08 Fall Climate-Responsive Integrated Master Plan for Agno River Basin Volume III - Formulation Process Submitted by College of Forestry and Natural Resources University of the Philippines Los Baños Funded by River Basin Control Office Department of Environment and Natural Resources CLIMATE-RESPONSIVE INTEGRATED RIVER BASIN MASTER PLANFOR THE AGNO RIVER BASIN i TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................i List of Tables ...................................................................................................................................................... iii Table of Figures ................................................................................................................................................ iv CHAPTER 1 - Project Description ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Rationale ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Objectives of the Study ................................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Guiding Principles and Approaches ....................................................................................... 2 1.3.1 Holistic Systems Approach .............................................................................................. 2 1.3.2 Participatory Epistemology ............................................................................................. 2 1.3.3 Demand Driven ..................................................................................................................... 2 1.3.4 Interdisciplinary ................................................................................................................... 3 1.3.5 Science and Technology Based....................................................................................... 3 1.3.6 Cultural Sensitivity .............................................................................................................. 3 1.3.7 Subsidiarity ............................................................................................................................ 3 1.4 Framework of the Study ............................................................................................................. 4 1.4.1 Integrated Water Resources Management ................................................................ 4 1.4.2 Integrated Watershed Management ............................................................................ 5 1.4.3 Wetland Management ........................................................................................................ 5 1.4.4 Flood Mitigation ................................................................................................................... 6 1.5 Project Duration ............................................................................................................................. 6 1.6 Standards of Services ................................................................................................................ 10 CHAPTER 2 - Work Activities and Accomplishments ............................................................... 11 2.1 Conduct of Preparatory Activities ....................................................................................... 12 2.2 Technical Review of Inception Report ............................................................................... 12 2.2.1 Participants ......................................................................................................................... 13 2.2.2 Presentation of the Report ............................................................................................ 13 2.2.3 Coordination with Concerned Agencies .................................................................. 14 2.3 Phase I ............................................................................................................................................. 14 2.3.1 Updating of River Basin Profile ................................................................................... 14 2.3.2 Community and Institutional Focus Group Discussions................................... 16 2.3.3 Review of Development Policies, Plans and Programs ..................................... 19 2.3.4 Revision of Vision, Mission, and Goals ..................................................................... 19 2.3.5 Identification of Strategies, Programs and Projects ........................................... 21 2.3.6 Phase 1 Report Submission .......................................................................................... 23 2.3.7 Review of Phase 1 Reports by the Regional Technical Working Group ..... 24 Volume III – Formulation Process CLIMATE-RESPONSIVE INTEGRATED RIVER BASIN MASTER PLANFOR THE AGNO RIVER BASIN ii 2.3.8 Review of Phase 1 Reports by the National Steering Committee ................. 25 2.4 Phase II ........................................................................................................................................... 27 2.4.1 Formulation of Strategies, Programs, and Projects ............................................ 27 2.4.2 Investment and Implementation Planning ............................................................ 27 2.4.3 Review of Phase 2 Reports by the Regional Technical Working Group ..... 28 2.4.4 Review of Phase Reports by the National Steering Committee ..................... 28 2.4.5 Final Report Preparation and Submission ............................................................. 29 Annexes .............................................................................................................................................................. 30 Annex 1. Proceedings of the Technical Review of the Inception Report ...................... 30 Annex 2. Pangasinan Downstream Focus Group .................................................................... 32 Annex 3. Pangasinan Midstream Focus Group ........................................................................ 40 Annex 4. Benguet Northern Upstream Focus Group ............................................................. 50 Annex 5. Tarlac Southern Upstream Focus Group ................................................................. 62 Annex 6. Institutional Focus Group .............................................................................................. 74 Annex 7. Phase 1 Review of the Regional Technical Working Group .......................... 100 Annex 8. Phase 1 Review of the National Steering Committee ....................................... 109 Annex 9. Phase 2 Review of the Regional Technical Working Group .......................... 110 Annex 10. Phase 2 Review of the National Steering Committee ....................................... 116 Annex 11. Regional Development Council Resolution .......................................................... 117 Volume III – Formulation Process CLIMATE-RESPONSIVE INTEGRATED RIVER BASIN MASTER PLANFOR THE AGNO RIVER BASIN iii LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Project work plan and implementation schedule. ............................................................. 7 Table 2. List of project staff and their respective fields of expertise. ....................................... 12 Table 3. Results of the selection and grouping of target participants for the community Focus Group Discussion (FGD)................................................................................................................. 18 Table 4. Goals and objectives formulated for each thematic area. ............................................ 20 Table 5. Details of the different presentation to sectoral committee....................................... 29 Volume III – Formulation Process CLIMATE-RESPONSIVE INTEGRATED RIVER BASIN MASTER PLANFOR THE AGNO RIVER BASIN iv TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1. The Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) process. ............................. 4 Figure 2. Process framework for Integrated Watershed Management (IWM). ...................... 5 Figure 3. The flood mitigation framework. ............................................................................................ 6 Volume III – Formulation Process CLIMATE-RESPONSIVE INTEGRATED RIVER BASIN MASTER PLANFOR THE AGNO RIVER BASIN 1 CHAPTER 1 - PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1.1 Rationale Pursuant to Executive Order (EO) Nos. 510, 816 and 50, a River Basin Control Office (RBCO) was created to develop, among others, a national master plan to address flooding and to provide sustainable supply of water for the entire country. In compliance with EO 510, an integrated river basin management and development master plan was crafted in 2007 identifying eighteen (18) major river basins in the Philippines. On May 2, 2012, the Cabinet Cluster on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation passed Resolution No. 2012-001 adopting the eighteen (18) major river basins of the country as priority areas of the government. The importance of these river basins cannot be understated as they are considered as one of the life blood and drivers of the Philippine economy. Hence, they have to be managed sustainably. An integrated river basin management approach was applied in the preparation of the master plan for each river basin in line with