to Continue the Bottom-Up Budgeting LOCAL BILLS [Available upon request] Teddy Brawner Baguilat_2018 CV .
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