Fr' Daniel J' McNamara, S'J' Ph'D Development Partners Meeting for Clean Air 18 September 2006 Offic

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Fr. Daniel J. McNamara, S.J. Ph.DDevelopment
Partners Meeting for Clean Air18 September
2006Office of the DENR Secretary Conference Room
Partnership for Clean AirBusiness Plan 2006
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What is the Partnership for Clean Air?

• The Partnership for Clean Air (PCA) evolved from
  the Lead-Free Coalition, then the Coalition for
  Cleaner Fuels. The core members started out as
  the group of concerned citizens who lobbied for
  the phase-out of lead in gasoline, as mandated in
  the Philippine Clean Air Act. Building on the
  success of a multisectoral co-opting strategy,
  the idea of a Partnership for Clean Air was born.
  It was formally launched in June 8, 2001.
• PCA is now a legal entity registered with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission and
  incorporated as a non-stock, non-profit
  corporation on November 23, 2003 as Partnership
  for Clean Air, Inc.
• PCA built its membership since its launch in 2001
  to 140 organization members and more than 50
  individual volunteers. Membership drive has been
  initiated to make these organizations and
  individuals official members to the PCA network.

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What is the Partnership for Clean Air?

• The PCA secretariat operations was initially
  funded by a US-AEP grant in the first 6 months.
  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded the
  consultants that made up the secretariat and all
  operations, overheads and projects for 2.5 years.
  The core operations of the PCA secretariat is
  currently being supported by Pilipinas Shell and
  Manila Observatory.
• The Partnership for Clean Air (PCA) is the
  national network of the Clean Air Initiatives for
  Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) in the Philippines

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What is the Partnership for Clean Air?

• MISSION
• To promote air quality management as a
  multi-stakeholder effort in the Philippines
• To facilitate air quality activities of members
  and stakeholders
• OBJECTIVES
• To strengthen stakeholders participation in
  addressing air quality management issues
• To facilitate information exchange among network
  members

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What is the Partnership for Clean Air?

• The functions of the Partnership for Clean Air
• Coordinative. Coordinates air quality activities
  of members and stakeholders.
• Supportive. Supports members and stakeholders in
  air quality activities.
• Innovative. Undertakes activities in new areas
  of air quality management
• Participative. Continues to promote air quality
  management as a multi-stakeholder effort.
• Responsive. Runs an efficient organization in
  order to be more responsive to the needs of its
  members and stakeholders.
• Transparent. Conducts activities and operations
  in a transparent manner.

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Whos who in the Partnership for Clean Air?

• Board of Trustees
• Fr. Daniel McNamara, Manila Observatory
  (Chairperson)
• Sally Monteiro, Philippine Institute of Petroleum
  (Vice-Chairperson)
• Alberto Suansing, Transport Organization for
  Clean Air (Treasurer)
• Jocelyn Manalaysay (Secretary)
• Elisea Bebet Gozun (Adviser and Past
  Chairperson of PCA)
• Secretariat
• Ritchie Anne Guzman (Coordinator)

• Representation from Government
• The PCA By-laws state that government will be
  represented by DENR and DOTC in the Board as
  ex-officio members. Nominees from DENR and DOTC
  will be appointed by the Department Secretary.
• Representation from Development Agencies
• A member from the international donor community
  or development agencies that is a current
  grantor/donor is also invited as an ex-officio
  member of the Board.

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Key Achievements

• PROGRAMMATIC
• Developed and implemented Road Map to Clean Air
  a comprehensive integrated 3-year awareness
  raising strategy towards cleaner air
• CAPACITY-BUILDING
• Developed and implemented capacity building
  programs such as Social Marketing Course,
  Leadership and Organization Program for Transport
  Groups, and Basic Air Quality Management Program
  
• SOCIAL MOBILIZATION
• Encouraged citizens involvement and recognition
  on clean air efforts Text Usok (report a smoke
  belcher through SMS), Oscar Escobar AQM awards
• Promote sustainable transport by co-organizing
  the dialogue and forum with Enrique Penalosa,
  former mayor of Bogota who engineered the
  transformation of a once chaotic city to one that
  promotes safe, efficient, modern Bus Rapid
  Transit System (the Transmilenio),
  pedestrianization, and nonmotorized transport.

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Key Achievements

• KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
• Organized workshops Tricycle Usok I and II
  workshops, Alternative fuels workshop, CNG/LPG
  fuels workshop
• Organized stakeholders forums Transport
  convention, Students forum, Stationary sources of
  emission, industry forum
• Organized policy discussions/forums/public
  consultations formulation of guidelines for
  accreditation and authorization of private
  emission testing centers, alternative fuels,
  vehicle emission standards Technical working
  group for tricycles which formulated guidelines
  for emission standards for tricycles, Policy
  discussions on PETC monitoring, USECs meetings.
• Organized technical forums Cleaning the Air
  Forum on AQ monitoring data, Transport and
  environment indicators forum, Automobile Fuel
  Quality Workshop.
• EVENTS
• Participated as resource person to the National
  Conference on Tricycle Transportation Development
  in Iloilo City (2006)
• Conceptualized, developed and led the
  implementation of a trade exhibition and forum
  Partnership for Clean Air Exhibition and Forum
  (PCAEF) in 2002 and 2003
• Participated in the Better Air Quality Conference
  in Hong Kong (2002), Manila (2003) and India
  (2004).

