“StrengtheningResiliencyandSafetyinUrbanInformalSettlementsinThreeMetroManilaCitiesandTheirPartnerLGUsintheVisayas”(ajointprojectofUNICEFandUN-HabitatundertheSafeandFriendlyCitiesProgramme)

FinalNarrativeReportMarch2015

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

ExecutiveSummary.............................................................................................................................................2

I. Introduction/Background..............................................................................................................................4

II. Overviewofprojectdesignandobjectives...................................................................................................5

A. ExpectedAccomplishment,Sub-ExpectedAccomplishments,andOutputs..............................................5

B. LogicalFrameworkandresultstrackingmatrix........................................................................................6

III. ResultsandAccomplishment........................................................................................................................6

A. ProjectInitiation/Inception.......................................................................................................................6

B. Accomplishments(ResultsandOutputsperSub-EA)................................................................................8

SubEA1:STRENGTHENEDPARTNERSHIPANDCOLLABORATIONAMONGSTAKEHOLDERSATLOCALANDNATIONAL

LEVELSTHATRESULTININCREASEDSAFETYANDRESILIENCE,DECREASEDVULNERABILITY,REDUCEDVIOLENCE,ANDIMPROVEMENTPARTICULARLYINTHELIVESOFISFS.........................................................................................8

SubEA2:SUPPORTEDLGUSANDLOCALSTAKEHOLDERSHAVEISFBASELINEDATAANDMAPPINGSYSTEM........17

SubEA3:INCREASEDAWARENESSOFISFSONTHEIRRIGHTSANDACCESSTOBASICSOCIALSERVICESANDLIVELIHOODSTHATPROMOTESAFETYANDRESILIENCETODISASTERS.......................................................................................23

IV. ConclusionandRecommendations.............................................................................................................33

V. ListofAnnexes...........................................................................................................................................35

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EXECUTIVESUMMARY

The Philippine offices of United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UnitedNations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) implemented the joint projectentitled“StrengtheningResiliencyandSafetyinUrbanInformalSettlementsinThreeMetroManila Cities and Their Partner LGUs in the Visayas”. The joint projectwas implementedfromApril2014toFebruary2015undertheSafeandFriendlyCitiesProgramme(SFCAP),aglobal programme of UNICEF, UN Habitat, and UN Women which in its Philippinesimplementation aims to: 1) reduce vulnerability to violence and disasters; (2) increaseaccesstosocialservices;(3)strengthenpartnershipandcollaborationamongstakeholdersatlocalandnationallevels;and(4)increaseresourcesforprogramsonsafetyandsecuritythatresultinincreasedsafety,reducedviolenceandimprovedqualityoflife.

Aligned with the SFCAP objectives, the joint project was expected to accomplish“Improved capacities of city and national government agencies, CSOs, and otherstakeholdersonsafetyandresilience,violenceprevention,anddecreasingvulnerability todisastersparticularlyaffectingISFs”.

A keyapproachof the jointproject is theuseof ‘LocalGovernmentTwinning’ among

Metro Manila Cities (Mandaluyong, Pasay, and Quezon) and Local Government Units inEastern Visayas namely, Tacloban City, Ormoc City and Guiuan Municipality which wereaffected by Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan). The LGU-Twinning andotheractivitiesfocusedondeliveringthreesub-expectedaccomplishments/objectives:

Sub-EA1:Strengthenedpartnershipandcollaborationamongstakeholdersatlocalandnationallevelsthat result in increased safety and resilience, decreased vulnerability, reduced violence andimprovementparticularlyinthelivesofISFs;Sub-EA2:SupportedLGUsandlocalstakeholderstohaveISFbaselinedataandmappingsystem;andSub-EA3:IncreasedawarenessofISFsontheirrightsandaccesstobasicsocialservicesandlivelihoodsthatpromotesafetyandresiliencetodisasters

The report outlines the successful delivery of the LGU twinning activities focused on

knowledge sharing and dialogue events on safety and security vis-à-vis violence anddisasters. Designed as mentoring sessions, cross-visits resulted in actual outputs andtransferofknowledgelikepolicydrafts,projectdesign,systemsinstallation,etc.

Furtherthereportsharestheprocessesanddetailsofthe“developmentofdatabaseonISFprofilesandmappingsystem”.Theresultingbaselinesurveyofdisasteraffectedfamiliesininformalsettlementscouldserveasamodelonhowdisaster-strickenLGUscanusesafetyscans and surveys as basis in programming recovery and preparedness projects thatpromotethebuildbackbetterandsaferprinciplesthatultimatelybuildsresilience.

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Thereport likewisehighlights theassistancegiventoVisayasLGUsonaugmenting thelivelihood assets of women/ISF through capital build-up support and the construction oflivelihood center to increase their resiliency to shocks, whether natural or manmade. Itlikewiseprovides informationon the technical advisories andactivities to engagewomenandtheyouthinbuildingresilientcommunitiesandcities.

Part of the conclusionnotes that “Safety andResilience” seems tobe common termsbuttheyarenotnecessarilyapplied inall theprocessofservicedeliveryattheLGUlevel.Difficulties due to limitations on resources, competing priorities, lack/limited technicalknowledge, and even total neglect continue to challenge LGUs in promoting safety andresilienceinISFcommunitiesandpoorurbancommunitiesingeneral.AkeymechanismtoaddressthisisthroughmainstreamingtheconceptintotheplansandstrategiesthatLGUsuseandfollowliketheCLUPandAnnual InvestmentProgramme.Atthecommunity level,moreadvocacyandlearningopportunitiesforfamiliesarestillrequiredforthemtohaveamorepracticalunderstandingofsafetyandresiliencyincommunities---asaprocessandasanendresult.

