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(Mar-Sfm) (Gcp/Int/988/Jpn) Project Completi Forest Management Bureau Department of Environment and Natural Resources Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Strengthening Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting on Sustainable Forest Management (MAR-SFM) (GCP/INT/988/JPN) Raising Awareness and Strengthening Capacities on the Application of the Forest Auditing System using the Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management (C&I for SFM) in the Philippines PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT May 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT Part 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1. Accomplishments 1 2. Project Inputs 2 3. Project Impacts 2 Part 2. MAIN TEXT 1. Project Content 2 1.1 Background Information About the Project and Rationale 2 1.2. General and Specific Objectives 4 1.2.1 General Objective 4 1.2.2 Specific Objectives of the Activities 4 1.3. Implementation Strategy 4 1.4. Work Plan 5 1.5. Inputs 5 2. Project Context 5 3. Project Implementation 6 4. Activities and Accomplishments 7 4.1. Conduct of Awareness Campaign for the DENR Field Offices and FMU Staff and Designate DENR Regional Officials as Focal Points for C&I in Regions 02, 03, and CAR in Luzon 7 4.1.1 Letters to DENR Regions and Integrated Forest Management Agreements (IFMA) Holders Promoting the Current C&I-MAR Capacity-Building Project of DENR-FAO 7 4.1.2 Field Office Visitation 7 4.2. Identification of Pilot FMUs to adopt the C&I and Audit System in Actual Management, Planning, Monitoring and Assessment of Forest Management Activities 8 4.2.1 Assessment and Selection of Pilot FMUs 9 ii 4.3 Preparation of Philippine C&I Baseline Data Report for Each of the Selected FMU 9 4.4 Conduct Training of FMU(s) and DENR Officials/Focal Points on the Use and Application of the C&I and Audit System for SFM 10 5. Project Achievements 10 5.1 General and Specific Objectives Achieved 10 6. Project Results 11 6.1 Expansion of the National Network of C&I Focal Points in Luzon 11 6.2 Additional Pool of C&I and Audit System 11 6.3 Forging of a Unified Concept of SFM among Forestry-Related Sectors 11 6.4 Additional Baseline Data of Four (4) Forest Management Units (FMUs) Based in Regions 02, 03 and Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) 12 6.5 The Philippine Readiness for Third Party Certification 12 7. Project Impacts 12 8. Activities Still to be Completed 13 8.1 Integration of the C&I and Audit System in the Actual Management, Planning, Monitoring and Assessment of Forest Management Activities 13 8.2 Conduct of Regular Monitoring of the FMU’s Actual Application of the C&I System 14 8.3 Conduct of an In-Depth Study on the Applicability and Limitations of the Full Integration of the C&I System Involving FMU Officials and Field Staff 14 8.4 Conduct of Validation on FMU Adoption of the C&I System in Actual Operation (Management, Planning, Monitoring, etc.) 14 8.5. Preparation and Submission of Final and Other Pertinent Reports 14 9. Conclusive Summary 14 iii Strengthening Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting on Sustainable Forest Management in Asia (MAR-SFM) (GCP/INT/988/JPN) “Improving the Performance of Forest Management Units (FMUs) and Selected DENR Officers in Using the Philippine Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management (C&I for SFM) and Audit System as Management, Planning, Monitoring and Assessment Framework” PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT 01 March – 30 September 2010 Part 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. Accomplishments The recent capacity training-workshop on the use and application of the C&I and Audit system is the latest contribution to the string of efforts expended by the DENR-FMB in pursuit of sustainable forest management (SFM) in the country. The training-workshop was the denouement in the strategy adopted by the project which involved a series of activities aimed at raising awareness and creating interest among the DENR field offices and forest management units (FMUs) particularly those based in Regions 02, 03 and the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR). One major result of project efforts is the expansion of the designated National Network (NN) of Focal Persons composes of DENR top frontline officials and FMU forest managers in Luzon. Regions 02, 03 and CAR comprise the most critical timber corridors in Northern Philippines. The NN of Focal Persons were effectively capacitated in the use and application of C&I and Audit System. They are now part of the pool of capable manpower to implement the C&I system in the country. Another impact is the wider acceptance of the SFM strategy among the forestry sector (both the public and private sectors). The active involvement of major stakeholders including the DENR Regional Directors, Regional Technical Directors, PENROs, CENROs, Senior Forest Management Specialists, FMU holders and forest managers, among others, was carefully sought during the course of project