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THE
COASTAL MANAGEMENT PLANNING PROCESS
BEING ADAPTED FOR THE PHILIPPINE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CRM Supporting Mechanisms -
Multi-sectoral and Inter-LGU Participation and Resource-Sharing
Benchmarks (Activities and Outputs)
a. National government
agency and provincial resources identified, coordinated, and tapped
for CRM technical assistance, training, information management, IEC
and resource assessments to municipalities
b. Academic institutions and non-governmental organizations tapped for
community organizing, training, technical assistance, research and advocacy
c. Inter-LGU agreements established for bay and watershed management,
coastal law enforcement, cost sharing, and policy harmonization
d. Provincial database and geographic information management system
established and updated
e. Annual CRM status reports and maps produced and disseminated by province
to all municipalities
f. Provincial CRM Office and Resource Center established
g. Information, education and communication strategies coordinated and
campaigns conducted
Sustaining
coastal management through multi-sectoral and inter-LGU collaboration
Specific
roles of government and non-government groups in coastal management
a. Local government
units (municipality and city)
b. Local government units (provincial)
c. Local government units (barangay)
d. Community stakeholders and people's organizations
e. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
f. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
g. Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development
h. Non-governmental organizations
i. Academic institutions
j. Donors (national and international)
References
CRMP
in Midstream: On-course to a threshold of sustained coastal management
in the Philippines. 2000. CRMP/DENR/USAID, Cebu City, Philippines
Into the Mainstream: Promoting coastal management on the national social
agenda. 1999. Smith, R.P, et al. CRMP/DENR/USAID, Cebu City, Philippines
"Planning for integrated coastal management: What are the steps?"
by A.T. White. In Tambuli: A publication for coastal management practitioners,
No.3, November 1997. Coastal Resource Management Project, Cebu City,
Philippines, p. 15-19.
Primer
on Coastal Resource Management. 1999. CRMP/DENR/USAID, Cebu City, Philippines
Sustaining
coastal management through multi-sectoral and inter-LGU collaboration
The capacity of local government to deliver coastal management as a basic
service depends to a large extent on local leadership, community participation,
inter-LGU cooperation, and on support mechanisms from national government
agencies, non-governmental organizations, academe and the private sector.
Each sector plays a substantive and vital role but all must work together
toward the common goal of coastal management.
There are many cases where more than one municipality or city must enter
into shared management arrangements where the marine and coastal ecosystem
presents a larger management unit than one LGU can handle. Bays bordered
by more than one LGU require bay-wide management plans that are common
to all concerned LGUs. Fisheries in such instances do not follow jurisdictional
boundaries and must be planned and managed with an ecosystem focus.
Coastal areas with a complex mix of management issues to resolve require
multi-sector arrangements and plans to address the issues. Areas with
industrial or tourism development concerns require plans that are developed
with the participation of the appropriate national agencies, private stakeholders
and the concerned LGUs. Such plans must also consider economic criteria
in decision-making that value coastal resource benefits and revenues.
All multi-sector and multi-municipal planning areas require the establishment
and monitoring of baseline information and databases to measure the effectiveness
of management activities. Academic institutions can play an important
role in collecting and managing this baseline information. All coastal
management implementation activities can only be measured for success
if monitored results are checked against baseline information. Because
management of information is not always done efficiently by government
institutions, non-government institutions can assist with this important
function.