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I. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND

In 2011, UNICEF, UN Women and UN-Habitat entered into a partnership at theglobal level to implement theSafeandFriendlyCities forAll Programme (SFCAP).AmongthepilotareasfortheglobalprogrammeisMetroManila,Philippines.AsMetroManilaiscomposedof16citiesandonemunicipality,theprojectteamdecidedtofocusonthethreecitiesofQuezon,MandaluyongandPasay.

ThepilotinginthePhilippinestakesnotethat49%ofthecountry’s97millionpeopleareresiding inurbanareas (asof2010).Projectionsshowthat77%ofFilipinoswill live inurban areas by 2030 and increasingly to 84% by 2050. The government recognizes theopportunities that urbanization brings to cities and local governments but alsoacknowledges that “with the given trend, issues and problems that relate to inadequateinfrastructure, overcrowding and congestion, strainedbasic urban services such as healthand sanitation,water and air pollution, slums and squatter settlements, poor urban landmanagement, etc. are on the rise. Compounding problems due toweak governance andfinancialcapacitiescontinuetoundermineeffortsofcopingwiththeissuesassociatedwithurban growth 1 ”. Furthermore, the Philippines is exposed to almost all types ofenvironmentalhazardsduetoitsproximitytothePacificringoffireanditsvulnerabilitytotyphoons. Impactsofthesehazardsthreatenandexacerbatethepoorlivingconditionsofurban informalsettlements incitiesandtowns inthecountrywhicharemostly located indangerareasnearthecoasts,floodplains,rivers,andwaterways.

TheSFCAPjointinitiativeinthecountryisimplementedinpartnershipwiththekey

agencies of the Philippine Government. It aims to achieve (1) reduced vulnerability toviolenceanddisasters;(2)increasedaccesstosocialservices;(3)strengthenedpartnershipand collaboration among stakeholders at local and national levels; and (4) increasedresources for programs on safety and security that result in increased safety, reducedviolenceand improvedqualityof life. Since the2012project initiation in thePhilippines,the cities of Pasay, Mandaluyong, and Quezon have been the engaged in variousactivities including safety scans resulting in the identificationof initial issuesonchildren,women and youth and informal settlers, as well the development of city work plans toaddresstheissues.

TheimportanceandrelevanceofthethrustsofSFCAPwerefurtherrecognizedandsoughtwhenSuperTyphoonYolanda(internationalnameHaiyan)inNovember2013struckthePhilippinesassomekeycitiesandurbancentersoutsideMetroManilawereamongthemanyareasmassivelyaffectedbythedisaster.UN-HabitatthereforefurtherengagedwithUNICEFforajointprojecttofurtherassisttheaforementionedpilotMetroManilacitiesandthree LGUs in theVisayas, namely, Tacloban City,Ormoc City andGuiuanMunicipality inaddressingsafetyandsecurityissuesgiventhepostTyphoonYolandacontext.

UsingtheSFCAPapproach,UNCEFandUN-HabitatagreedtoprovidethetargetlocalgovernmentsdirecttechnicalsupportonISFconcernsthrough“LGUtwinningandcapacity

1NationalUrbanDevelopmentandHousingFramework,Philippines.(2009-2016)

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building interventions.” Key focus of the capacity building interventions is on promoting“safe and resilient urban informal settlements” that ultimately benefit the women andyouthofinformalsettlerfamiliesandcommunities.

II. OVERVIEWOFPROJECTDESIGNANDOBJECTIVES

A. EXPECTEDACCOMPLISHMENT,SUB-EXPECTEDACCOMPLISHMENTS,

ANDOUTPUTS

UNICEF and UN-Habitat signed a project agreement which aims to result in“improvedcapacitiesofcityandnationalgovernmentagencies,CSOsandotherstakeholders on safety and resilience, violence prevention and decreasingvulnerability to disasters particularly affecting ISFs”. The table below presentsthe agreed sub-expected accomplishments (Sub-EA) and the outputs to bedeliveredundereach.

Table1

PROJECTEXPECTEDACCOMPLISHMENT(EA):“Improvedcapacitiesofcityandnationalgovernmentagencies,CSOs,andotherstakeholdersonsafetyandresilience,violenceprevention,anddecreasingvulnerabilitytodisastersparticularlyaffectingISFs”

SUB-EA

OUTPUTS

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Strengthenedpartnershipandcollaborationamongstakeholdersatlocalandnationallevelsthatresultinincreasedsafetyandresilience,decreasedvulnerability,reducedviolenceandimprovementparticularlyinthelivesofISFs

1.1EngagedMetroManilacitiesthroughtheLeagueofCitiesofthePhilippines,inLGUtwinningprogrammewithLGUsintheVisayasforSFCAPjointproject

2SupportedLGUsandlocalstakeholderstohaveISFbaselinedataandmappingsystem

2.1ISFshelterneedsassessmentandmappingincludingsafetyscans

2.2RiskAssessmentandPolicyrecommendationssupportingsafetyandsecurityagainstdisastersandviolence

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IncreasedawarenessofISFsontheirrightsandaccesstobasicsocialservicesandlivelihoodsthatpromotesafetyandresiliencetodisasters

3.1AdvocacymaterialsanddocumentstosupportLGUsandISFcollaborationonpromotingHousing,LandandPropertyRights

3.2CommunitylevelprojectsshowcasingpromotionofsafetyandresilienceandimprovementinthelivesofISF

B. LOGICALFRAMEWORKANDRESULTSTRACKINGMATRIX

Following the signed agreement between UNICEF and UN-Habitat, the latterdeveloped the logical framework to define the strategic delivery of agreedoutputs and facilitate monitoring of the project implementation. The targetswerediscussedandagreedwiththeLGUpartnersduringinceptionmeetings.ThelogicalframeworkisinAnnexAofthisreport.

