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Ranell Martin M. Dedicatoria ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat In cooperation with Challenges to and Opportunities for Integrated Resource Management: The Philippine Experience

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Ranell Martin M. DedicatoriaICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat

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Challenges to and Opportunities for Integrated Resource Management: The Philippine Experience

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Outline of Presentation

• About ICLEI• Key Points from Da Nang workshop• National‐Local Dialogue in the Philippines

– Results and Outcomes

• Conclusions and Next Steps

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About ICLEI• Was founded in 1990 as the “International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives”

• An  international association of local governments that have made a commitment to sustainable development;

• In 2003, it became “ICLEI ‐ Local Governments for Sustainability” with a broader mandate to address sustainability issues.

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ICLEI Offices

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The Nexus Approach in SEA: ICLEI’s Role

Nexus implementation partner in Philippines and Indonesia.

– Task 1: Promotion of Nexus initiative– Task 2: Development of Nexus methodologies and guidelines

– Task 3: Building City’s Capacity on Integrated Resource Management

– Task 4: Linking with Other Regional Learning Networks / Platform

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Key Points from Da Nang workshop

• No Philippine law explicitly providing for the integrated management of food, water, and energy.– A number of laws and issuances recognize the interdependencies among these three sectors.

• National and sub‐national nexus interventions should be done concurrently and should not be approached in isolation.

• While national governments can provide an overarching nexus framework, concrete interventions should be implemented by local governments.

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Conduct of National – Local Dialogue

• As Nexus cities progress in their respective pilot projects, challenges become more apparent.– institutional mandates– data access and availability– financial constraints

• The dialogue highlights the importance of involving different levels of government in nexus implementation.– organized last October 8, 2014 in Manila, Philippines– total of 36 participants (excluding Nexus implementing organizations) 

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Nexus Dialogue Objectives

• Create a platform for exchange• Identify solutions to specific challenges and issues• Determine existing and planned initiatives at the national level

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• City representatives presented their experiences/ challenges/concerns in implementing nexus projects

• National government:– provided feedback on how they can assist LGUs– clarified issues on mandates and recommended possible actions that may be taken by the local government

Approach

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• Most identified bottlenecks are brought about by:– certain degree of fragmentation– weak coordination with national government– capacity constraints

• Appeal of local governments to national gov’ts:– devolution of certain functions

• Example: issuance of permits on groundwater extraction• More problematic for national government agencies which do not have regional offices

– assistance in assessment of technologies’ viability• Who has the final say at the national level?

Results and Outcomes

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• The dialogue provided a platform for cities and concerned NGAs to assist each other and identify specific steps for further collaboration.– difficult to come up with concrete arrangements and specific solutions

– learnings and recommendations can serve as working foundation for future undertaking

• ICLEI SEAS shall act as liaison between the national and local governments to help them realize their nexus objectives.

Conclusions

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• Organization of two city‐specific dialogues scheduled in Q1 of 2015

• Conduct of 2nd national‐local dialogue once the city‐specific dialogues are completed.

• Development and update of nexus case studies• Nexus session on the planned Resilient Cities Asia‐Pacific this 

coming February 2015• Provision of GIZ technical consultants to further assist cities• Replication of Philippine nexus processes in Indonesia, where 

applicable

Next Steps

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