Environmental Partnership and Conservation Project

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Environmental Partnership and Conservation
Project By Province of Cavite Municipalities
of Kawit, Dasmariña, Gen. Trias, and Tanza Local
Government Development Foundation
(LOGODEF) International Center for Environmental
Technology Transfer (ICETT) Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA)
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Implementing Agencies

• Provincial Government of Cavite

• Municipalities of Kawit, Dasmariñas,
• General Trias and Tanza
• Province of Cavite

• International Center for Environmental
• Technology Transfer (ICETT)
• Yokkaichi City, Mie, Japan

• Local Government Development
• Foundation (LOGODEF)
• Manila, Philippines

• Funding Agency
• Japan International Cooperation
• Agency (JICA) Philippine Office
• Makati City, Philippines

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KAWIT
TANZA
GEN. TRIAS
DASMARIÑAS
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• Rationale of the Project
• The Province of Cavite is one of the heavily
  industrialized provinces in the Philippines.
• Cavite is a choice location for factories and
  manufacturing industries.
• Cavite is home to the Export and Processing Zone
  (EPZ) situated in Rozario Tanza, Cavite. Many
  industries have also established their presence
  in Cavite
• The proliferation of industries led to fast
  transformation of agricultural lands to
  industrial and residential use
• The environmental pressure in Cavite has reached
  an alarming rate.

Agricultural
Industrial
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PROJECT BACKGROUND
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Project Components
Solid Waste Management Industrial Pollution
Control Environmental Education
Major Partners and Stakeholders
Provincial Government was involved to obtain
the support and commitment of the Provincial
Governor, and the Provincial Board.
Municipal Government selected on the basis of
its political stability, competencies of the
staff, magnitude of environmental problems,
commitment and willingness of the community to be
involved in the project
Model Company selected for its willingness and
commitment to execute necessary changes in the
company to improve its pollution control measures
Model School selected on the basis of the
competencies and willingness of the teachers to
improve environment education in school curricula
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• Role of Major Stakeholders
• The Provincial Government of Cavite
• Commit the necessary political support in the
  implementation of the project.
• Provide staff assistance particularly in the
  Provincial Government Environment and Natural
  Resources Office (PG-ENRO)
• Provide necessary documents regarding
  environmental data in the Province of Cavite
• The Municipalities of Kawit, Dasmariñas,
  General Trias and Tanza
• Commit the available resources and staff support
  of the municipality to carry out the project in
  their respective locality
• Provide the conducive political support in the
  successful implementation of the project
• Select a model barangay (or village) within the
  locality to promote a solid waste management
  program and thereby elicit citizens support and
  participation to the project
• Select a model company that will showcase the
  joint effort between the municipal government and
  the model company to improve their pollution
  control measures.
• Select a model school that will assist the
  municipality in the promotion of environmental
  education in elementary schools.

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Role of Major Stakeholders

• The International Center for Environmental
  Technology Transfer (ICETT)
• Provide the essential project management
  direction and administration in the four (4)
  municipalities in Cavite in close coordination
  with their major stakeholders
• Provide the necessary technical expertise by
  making available Japanese and Filipino experts
  on the environment that will help the pilot
  municipalities in Cavite
• Administer the series of training programs in
  Japan and in the Philippines focusing on the
  three (3) major components of the project
• Donate various equipment to the local government
  and models schools in support of project
  implementation (i.e. computers, LCD, testing
  equipments, etc..)
• Provide a direct liaison with the Japan
  International Cooperation Agency (JICA) regarding
  the submission of reports and implementation of
  the project.
• The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
• Provide funding to the project
• Donate equipment (i.e. computers, composting
  machine, etc.) to the cooperating agencies in
  order to achieve the goals of the project.
• Monitor the implementation of the project through
  project site visitation by JICA experts based in
  the Philippines

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Role of Major Stakeholders

• The Local Government Development Foundation
  (LOGODEF)
• Act as the local project coordinator in the
  Philippines
• Provide policy recommendations to ICETT towards
  the successful implementation of the project
• Undertake a pre-project implementation survey
  activity (environmental scanning) in order to
  determine the state of the environment of the
  cooperating municipalities
• Assist the provincial and municipal governments
  in the implementation of key project components
  and activities, (e.g. formulation of
  environmental codes and masterplan)
• Provide other technical and administrative
  support to both ICETT and the municipalities on
  various project activities
• Monitor the progress of the project and provide a
  periodic report to ICETT, copy furnished
  JICA-Philippines.