III. RESULTSANDACCOMPLISHMENT

A. PROJECTINITIATION/INCEPTION2

1. MobilizationoftheProjectTeam

UN-Habitatorganizedateaminimplementingthisproject.Theteamwascomposedofthefollowing:

• TeamLeader/ProjectManager• Urban Planners and Field/Area Coordinators for Tacloban, Ormoc, and

Guiuan• ResearchandDatabase/InformationOfficer/s• ShelterandPolicyAdvisers• VulnerabilityandRiskAssessmentSpecialist• CommunityOrganizer/s

Otherspecialistswerealsoengagedonaneedsbasistoprovidespecializedservicesforprojectdeliverables.

2FulldetailsofitemsunderthisweresharedwithUNICEFintheSeptemberreportanditsAnnexes.

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2. MobilizationofPartnerInstitutions

UN-Habitat engaged with the UNICEF SFCAP Coordinator, Mr Rommel Martinezthroughouttheproject.UN-HabitatandUNICEFworkedtogethertobringonboardtheLeagueofCitiesofthePhilippines(LCP)intheprojectimplementationespeciallyconsidering LCP’s established partnershipwith the larger SFCAP programme. UN-Habitat advanced the coordination with LCP which lead to the signing of anAgreementofCooperation (betweenUN-Habitat and LCP) todeliver selectprojectoutputsasdesignedandnotedintheprojectdocument.

OnMay2014,thethreepartnerLGUsintheVisayas(Tacloban,Ormoc,andGuiuan)weremobilized for the project building on the existing partnership of UN-HabitatwiththerespectiveLGUs.Inseparateoccasions,themayorsandtechnicalofficersoftheLGUswereorientedontheprojectandtheover-allgoalandapproachofprojectdeliverywereagreedon.

3. InceptionMeetingandWorkPlanningwiththeLGUs

LCP met and briefed the mayors and technical representatives of Pasay,Mandaluyong, and Quezon City on the project. The briefings were conducted indifferentoccasionslastJune/July2014.InlinewiththesaidmeetingswiththeMetroManilacities,AninceptionmeetingwasheldinTaclobanCityonJune2014tobriefthe 3 partner LGUs in theVisayas about theproject. Themeetingwas led byUN-HabitatTeamLeaderandUNICEFProjectCoordinator.

Inthemeeting,theUN-Habitatteam,togetherwiththeUNICEFProjectCoordinatorprovided inputson the rationaleof theproject givenkey issuesandchallengeson“safety,security,andresiliency incities”. Thediscussionstressedthedemandsforcity level actions to address the threemajor threats to the safety and security ofcities, namely, crime and violence, insecurity of tenure and forced evictions, andnaturalandhuman-madedisasters.

All these factorswereconsiderednotonly in thecontextof theneedsof thepoorfamilieslivinginslums/informalsettlements,butalsoonthepotentialcontributionsandactionsthatthewomenandtheyouthofISFfamiliescouldcontributetomaketheir areas more safe, secure, and resilient. Following the presentations anddiscussionsoftheparametersontheproject,theparticipatingLGUsdevelopedtheirproject work plans and learning requirements that can be the focus in the LGUtwinningwithMetroManilacitiesandinthelearningevents.

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B. ACCOMPLISHMENTS(RESULTSANDOUTPUTSPERSUB-EA)

SubEA1:

STRENGTHENEDPARTNERSHIPANDCOLLABORATIONAMONGSTAKEHOLDERSATLOCALAND

NATIONALLEVELSTHATRESULTININCREASEDSAFETYANDRESILIENCE,DECREASED

VULNERABILITY,REDUCEDVIOLENCE,ANDIMPROVEMENTPARTICULARLYINTHELIVESOFISFS

OUTPUT1.1

ENGAGEDMETROMANILACITIES,THROUGHTHELEAGUEOFCITIESOFTHE

PHILIPPINES(LCP),INLGUTWINNINGPROGRAMMEWITHLGUSINTHEVISAYAS

FORSFCAPJOINTPROJECT

ThethreeSFCAPpilotcitiesinMetroManilanamelyPasay,Mandaluyong,and

Quezonwerefurtherengagedinactivitiesthatpromotes“safeandfriendlycities”

throughthisproject.InviewoftheasignedpartnershipwithLCP,theMayorsofthe

threecitiesagreedonthe“LGUTwinning”conceptoftheprojectandtherefore

formedtheirrespectivetechnicalworkinggroupswhosememberswillparticipatein

thelearningeventsandmentoringactivities.WhilefullresultsoftheLGU-Twinning

canbefoundinAnnexB,keyaccomplishmentsoftheprojectachievedthroughUN-

HabitatandLCPcollaborationarereportedhereunder.

KeyAccomplishments:

1. Organizedcity-TWGConsultationsandDevelopedtheLGU-TwinningApproach/Design

Seriesof consultationswereheldwith thepartner cities that resulted in capturinginputs fromtheLGUpartners.Fromtheconsultations, itwasagreedthattheLGU-Twinning should focus on knowledge sharing amongst the LGU project partnersgiventheprojecttimelines.UN-HabitatassuchguidedLCPindesigninga“pro-activeknowledge sharing learning events” where objective/s for each event targeted toproduce actual outputs and results that can be used outright by the participatingLGUsintotheirrespectivedaytodayoperations.

The consultation exercises resulted in the identification of: (1) Visayas localgovernments’expressedlearningrequirementsand(2)thegoodpracticesofMetroManilaSFCAPcitiesalreadyestablishedgoodpractices.Thesewerelateronmatchedin developing the design of the knowledge sharing through learning events andcross-cityvisits/mentoringsessions.

