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37402-012: Technical Assistance Consultant's Report Technical Assistance Consultant’s Report Project Number: 37402 December 2013 RETA 6143: Technical Assistance for Promoting Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (Financed by the Gender and Development Cooperation Fund) Prepared by LAND EQUITY INTERNATIONAL PTY, LTD. (LEI) Australia This consultant’s report does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB or the Government concerned, and ADB and the Government cannot be held liable for its contents. (For project preparatory technical assistance: All the views expressed herein may not be incorporated into the proposed project’s design. Promoting Gender Equality in Land Access and Land Tenure Security in the Philippines Brenda Batistiana Land Equity International, Pty. Ltd. (LEI), in association with the Land Equity Technology Services (LETS) RETA 6143: Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) of the Department of Finance (DOF) through the Support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) December 2013 Promoting Gender Equality in Land Access and Land Tenure Security 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................... 4 ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................... 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 8 I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 10 1. Objectives and Focus of this Study ....................................................................................11 2. Analytical Framework .........................................................................................................11 3. Problem Statement ............................................................................................................12 II. METHODS .......................................................................................................................... 12 1. Participants ........................................................................................................................13 2. Data Gathering Methods ....................................................................................................14 3. Data Gathering Instrument .................................................................................................14 4. Data Analysis .....................................................................................................................14 III. RESULTS ........................................................................................................................... 15 1. Gender Assessment of the Disposition of Land Tenure Instruments ..................................15 1.1 Agrarian Lands ..........................................................................................................15 1.2 Alienable and Disposable Public Lands .....................................................................22 1.3 Protected Areas, Watershed Areas and Forested Areas ...........................................28 1.3.1 Issuance of PACBRMA in Protected Areas by the PAWB.................................28 1.3.2 Land Use Agreements Issued by the National Power Corporation in watershed areas 31 1.3.3 Bayawan City Agroforesty Management Agreement .........................................33 1.4 Fishponds .................................................................................................................35 1.5 Urban Lands for Socialized Housing .........................................................................39 1.5.1 Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council ...................................39 1.5.2 National Housing Authority (NHA) ....................................................................40 1.5.3 Bayawan City Urban Housing Development Project .........................................42 2. Gender Assessment of Procedures for Land Valuation, Taxation and Registration ............43 2.1 Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) ..........................................................43 2.2 Initiatives to Integrate Gender-related Concerns in LAM of Two LGUs ......................44 2.3 Land Registration Authority .......................................................................................47 IV. SUMMARY: A GENDER ASSESSMENT OF PHILIPPINE LAM ....................................... 48 1. Areas of Strength ...............................................................................................................48 2. Areas for Improvement .......................................................................................................51 V. RECOMMENDATIONS: A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY IN LAM................................................................................................................................52 Promoting Gender Equality in Land Access and Land Tenure Security 3 Tables page 1 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries from 1972-2012 by Sex 18 2 Qualifications and Requirements for Issuance of Public Land Patents 22 3 Public Land Patent Holders/Claimants 2008-2012 by Sex 24 4 Agricultural and Residential Free Patent Applications in CENRO, San Jose de 25 Buenavista from January to October 2013 5 Gender Profile of Land Titleholders in LAMP Database in Leyte as of March 25 2010 6 PACBRMA Holders 29 7 Fishpond Lease Agreement Holders in Nine Regions by Sex 38 8 Gender Profile of RPU Owners in Barangay Magcalon, San Jose de 45 Buenavista 9 Gender Profile of RPU Owners in Barangay Boyco, Bayawan City 46 10 Delinquent RPU Owners in San Jose de Buenavista by Sex of Owner, Land 46 Types, Average Assessed Values and Average Real Property Tax 11 Clients of the Municipal Treasurer‘s Office of San Jose de Buenavista by Sex 47 Annex 1 Gender Evaluation Criteria: A Framework for Assessing the Gender Responsiveness of Land Tools 2 Gender and Development Initiatives of the Department of Agrarian Reform 3 BLGF Policies, Guidelines, Manuals, Information Systems and Programs Promoting Gender Equality in Land Access and Land Tenure Security 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This gender assessment of Philippine land administration and management (LAM) as well as the development of a proposal for a national Gender and Development (GAD) strategy for LAM would not have been possible without the generous support and active participation of the following: The National Steering Committee of the REGALA Project, led by Atty. Salvador del Castillo, the Executive Director of the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF); Philippine Commission on Women (PCW); Land Management Bureau (LMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and their Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) and Land Management Services in the two LGUs (i.e., San Jose de Buenavista, Province of Antique and Bayawan City, Negros Oriental); Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) – Central Office and in above two LGUs); Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) of the DENR; Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) of the Department of Agriculture; Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC); National Housing Authority (NHA); Land Registration Authority (LRA); National Power Corporation (NPC); Local Government of Tayabas City; Local Government of Legazpi City; Local Government of San Carlos City; and National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Basic Sectors (i.e., Women Sectoral Council, Small Farmers Sectoral Council; Small Fisherfolk Sectoral Council, Urban Poor Sectoral Council, and Indigenous Peoples Sectoral Council). Our heartfelt thanks to all of the representatives of the above LAM stakeholder groups! We also would like to express our special thanks to the LGUs of San Jose de Buenavista, Antique and Bayawan City, Negros Oriental, especially to Honorable Mayor Rony Molina of San Jose de Buenavista and Honorable Mayor German P. Saraña of Bayawan City, as well as to all of the staff of the LGU offices (i.e., Provincial and Municipal Assessor‘s Office, Municipal Treasurer‘s Office, Municipal Planning and Development Office, Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office, Municipal Environment and Natural Resource Office, Municipal Agriculture Office) in San Jose de Buenavista led by Fe Corazon Salcedo-Tacogdoy; and to all staff of the LGU offices in Bayawan City (City Assessor‘s Office, City Treasurer‘s Office, City Planning and Development Office, CLAIMS Project, Individual Property Rights Project, City Social Welfare and Development Office) led by Marchita Tuale, who participated in the workshops and activities held for this study. Special thanks should also be given to the Philippine Country Office of the Asian Development Bank, especially to Claudia Buentjen, Sonomi Tanaka, Agnes Navera, and Olive Rillo for their support. Last but not the least, we also would like to thank all of our colleagues in Land Equity Technology Services (LETS) especially to Lourdes Reyes, Brian Garcia, Godie Jamper, Bon Macatangay, Joy Fortaleza and Jinky Andes, as well as to the team for this study, Regina Astilla and Mina Ortega. Promoting Gender Equality in Land Access and Land Tenure Security 5 ACRONYMS A&D Alienable and disposable ADB Asian Development Bank AO Administrative Order ARB Agrarian Reform Beneficiary ARC Agrarian Reform Community ASC Aquatic Stewardship Contract
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