implementation through effective communication and information dissemination. With informed key officials, the interest on the C&I system slowly crept in down to the frontline officials and staff slowly but steadily strengthening their grasp and interest on SFM through the C&I framework. All these developments moved the country closer to sustainable management of the country’s forest resources having surmounted most of the critical hindrances in its march towards SFM. It also elevated the readiness of the country to adopt “third party monitoring scheme” that will free the government of the onerous regulatory task of evaluating each FMUs (leaving that to third party evaluators) and focus its efforts on monitoring and guiding the FMUs as active partner in sustainable development. This will also raise the profile of monitoring and evaluation of forest management activities making it transparent and highly participatory. 2. Project Inputs The total Project cost is Php 1,620,800.00. Of this, Php 1,511,700.00 is FAO’s contribution while Php 109,100.00 will be provided by the GOP. To date, a total of Php 1,209,360 was already released by FAO. Php 453,510 and Php 755,850 represented the first and second payments respectively. The DENR counterpart funds were in kind i.e. the DENR contributed the necessary equipments, office space and facilities, salary of personnel, and honoraria and fees of resource persons and consultants. The financial and in-kind contributions and management inputs all contributed to the successful attainment of the project’s objectives. 3. Project Impacts 3.1 SFM, through the C&I framework, has a wider acceptance now among the DENR and FMUs; 3.2 The complementary capacity of field personnel and staff as well as the FMU forest managers trained on the adoption of the C&I and Audit system would reinforce the FMB making less burdensome its onerous task of evaluating and monitoring all tenure holders in the country. 3.3 Provided a more comprehensive and unified concept of forest management sustainability. Lacking of a unified concept on how to pursue SFM somehow paralyzed the DENR from forcefully and single-mindedly pursue SFM in the past. 3.4 Provided the top management, policy and lawmakers a more unified view of SFM that could enable them to enact more meaningful pieces of legislation that are truly responsive in addressing the complexities of the forestry problems of the country. Part 2. MAIN TEXT 1. Project Content 1.1 Background Information About the Project and Rationale The adoption and use of the C&I system to monitor and assess SFM in the country is now clearly etched in important DENR plans, programs, policies and guidelines. Its use as a monitoring and assessment tool in the assessment of FMUs nationwide is mandated in a - 2 - Memorandum from the Secretary dated July 12, 2007 issued by former DENR Secretary Angelo T. Reyes. With such a mandate, the C&I is currently being employed by the Forest Management Bureau (FMB) in assessing and monitoring FMU activities, particularly the Industrial/Socialized Forest Management Agreements (IFMAs/SIFMAs) and Community-Based Forest Managements (CBFMs) nationwide. The efficacy of these assessment activities however are being limited/restrained by the lack of counterpart capacity of the Forest Management Units (FMUs) to model their forest management planning and implementation towards the C&I framework and the DENR regional/field staff in conducting SFM auditing using the C&I framework to complement the efforts of the central office. To ensure an effective nationwide implementation and operationalization of the C&I system, FMB sought technical assistance and funding support from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to implement the Project: “Raising Awareness and Strengthening Capacities on the Application of the Forest Auditing System Using the Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management in the Philippines.” The Project sought for the effective application of the Auditing System using the Philippine C&I for SFM by the DENR and the Forest Management Units (FMUs) mainly through capacitation of DENR frontline implementers. The Project was implemented from February, 2007 (actual start of operation) to February, 2008. One of the Project’s main outputs is the designation of C&I National Network (NN) of Focal Points in all Regions of the country in the persons of the Regional Technical Directors (RTDs) for Forestry. However, due to budget constraints, capacity-building for the frontline field implementers was limited only to Regions 11, 12 and Caraga in Mindanao. Extending the capacity-building efforts of frontline officials and field staff to ultimately cover the whole country at the soonest possible time to build on the momentum gained from the recently concluded Project will be necessary. Hence the decision to submit a new project proposal to FAO for a new C&I-MAR Project intended this time to include Regions 02, 03 and the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) in Luzon.
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