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Priority Projects 2006

• Promote Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) for the
  Philippines

• What is BRT?
• Segregated, median busways with median stations
• Pre-board fare collection and fare verification
• Restricted operator access (closed system)
• Free transfers between corridors
• Competitively bid concessions
• High frequency service and low station dwell
  times
• Clean bus technologies
• Modal integration pedestrian spaces and bike
  paths to complement BRT systems

Quito, Equador
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Priority Projects 2006
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Updates

• BRT Training Course for Metro Manila held in
  November 2005 at Antipolo City
• Metro Manila Council resolution for a feasibility
  study on BRT granted in 2005
• Pre-feasibility study on BRT currently being done
  by National Center for Transportation Studies,
  with funding assistance from U.S. Agency for
  International Development Energy and Clean Air
  Project
• Coordinate Taguig-Makati-Ayala Land Inc. BRT
  plans with the pre-feasibility study for greater
  Metro Manila
• The Partnership for Clean Air is a member of the
  BRT Technical Working Group officially created
  last July 2006 by the Department of
  Transportation and Communication
• Upcoming Activity Metro Cebu Mayors Forum on
  Sustainable Transport (BRT)
• initiated through coordination efforts of Mandaue
  City

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Priority Projects
Priority Projects 2006

• Promote Non-Motorized Transport

• Encourage biking and walking including the
  provision of needed infrastructure
• Forum on improving pedestrian facilities and
  bikeways in Metro Manila conducted in 2005
• Assist JICA in the Bike Donation Program
  (shipping of 1,000 units of donated bicycles from
  Tokyo to Manila) and award bikes to LGU recipients

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Priority Projects 2006

• Support efforts for cleaner, more efficient
  tricycles

• Vigan Tricycle Retrofit Project (VTRP) aims to
  mitigate pollution by retrofitting Vigans entire
  fleet of approximately 3,000 two-stroke engine
  powered tricycle taxis with Envirofits direct
  injection retrofit technology.
• The VTRP will significantly reduce carbon
  monoxide (by 75) and hydrocarbon (by 88)
  pollution in Vigan, while realizing an increase
  in fuel and oil efficiency of 30 and 50,
  respectively.
• The PCA is also actively involved in drafting a
  national tricycle framework with the Vice Mayors
  League of the Philippines

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Priority Projects 2006

• Support cleaner fuels CME, CNG, ethanol, etc.

• Participate in review of air quality standards,
  vehicle emission standards and fuel quality
  standards
• Organized roundtable discussion on fuel and
  vehicle emission standards and biofuels in the
  Philippines
• Co-organized a workshop on Automobile Fuel
  Quality Workshop with the Department of Energy
  and the Asian Clean Fuels Association (ACFA)

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Priority Projects 2006

• Implement capacity-building programs on AQM

• Identify capacity building needs and facilitate
  air quality trainings for PCA network members
  Clean Air for Asia Training Course to be
  conducted in October at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  (thru the Clean Air Training Network of CAI-Asia)
• Upcoming Activity Basic Air Quality Management
  Training for LGUs to be conducted among local
  government personnel of all 117 Philippine
  cities, in coordination with the League of Cities
  of the Philippines
• Approximately Php 1,862,500.00 funding support
  given by World Bank through its Logofind Project
  to cover training cost and travel expenses of
  resource persons for Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao
• Co-financing from other donor agencies are sought
  to cover cost of module development, layout and
  printing cost, CD production

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Clean Air Activities
Clean Air Activities
TAKE-A-PIC-4-Clean-Air

• The Integrated Bar of the Philippines through its
  National Committee on Legal Aid (NCLA) and its
  National Environmental Action Team (NEAT) in
  cooperation with the Association of Metro Manila
  Anti-Smoke Belching Units (AMMA) and the
  Partnership for Clean Air (PCA) launched the
  Take-a-Pic-4-Clean-Air Program last 21 April
  2006 at the People Power Monument along EDSA.
• Representatives from different public and
  private organizations attended the launch,
  signifying support to the program which aims to
  encourage ordinary citizens to take action
  against smoke-belchers pursuant to the citizen
  suit provision of the Clean Air Act.

• Under the Program, ordinary citizens can take
  pictures of smoke-belching vehicles and send the
  pictures to IBP for legal action. The IBP will
  inquire from the LTO the names and addresses of
  the owners of the vehicles caught on camera. The
  IBP, in behalf of those who took the pictures of
  the vehicles, will send Notices to Sue to the
  vehicle owners.