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Table2:LearningrequirementsofLGUsinEasterVisayas(Tacloban,Guiuan,andOrmoc)

TOPIC LGU

! Livelihoodprogramsfortheinformalsettlercommunities/economicresilienceprojects/cooperativeforwomenandyouth

Guiuan,Ormoc,Tacloban

! ImprovingCommunity-BasedMonitoringSystem Ormoc

! Shelterdatabasedevelopmentandmanagement Guiuan,Ormoc,Tacloban

! Technicalsiteanalysis,designandplanningof

businesscenters/evacuation/emphasisonresilience

Guiuan,Ormoc,Tacloban

! BayanihanSavingsReplicationProgram Tacloban

! DevelopingHousingOptions Tacloban

! SolidWasteManagement

Tacloban

! MDGFacesTacloban

! ArtVillage/EcoVillage Tacloban

! SettingupDisasterRiskReductionand

ManagementofficesTacloban

! Riskassessment Tacloban

Table3:MetroManilaCities’Goodpracticesrecommendedbythecityrepresentatives

QuezonCity Mandaluyong Pasay

OrganizedVolunteerismforDisasters

LocalPovertyReductionActionTeam(LPRAT)fordifferentpovertyreductionprogramsinthecity

QCBistekvilleasacaseofin-cityresettlement;

PlanningforthenewQuezonCityBusinessDistricts

GoodpracticesofQCDisasterRisk

CityCemetery/Columbarium

NutritionCouncil-Hub–BestPractice

PPPMarket/Newmarket

CommunityMortgageProgram

ProjectTherapy,EducationandAssimilationofChildrenwithHandicap(ProjectTEACH);

Family-basedEcologicalDiversionandRecyclingofWaste(FEDROW)

RainwaterHarvestingProject(InnovativeandSustainableActionforHarvestingRainwaterforFloodandFireControlforEveryHome)

Palengke–Bioreactor

ImplementationofCommunityBasedMonitoringSystem

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ReductionProgramDifferentincomegeneratingactivities

DevelopmentofLinearParks

TakeCare,ICareHealthProgram

BayanihanBankingSavingsProgram

ChildandYouthIntervention(one-stop-shoptherapycenter(ongoing)

PASAYHOPES–StrengtheningLifeSkillsforpositiveyouthbehavior(inpartnershipwithFaith-BasedOrganizations)

CityResettlementPrograms(visitstoTreceMartirez)

2. ConductedKnowledgesharingamongCitiesforStrengtheningResiliencyand

SafetyinUrbanInformalSettlements

This part of the project intends to strengthen the engagement of local authoritiesand duty bearers in the implementation of their local urban resilience programsacross varying sectors like informal settlers, children and women among others.SharingbuildsonlocalgoodpracticesofurbanresilienceandsafetyofthreeMetroManilacitieswithfocusontheirurbanprogramsforinformalsettlerfamilies.Sharingweredonethroughworkshopsandintensivementoring.

a. FirstCity-to-CitySharing/LearningEventonStrengtheningResiliencyandSafetyinUrbanInformalSettlements

Atotalof52participantsattendedintheactivity.Theactivitykickedoffthefirstofaseriesoflearningexchangesamongtheparticipatinglocalgovernments.Itwasheldfrom27-29January2015inMandaluyongCity.Ithadthefollowingobjectives:

• Tolearnvariousapproaches,tools,andprocessesofselectlocalgovernment

programsinplanningforandbuildingresilience;

• ToengageMetroManilacities,throughtheLeagueofCitiesofthePhilippines,inshowcasinggoodpracticesonsafeandresiliencethroughon-sitevisitsinthecitiesofMandaluyong,QuezonandPasay;

• ToshareeffortsofpromotingsafetyandresilienceandimprovementinthelivesofISFsofVisayasLGUs-Guiuan,OrmocandTacloban;

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KeymessagessharedbyUNICEF,UN-HabitatandDILG-LGAduringtheevent:

• SafeandResilienceInitiativeispartofthebiggerglobalprogramoftheSafeand

FriendlyCitiesforAll;• Thecontextofurbanizationhasneverbeenmorerelevantwhichcanimpactthe

waysocialservicedeliveryisbeingmanaged.Theabilityofnationalgovernmenttoprovideurbanresidentswiththebasicservicesbecomesincreasingdifficultduetorisingpopulation.Oneoftwopeoplenowlivesincities(urbanareas).Example,12millioninNCRaloneand85,000areinformalsettlerfamilies.By2030,77%oftheFilipinoswillliveinurbanareas.

• Safetyandsecurityareintegralpartinimprovingresilienceincommunities.Thus,community-ledactionsshouldbeenhancedtopreventviolenceandensuresafetyincommunities.

• DILGdevelopedthesafetyscantool,whichispartoftheglobalSafeandFriendlyCitiesForAllProgram.ThesaidtoolwasbeingfinalizedandisnowintheprocessofpilotingitinthethreecitiesofPasay,Mandaluyong,andQuezonCities.Thissafetyscantoolisresponsivetotheyouthandchildrenandintegratestheneedtolookintothesafetyandsecurityconditionsofinformalsettlers.

• ThetoolcanalsobeincorporatedwiththeLocalGovernancePerformanceManagementSystem(SealofGoodLocalGovernance)

• UNHABITATemphasizedthatthreatsinurbansafetyandsecuritycanalsobeviewedatthehumansettlementslevel.Itcanfocusonthreeareas-majorsafetyandsecurityissuesoncrimeandviolence,insecurityoftenureandforcedviolence,andnaturalandhuman-madedisasters.