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Project Components

• Solid Waste Management
• Selection of model barangays in the four (4)
  towns of Kawit, Dasmariñas,
• General Trias and Tanza all in the Province
  of Cavite
• Community mobilization to adhere in the 3Rs in
  SWM (reduce, reuse and
• recycle) in coordination with the municipal
  and barangay government.
• 3. Conduct of seminars and training in Japan
  and the Philippines on SWM.
• 4. Provision of composting equipment to model
  barangays in the promotion of
• composting of organic waste materials

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• Industrial Pollution Control
• Selection of model company in Dasmariñas, Gen.
  Trias and Tanza
• Training of Pollution Officers in the selected
  model company in Japan
• and in the Philippines
• Conduct of a Seminar on Industrial Pollution
  Control (Air and Wastewater)
• Provision of computers and pollution monitoring
  equipment to the
• municipal government
• Improvement of treatment facilities in the model
  companies
• based on available technologies

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• Environmental Education
• Selection of model school in the four (4) pilot
  towns
• Training of selected teachers in Japan and in the
  Philippines
• Designing of environmental subjects to be part of
  the schools curriculum
• program in the elementary education
• Provision of teaching aids and equipment to
  support environmental education
• in elementary schools
• 5. Monitoring of progress and project impact
  assessment.

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Mechanism for Information Dissemination
Series of seminars, training and public fora both
in the national level and community level
The Municipal Planning and Development
Coordinators Association in Cavite is being
tapped to disseminate projects best practices in
other towns in the province through cross-visit
activity
The Governor himself and the League of Municipal
Mayors promote the project to other
municipalities to emulate the best practices on
environmental protection and management
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How Training was Conducted The environmental
training programs of the project were carried out
at the International Center for Environmental
Technology Transfer (ICETT), Japan. The training
period lasted for two (2) weeks. The mode of
training is a combination of lecture discussion
and site visits to selected sites in Japan which
have excellent showcase of environmental
management processes. Process of Selecting
Participants The ICETT selects the participants
based on the participation of the municipal
technical staff in the project. By and large, the
Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator
(MPDC) and the Municipal Environment and Natural
Resource Officer (MENRO) are engaged in many of
the project activities such as the formulation of
environmental master plan and the monitoring of
river basins in their locality. Therefore, these
people were selected to attend and participate in
the training. In the case of environmental
education, ICETT selected a teacher in the model
school. Preference was to choose a science
teacher who is in charge of teaching
environmental education in schools.
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• Transferability Potential
• The project is a showcase to other
  municipalities in Cavite. The Municipal Planning
  and Development Coordinators Association is often
  used as a forum to present the best practices in
  the four (4) pilot towns.
• The Provincial Government particularly the
  PG-ENRO is also using the instructive
  experiences of the four (4) municipalities in the
  promotion of environmental protection to other
  towns in Cavite.
• The Provincial Sanggunian (provincial board) is
  encouraging all other towns to come up with their
  respective Local Environment Code.
• The Provincial Governor supports all the
  initiatives of ICETT and the four (4)
  municipalities by constantly attending to some of
  its project activities such as launching of
  environmental programs in the barangays
• LOGODEF continually promotes the rich
  experience of Cavite in various fora and through
  its regular newsletter, the Local Government
  Miscellany.

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Some Issues and Challenges
1. Low awareness of the people on environmental
management and protection 2. Lack of
technical know-how of municipal staff and
elementary teachers alike on environmental
science and management 3. Lack of equipment in
the provincial and municipal government to
effectively carry out environmental monitoring in
their respective jurisdiction 4. Lack of
political will to implement critical counter
measures on environmental problems
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Lessons Learned

• Sustainability Mechanism
• The municipal governments have increased their
  respective budgets/appropriations on the
  environmental protection
• The Municipal Planning and Development Office
  (MPDC) has included in its regular annual work
  program the implementation of its environmental
  master plan
• The Municipal Environment and Natural Resources
  Officer (MENRO) was put in charge to continue to
  operate, maintain and monitor the solid waste
  management program in the model barangay
  including the continued monitoring of river water
  quality.
• The model school designed and approved a model
  curriculum on environmental education for
  elementary schools. This curriculum which was
  approved by the Division Superintendent of the
  Department of Education will be a regular subject
  in the elementary school education
• 2. Need for follow-up courses on environmental
  management
• 3. Provision of tangible projects/equipment in
  order to support environmental programs
• 4. Financial consideration

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• Next Steps
• ICETT and LOGODEF are set to undertake another
  round of survey in the four (4) towns to
  determine the level of success of the project
  prior to its official termination in December
  2004. The survey will also be an opportunity to
  identify further gaps and issues in the project
  which needs to be resolved until December 2004
• ICETT will seek other potential donors and
  funding agencies in Japan to assist other towns
  in Cavite learning from the instructive
  experiences of the four (4) municipalities
• A project terminal report will be written and
  submitted by ICETT to JICA as part of a
  documentation of the project. Wide publication of
  this upcoming report can be a possibility
  depending on funding requirements