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Clean Air Activities
Metro Manila Air Shed Governing Board

• The Partnership for Clean Air is actively
  involved in the establishment of a Governing
  Board for the Metro Manila Air Shed. The
  organization is officially included in the
  Technical Working Group for Public Awareness and
  Capacity-Building as Co-Chair.
• PCA assists in the preparatory activities for the
  conduct of Clean Air Summit to celebrate the
  Philippine Clean Air Month this November 2006.

Country Synthesis Report on Urban Air Quality
Philippines

• The Partnership for Clean Air facilitated the
  finalization of Country Synthesis Report on Urban
  Air Quality, which will be presented during the
  First Governmental Meeting on Urban Air Quality
  on December 11-12 at Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

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How can you be involved?

• Sponsorship
• Be part of the team that funds the promotion of
  better air quality management in the Philippines!
  The Partnership for Clean Air is seeking sponsors
  that can help support the core operations of the
  Secretariat for 2007. Sponsorship packages for
  business partners are as follows --
• Platinum (Php 500,000)
• Diamond (Php 300,000)
• Gold (Php 100,000)

Pilipinas Shell
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How can you be involved?

• Membership
• The official partners to the Partnership for
  Clean Air is the heart of the organization!
  Membership annual fees are used to fund PCA
  activities such as roundtable discussions and
  coordination meetings, as follows --
• Business Private Sector (Php 5,000)
• Non-Government Organizations (Php 1,000)
• Individual Professionals (Php 500) Students
  (Php50)
• Local Government Units (membership fee waived)
• National Government Agencies (membership fee
  waived)
• Members are entitled to the following privileges
  
• 1.) voting power during election of PCA Officers
• 2.) free or subsidized participation in
  trainings, workshops and other professional
  enhancements related to Air Quality Management
  and
• 3.) free access to library resources and
  publication available
• at the PCA Secretariat office

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Official PCA Members List (as of August 2006)

• National Government Agencies
• Department of Environment and Natural Resources
• Department of Transportation and Communication
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health
• Land Transportation Office
• Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board
• Local Government Units
• Baguio City
• Iloilo City
• Makati City
• Marikina City
• San Fernando, La Union
• San Jose City, Nueva Ecija
• Santiago City
• Sorsogon City
• Company / Organization
• Batarasa Resources, Inc.
• EON The Stakeholder Firm

• Individuals (Professionals Students)
• Arman Capili (Student)
• Carlos Antonio P. Palad (Chemrez)
• Charlotte Kendra Castillo (Manila
• Observatory)
• Conchita M. Ragragio (Consultant)
• Conrad Allan Jay R. Pantua (DLSU-Manila)
• Eden T. Sorupia (Student)
• Edna C. Tabanda (PhilHealth)
• Ella S. Antonio (Consultant)
• Emmi Capili (Manila Observatory)
• Julius Labrador
• Ma. Rosario G. Wood (Miriam College)
• Maila Angela T. Ong (Petron Corp.)
• May Antoniette Y. Ajero (CAI-Asia)
• Ramon Ventura Jr. (Toyota Foundation)
• Rene Molina (Radyo Kalikasan)
• Rogelio T. Mina
• Susan M. Gallardo (De La Salle University)

Renewal of membership is ongoing in preparation
for the PCA Members Meeting and General Assembly
on November 2006 ?
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How can you be involved?

• Event Sponsorship
• The 5th Better Air Quality (BAQ) workshop,
  considered as the leading conference on air
  quality management in Asia, will be held in 13-15
  December in the historic city of Yogyakarta in
  Central Java, Indonesia. Through a Best
  Practices Exhibit, country-specific air quality
  management programs and technologies can be
  showcased. You may be involved in the promotion
  of better air quality in the region by providing
  financial support to our very own Philippine
  pavilion as our sponsor!
• Country Sponsor (Php 300,000)
• Company or organization logo in the country
  pavilion and in the dedicated country page of
  printed BAQ 2006 program.
• Two (2) admission tickets to the 3-day conference
  
• An exhibition booth (3 x 2 m) in the country
  pavilion
• Private Sector Participation in Best Practices
  Exhibition
• Package A (Php 250,000)
• Two (2) admission tickets to the 3-day conference
  
• An exhibition booth (3 x 2 m) in the Best
  Practices Exhibit area
• Package B (Php 125,000)
• One (1) admission ticket to the 3-day conference
• An exhibition booth (2 x 2 m) in the Best
  Practices Exhibit area

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• For inquiries, please get in touch with
• Ms. Chee-Anne Guzman
• Partnership for Clean Air Secretariat
• Manila Observatory, Ateneo de Manila
  CampusLoyola Heights, Quezon CityTel 632
  426-5921 to 23
  E-mail pca_at_observatory.ph