• Managingriskresilienceshouldalsolookatthecapacitiesoftheindividualsandtheirpotentialtoinfluenceimpactatthefamilyandsociety’slevels.Localgovernmentsmustbroadenthecontextofresilience:fromhazards-basedtorisk-based.Theresiliencebuildingapproachtodisastermanagementtacklestheveryrootsoftheissue-poverty,andsocialexclusion.

Highlightsofthethree-dayevent:

" LearningvisitstoMandaluyongPasigRiverLinearPark,GardenCityofLife(in

MandaluyongCity)andBistekville(inQuezonCity).PasayCityalsopresenteditssustainablelivelihoodprogramsliketheFamily-BasedActionsforChildrenandtheirEnvironsintheSlums(FACES)Project,BayanihanSavingsProgram,andFamily-Based.EcologicalDiversionandRecyclingofWaste(FEDROW).

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" Identificationoflearningrequirementsasbasisofthementoringprogramforthe

nextactivity.

" PossiblereplicationbytheVisayasLGUs:

o Mandaluyong’sWelfarevilleCommission,alocalinitiativefocusingontheconcernsandissuesintheMetroManila’sbiggestinformalsettlement;GardenCityofLife,aone-stopshoplocalcolumbariumandcitycemetery(MandaluyongCity);

o BistekvilleProgram,anaward-winninglow-costsocializedhousingandCommunityMortgagePrograminQuezonCity

o PasayCity’svalues-basedlivelihoodprogramsliketheFACES,FEDROW,andRainwaterHarvestingProject.

Theworkshopusingthecompatibilitymatrixforlearningexchange/mentoringfortheVisayasandMetroManilacitiesisshowninTable4.

b. SecondCity-to-CitySharing/LearningEventandMentoringActivity

LCPconductedthe2ndCity-to-CityExchangeandMentoringActivitywithatotalof55 participants composed of department heads and local personnel from theparticipating local government units. The activity happened from 17-20 February2015acrosssitesinTaclobanCity,OrmocCity,andGuiuan.

The event featured focused mentoring on select good practices of Quezon City,PasayCityandMandaluyongCityfortheVisayas-basedparticipantsasexpressedbyTacloban,Guiuan,andOrmocparticipantsforpossiblereplicationoflocalprogramsoftheNCR-basedLGUsasidentifiedinthefirstcityexchange.

Mainobjectivesofthesecondlearningexchange:

Figure1:PhotographsofthevisitoftheRegion8LGUofficersinNCR

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• Learnvariousapproaches,tools,andprocessesofselectlocalgovernmentprogramsinplanningforandbuildingresilience;

• EngageMetroManilacities,throughtheLeagueofCitiesofthePhilippines,inshowcasinggoodpracticesonsafeandresiliencethroughon-sitevisitsinthecitiesofMandaluyong,QuezonandPasay;

• ShareeffortsofpromotingsafetyandresilienceandimprovementinthelivesofISFsofVisayasLGUs-Guiuan,OrmocandTacloban;

Figure2:NCRCitiesvisitsandmentoringsessionswithRegion8partnerLGUs;(Upperleft)visitinGuiuan;(Upperright)visitinOrmoc);(Lowerleftandright)workshopsinTaclobanCity.

Table4:CompatibilitymatrixoftheknowledgesharingactivitiesofLGUsinNCRandEasternVisayas(basedon1stlearningevent)

LGUs Guiuan Ormoc Tacloban

MandaluyongCity

OrientationontheWelfarevilleExperience

Settingupofinternalguidelines;

Organizingdialogueswithhomeownersandlocalgovernmentofficials

ResourcePersons:MembersofMandaluyongWelfarevilleCommission

n/a GardenCityofLife

Copyofthemasterplan;

Copyoftheordinanceanddetailsontheinitialcosting

Detailsonthemanagementandoperations

Resourcepersons:CPDO/Engr.LuzRacelis,Head,GardenofLifePark

QuezonCity OrientationonCommunityMortgageProgram

Discussiononthemembershipandinternalpolicies;

Copiesofsampleordinance/policyinstruments/resolutionontheadoptionofCMPtoolasanoptionforlocalhousingprogram

Resourcepersons:QCCMPtechnical,CommunityDevelopmentandResettlementsOfficer

BistekvilleProgram

ISFProfiling,technicalapproaches,andformationoftaskforces,howtoconvinceNationalHousingAuthorityandothernationalgovernmentagencies,

developmentoflocalpoliciestostarttheISFlocalhousinginitiatives,socialpreparation/developmentoflinkages

ResourcePersons:Engr.EdgardoYap,BistekvilleProgram

DisasterManagementinRelocationSites

BistekvilleProgram

InformationastohowPPPwasdone;

Developmentoflocalpolicysupport;

CopiesofPPPordinanceandotherdocuments(sampleMOAwithPHINMA,samplemidrisebuildingdesign);

Policiesonestatemanagementi.e.rules,regulations,agreements,andorganization

Resourcepersons:Engr.EdgardoYap

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Basictrainingofdisasterresponseteam,creation/datagatheringandmanagement,managementofevacuationcamp,vulnerabilitymapping,Ordinances/policyinstrumentsonemergencypurchase/stockpiling

Resourcepersons:technicalofficers,QCDRRMO

PasayCity Orientation/SessiononBayanihanSavingsProgram/Family-basedActionsforChildrenandtheirEnvironsintheSlums(FACES)Project

Howtoidentifypotentialsites

Integrationoflivelihoodprogramslikerecyclingintosettlements

Resourcepersons:CityCooperativeOfficer/FACEStechnicalofficers

LivelihoodPrograms

Toolsintheidentificationoflivelihoodprograms

Developmentofcooperatives

Developmentofmanualsforlivelihood

Resourcepersons:CityCooperative

Officer/FACESTechnicalOfficers

RainwaterHarvesting(ISACHAR)andFamilyBasedEcologicalDiversionandRecyclingofWaste(FEDROW)