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Specific
roles of government and non-government groups in coastal management
Local government
units (municipality and city)
- Develop capability
of staff through training and practice;
- Provide overall
facilitation and coordination for planning and implementation;
- Develop a coastal
environmental profile with maps for planning;
- Conduct information,
education and communication and training activities for local organizations;
- Develop and adopt
a multi-year and strategic integrated coastal management plan;
- Support ICM plan
implementation through appropriate ordinances;
- Incorporate appropriate
coastal management best practices in ICM plan;
- Implement ICM
plans through yearly operational plans and budget;
- Enact comprehensive
fisheries management ordinance;
- Maintain a municipal
coastal database to facilitate planning and implementation;
- Support participatory
coastal resource assessments for each barangay;
- Provide budget
and dedicated personnel for planning and implementation;
- Identify and
implement alternative or supplemental livelihood for coastal communities
- Support law enforcement
units as required
- Contract assistance
through consultants and NGOs
- Support organization
and mandate of municipal and barangay FARMCs
- Monitor field
activities and selected biophysical and socioeconomic indicators
- Implement revenue
generation mechanisms through licenses, fees and taxes
- Network and collaborate
with local and international funding institutions for ICM implementation
- Develop a local
research program on ICM
- Collaborate with
province, other municipalities or cities and national agencies to develop
multi-municipal ICM plans as required for special management areas
- Share ICM practices
with constituents and other LGU learners
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Local government
units (Provincial)
- Develop and implement
policy and planning framework for ICM in province
- Provide technical
assistance to municipalities and cities for coastal management planning
and implementation
- Implement a coastal
management certification system for province
- Monitor all coastal
management activities and results in province
- Establish, maintain
and update a management information system and database
- Assist each municipality
and city to establish and maintain a municipal database
- Provide financial
incentives for coastal management based on results of monitoring
- Assist the national
government in developing and implementing policy and planning framework
for ICM in the country
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Local government units (Barangay)
- Data gathering and profiling
- Collaborative planning, implementation and monitoring
- Participation in FARMC, bantay dagat and other organizations
- Formulation of resolutions on CRM and enterprise for submission to municipality
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Community stakeholders
and people's organizations
- Participate in
all ICM planning sessions in all levels of local government (barangay/municipality/city/province)
- Provide members
to barangay and municipal FARMCs
- Participate in
stakeholder management organizations
- Volunteer for
coastal mangement implementation activities (i.e., law enforcement,
fisheries monitoring and sanctuary establishment and management, etc.)
- Provide local
and traditional knowledge and experience in resource management
- Initiate IEC
activities in the community
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Department
of Environment and Natural Resources
- Coordinate with
BFAR on fisheries management and policy formulation and national strategic
framework
- Assist with management
of resources and areas under the mandate of DENR (e.g. mangroves, water
quality, foreshore management, quarrying and protected areas)
- Provide financial
assistance in specific projects of DENR mandate
- Provide technical
guidance to local government units in coastal management planning and
implementation
- Assist in training
of LGUs and community stakeholders
- Identify and
implement alternative or supplemental livelihood for coastal communities
- Provide legal
assistance to LGUs and community members/stakeholders for environmental
law enforcement
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Bureau of Fisheries
and Aquatic Resources
- Formulate a national
strategic framework on ICM with the DENR
- Assist with management
of resources and areas under the mandate of BFAR (e.g., fisheries of
all kinds, fishing techniques, stock assessment and aquaculture)
- Provide technical
guidance in coastal management planning and implementation
- Assist in training
of LGUs and community stakeholders
- Provide legal
assistance to LGUs and community members/stakeholders for fisheries-related
law enforcement
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Philippine
Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development
- Coordinate, plan,
monitor and evaluate research development activities dealing with the
country's aquatic resources
- Facilitate and
program allocation of government funds earmarked for fisheries and aquatic
resources research and development, including coastal management initiatives
of academic institutions
- Generate resource-based
information for the management of the country's marine resources
- Act as the government
lead agency in the implementation of the National Course on Integrated
Coastal Management and the training program on ICM for LGUs
- Maintain the
National Aquatic Resources Research and Development System and the PhilReefs,
the information network on coral reefs and related ecosystems
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Provide assistance at the community and barangay level to organize
FARMCs and other resource management organizations
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Provide technical services to LGUs for implementing community level
interventions
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Provide information and education services at the community and municipal
level
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Assist with monitoring biophysical and socioeconomic indicators
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Provide a conduit for financial assistance to LGUs for coastal management
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Academic institutions
- Assist to analyze
information for coastal environmental profiles
- Assist to design
and implement a monitoring program for biophysical, socioeconomic and
legal-institutional indicators in ICM for LGUs
- Assist to integrate
existing data and information into ICM plans
- Assist in formulating
CRM/ICM plans and packaging of project proposals
- Provide assistance
in designing and maintaining a management information system and database
for coastal management
- Assist to design
coastal management projects for multi-municipal management areas
- Assist in training
of LGUs and communities
- Assist in designing
IEC and community development programs and strategies for LGUs, NGOs
and POs
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Donors (national
and international)
- Provide financial
assistance to national and local governments for ICM projects
- Provide financial
assistance for building sustainability in ICM through technical assistance
in program design, policy planning and implementation, training, education,
monitoring and other aspects of coastal management programs
- Assist to coordinate
multi-sectoral collaboration and policy support for ICM
- Provide international
experience in coastal management policy and implementation
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