Family-basedtechnologiesforrainwaterharvestingandsolidwastemanagement;

Proposedtechnicaldesignandspecificationsforrainwaterharvestingdesignforbothtemporaryandpermanentshelters;

Linkingcompanieswithmarket(i.e.primeshelters);

Linkingcompanieswithmarket(i.e.PrimeVentureMarketing)

Resourcepersons:CityCooperativeOfficer/FACESTechnicalOfficers

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c. ThirdLearningEventandMentoringActivity

Thethirdandfinalknowledgeeventwasamorefocusedandhands-on learningevent

for Pasay City. It took off from the agreements during the first two learning events

whereGuiuan,Ormoc,andTaclobanLGUssharedtheirexperienceindevelopinganISF

baselinedataandmappingsystemwiththeMetroManilacities.

As requested by the Pasay TWG and organized by LCP, UN-Habitat mentored and

assisted the Pasay City government replicate the project-developed “ISF profiling and

mapping system”. While Pasay City has extensively applied the Community-Based

Monitoring System (CBMS), key city departments in Pasay sees the value of having a

database that is sourced from an open data and mapping system which they could

maintainanduse to complement theirCBMSdataespecially inprogrammingprojects

fortheISFintheircity.

Atotalof20cityemployeeswerementoredincustomizingtheproject-developed“ISF

profilingandmappingsystem” to suit their requirements.The traineeswereprovided

hands-on training in setting up their actual ISF database andwere provided inputs in

maintainingandupdatingthedataregularly.

3. StrengthenedPartnershipandCollaborationwithNationalLevelstakeholderstoincreasedSafetyandResilience,DecreasedVulnerability,ReducedViolence,andImprovementParticularlyintheLivesofISFs

InadditiontothecollaborativeactivitieswithMetroManilacitypartners,theproject

wasabletostrengthenthecollaborationofpartnershipsamongSFCAPparticipating

nationalagenciesespeciallyinsupportingtheprojectpartnerLGUsintheVisayas.Table

5presentsthekeyactivitiesanddescriptionofaccomplishmentsachievedwiththe

nationalgovernmentagencies.

Table5:Keyresultsandactivitiesofoutput1.1

KEYRESULTAREAS/ACTIVITY PROJECTACCOMPLISHMENTS

AdvisorySupport

Supported HUDCC and DILG in addressing post disaster ISF

concerns through the advisories provided during Shelter Cluster

(organized by government)meetings. HLURB alsowas linked to

the LGUs through the project for them to share the new

guidelinesthatisstrongonresilienceandsafetypromotion;

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LiaisonSupport

Linked and supported the partner LGUs specifically Tacloban,

Ormoc, and Guiuan in their partnership with NHA. Such

partnershipwasgearedtowardsprovidingsheltersupporttothe

disasteraffectedISF;

InformationSupport

SupportedGuiuanandOrmocinlinkingwithDOST,NAMRIAand

otherpublicdatacustodianstoaccesstheneededinformationin

identifyinghigh-riskareasintheirmunicipalities.Themappingof

riskareasbasedonDOSTandDENRdatawascrucialinproviding

supporttotheISFwhichwillbeaffectedbygovernmentplanned

movements/resettlement of families as part of post Yolanda

recovery and rehabilitation. Maps for all barangays were

distributed in both laminated and tarpaulin format. The maps

were very useful during the preparedness phase prior to the

arrivalofTyphoonHagupit(AnnexC);

SUBEA2

SUPPORTEDLGUSANDLOCALSTAKEHOLDERSHAVEISFBASELINEDATAANDMAPPINGSYSTEM

OUTPUT2.1

THETHREELGUPROJECTPARTNERSINTHEVISAYASCONDUCTEDSHELTER

ASSESSMENTANDMAPPINGTHATPROVIDEDDETAILSONSAFETYANDSECURITY

ISSUESATTHESETTLEMENTSLEVEL.ATTHEENDOFTHEPROJECT,THE3LGUSHAVE

GEO-REFERENCEDDATABASEFORISFFAMILIESINKEYAREASWITHINTHEIR

RESPECTIVECITIES.

A tablet-based survey/profiling tool using theODK platformwas developed. The tool

capturedthepreandpostdisastersafety,security,andresiliencyissuesandconcernsof

the families surveyed.With the partner LGUs in the Visayas, the systemwas aligned

with CBMS, NSO, and other national government data standards to ensure that the

resultsofthesurveywillbecomparabletosimilaractivities(SeeAnnexD).

Thesurveytooldraftedwaspre-testedandtranslatedintoFilipinoforeasyreferenceof

enumerators/users (SeeAnnex E). Waray was not used because only Tacloban and

GuiuanusesWarayandOrmocusestheCebuanolanguage.

Trainings of enumerators on the tablet-based survey/profiling were conducted in

Guiuan,Ormoc,andTacloban.Totalofforty(40)LGUenumeratorsweretrained:10in

Guiuan,10inOrmoc,and20inTacloban.Additional10enumeratorsfromWorldVision

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andOxfam in Taclobanwere also trained. As requested by Tacloban City,Oxfam and

WorldVisionagreedtoanchortheircommunityprofilingworkwiththeSFCAPproject.

Atotalof6,812households,representing17barangaysofGuiuan,OrmocandTacloban

were covered in thebaseline survey for areas/barangayswith ISF (asagreedwith the

partnerLGUs).

Table6:Thenumbersofthebarangaysandhouseholdscoveredbysiteinthethree(3)sites

SITE NUMBEROFBARANGAYS NUMBEROFHOUSEHOLDS

Guiuan 3 902

Ormoc 1 897

Tacloban 13 5,013

TOTAL 17 6,812

The three (3) LGUs (Guiuan, Ormoc and Tacloban) were provided equipment and

otherperipherals (desktops, printers) for the enumeration and databasemanagement

activities (Annex F). In addition, personnel in the three LGUs were trained on thedatabase management. User’s Manual was developed to enable the LGUs to utilize,

maintain,andupdatethedatabasebeyondtheprogramphase.Thephotographbelow

isasamplescreenshotoftheOpenSurveySystem(OSS),athesurveydataprocessing

platformdevelopedfortheLGUs.ThemanualandsystemscreenshotsareinAnnexG.

Figure3:AsamplescreenshotoftheOSS

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OUTPUT2.2

ATTHEENDOFTHEPROJECT,THREE(3)LGUSINTHEVISAYASHAVEVULNERABILITY

ASSESSMENTREPORTSANDMAPSTHATMAYBEUSEDINPOLICYFORMULATION.

1. TaclobanCity

Series of trainings/coaching activities on Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk

Assessmentswere provided to LGU department heads and technical staff. At least 60

staffs of the city have increased knowledge on analyzing local climate change and

disasterriskexposure,sensitivityandvulnerabilityandusingtheanalysisforrisksensitive

planning. Therewere fiveCityCouncilorswhoparticipated in theeventswho likewise

gainedknowledgeonriskresilientplanning.

The localproject teamdraftedtheCityOrdinanceon “IdentifyingBarangaysatRisk toStormSurge, Flooding andRain-Induced Landslide, Time-CriticalActions toMitigate to

Risks.”Major results from theCCVAandcurrentpolicyof government indefining low,

mediumandhighriskswereintegratedintothedraftordinance(AnnexH).Furthermore,

a rapidvulnerabilityand riskassessmentwasconducted for threecoastal communities

where large numbers of ISF are residing. The assessment highlighted the pre-disaster

vulnerabilitiesoftheareaandtheISFcommunities(AnnexesIandJ).

Informed by the HLURB issuance of a supplemental guide in conducting Climate and

Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) to guide spatial and multi-sectoral policies and

programmes,thefollowingtechnicalsupportwereextendedtothecity:

Table7:TheparticularsofthetechnicalsupportprovidedtoTaclobanCityunderoutput2.2

TYPEOFTECHNICALSUPPORT PARTICULARS

WorkshopsonClimateChangeVulnerability

Assessment(CCVA)

Four(4)suchworkshopswereconductedwhereatotalof

eighty(80)LGUtechnicalstaffparticipatedinthe

workshops/mentoringactivities.Theworkshopsresultedinthe

developmentofthedisasterandclimateexposuredatabases

andassessmentsofrisksandsensitivities(SeeAnnexK).

Workshopsoncapacity-buildingon

Two(2)suchworkshpswereconductedtoenablethelocal

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geospatialtechnologies

governmenttoproducetheexposureandvulnerabilitymaps.

Thesupportongeospatialmappingwasusednotonlyforthe

CCVArequirementsbutalsointheISFprofilinginoutput1.

Taggingandgeoreferencingofcriticalinfrastructure

ThisactivitywasdonetoenhancetheLGU’sexistingurban

database,whichisvitaltothecompletionoftheCCVAaswell

astheupcomingupdatingoftheCLUP(SeemapsinAnnexC).

Advisoryservicesonengagingvariousagencies

TheLGUwassupportedinevaluatingandsupportinginitiatives

byvariousnationalagenciesandinternationalorganization

withrespecttotheformulationoftheComprehensiveLand

UsePlan(CLUP).

Otheradvisoryservices

Theseinvolvedworkshpsandotheractivitiesforthe

localizationoftheNationalBuildingCodebasedontheresults

ofthevulnerabilityanalysis.

Developedroaddesigns

The designs were to improve the access of ISF and those

relocated to Tacloban North. The road design, developed

throughthepartnershipofUN-HabitatandARCADIS,notonly

incorporated CC and DRR considerations but also included

sustainable urban development principles. This is a special

concern for the ISFs who moved to their new permanent

location(SeeAnnexJ).

2. GuiuanMunicipality

Theprojectteamconductedformalworkshopsandseriesofcoachingactivitiestofinalize

thevulnerabilityassessmentdevelopedfromapreviousinterventioninGuiuan.Twenty

(20) LGU staff members gained knowledge from the activities (See Annex L). In theactivities, the focuswas the coachingof the5workinggroupsof theGuiuanRecovery

andSustainableDevelopmentGroup (GRSDG).Key to the intervention inGuiuan is the

technicalsupportanddailyadvisoriesprovidedtotheLGUtoensurethattheneedsof

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the most vulnerable (ISF, women, children, youth, etc.) are covered in the risk

assessmentsandpolicyformulation.

Table8:TheparticularsofthetechnicalsupportprovidedtoGuiuanforoutput2.2

NAME/TYPEOFTECHNICALSUPPORT PARTICULARS

AssessmentsandEstimatesonShelterandIDPs

Thepre-andpost-disasterscenariosfortheLGUandIDPswere

discussed,especiallythroughthelocalshelterplanningactivities.

Inaddition,aninitialsurveyofISFshelterneeds,received

assistance,andremaininggapsweredoneusingthesurveyand

discussedthroughthemeetingsoftheGRSDG.Throughsuch

activities,monthlyworkplansweredonebytheGroup.

UpdatingofBaseandHazardMaps

ThesemapsarenowusedbytheLGUandbarangaystaffin

programmingregardingsafetyandresiliency,eveninevacuation

planningduringSuperTyphoonRuby(InternationalName:

Hagupit).Thesamegeospatialdatawillbeusedintheformulation

ofthelocallanduseplan(AnnexC).

CoachingandmentoringoftheLGUtechnicalstaffonlocalplanning

ThetopicsincludedtheconstructionoftheEcologicalProfile(EP),

whichisthebasisoftheComprehensiveLandUsePlan(CLUP).

MentoringsessionstokeyGuiuanLGUstaffandbarangayofficialsongeospatialtechnologies

ThetechnologiesincludedGeographicalInformationSystems(GIS),

GlobalPositioningSystems(GPS),andRemoteSensing(RS).

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3. OrmocCity

Similarly for Ormoc City, the project team provided advisories and capacity-building

activitiesforthestaffmembersoftheLGU.Inparticular,thefocusoftheactivitieswere

onDRRM,rehabilitation,recovery,andshelter(SeeAnnexN).

Table9:TheparticularsofthetechnicalsupportprovidedtoOrmocCityforoutput2.2

NAME/TYPEOFTECHNICALSUPPORT PARTICULARS

AssessmentsandEstimatesonShelterandIDPs

Thelocalurbanplannerandfieldcoordinatorprovidedthecitywith

technical advisories in the site analysis of potential resettlement

sites in Barangays Catmon, Donghol, and Concepcion. Also, the

officerassistedtheOrmocCityteamintheassessmentof their50-

hectareresettlementsiteatBarangayLiloanfortheISFsaffectedby

Typhoon Yolanda. The draft final assessment report on the City

Government of Ormoc’s 50-hectare resettlement site has been

developed. There was also rehabilitation plan component

developedforthesheltersector.

Providedtechnicalinputsinalocaldevelopmentcouncilmeetingon

risk-sensitive landuseplanningparticularlyon the issueon the40-

meterno-build-zone

UpdatingofBaseandHazardMaps

City-level and barangay-level land use and exposure maps were

developedincooperationwiththeCPDO-GISdivision.Allmapsshall

be used in safety and resilience and DRRM planning and

programming (Annex C). The exposure maps were used as main

referenceforevacuationduringTyphoonRuby.

CoachingandmentoringoftheLGUtechnicalstaffonlocalplanning

Athree-daytraining/workshoponRiskResiliencyBuildingin

RecoveryandRehabilitationPlanningwasfacilitatedfor40Ormoc

LGUstaffandofficers.

The local officers facilitated the two-day training/workshop on

“Communication Planning for Disasters and Emergencies” for LGU

staff, national government staff based in Ormoc and selected

barangays (40 participants) (conducted in partnership with IOM,

UNDPandtheCityGovernment)

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SubEA3

INCREASEDAWARENESSOFISFSONTHEIRRIGHTSANDACCESSTOBASICSOCIALSERVICESAND

LIVELIHOODSTHATPROMOTESAFETYANDRESILIENCETODISASTERS

OUTPUT3.1A

ATTHEENDOFTHEPROJECTTHE3LGUSNOWHAVEDRAFTLOCALSHELTERPLANS

(LSPS),ALLOFWHICHEMBODYTHESTRATEGIES,MECHANISMS,ANDPRINCIPLESOF

THELGUINENSURINGSLUMIMPROVEMENTANDWHICHALSOPRMOTESTHE

COLLABORATIONOFCOMMUNITIESANDTHELGUINPURSUINGSAFEANDRESILIENT

SETTLEMENTS.

Whiletheprojectinitiallytargetedonlyadvocacymaterialslikepostersaskeyoutputfor

thisSub-EA,discussionswiththeLGUsresulted inanexpandedtracktodeliverresults

under the output. UN-Habitat technical advisory and guidance (on relevant housing,

landandpropertyissuesespeciallythoseaffectingtheISFandothervulnerablesectors)

wererequestedtobemorestructuredsuchthattheadvisoriescanbeembodiedinthe

LGU’sLocalShelterPlantofostercollaborationwithkeysectorsespeciallytheISF(See

AnnexO).

TheLGUsexpressedthatestablishingaschemeandmechanismtopromoteawarenessontherightsof ISFstoaccessbasicsocialservicesand livelihoodsthatpromotesafetyandresiliencetodisastersthroughtheLSPwillbemorestrategic,consideringthatLSP

formulation and implementation take its policy/legal bases from the policies listed in

the Table 10. Tomake the efforts sustainable,UN-HABITAT assisted TaclobanCity in

strengtheningtheLocalHousingBoardandtheLocalInter-agencyCommittee(onHLP).

Similarly in Guiuan, the Programme supported for the creation of the local Urban

DevelopmentandHousingBoardandUnit. Furthermore, the IDPs inGuiuan following

the devastation of Typhoon Yolanda were assisted in organizing their own Home

Owners’Association(HOA),whichisthefirstinGuiuan(AnnexP).

Table10:ThelegalandpolicybasesofthesupportoftheprojecttotheLGU

POLICYTITLE PARTICULARS

RA7160

LocalGovernmentCodeof1991

ThistaskedtheLGUswiththeprovisionofshelterandother

basicservices

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RA7279

UrbanDevelopmentandHousing

Act(UDHA)

ThismandatedtheLGUstocreatetheirComprehensiveLand

UsePlans(CLUPs)andaLocalShelterPlan(LSP),whichispartof

theCLUP.

PDP2011-2016

PhilippineDevelopmentPlan

Thisemphasizedtheimportanceoftheimprovementofthe

capacityoftheLGUsinurbanandshelterplanning;andthe

implementationofthelocalhousingprogram

The Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, the key agency that

supportsLGUs inshelterplanning,wasengaged intheproject through jointworkshop

facilitationanddialoguesontheLSPformulationforthepartnerLGUs.Keyinputsshared

withpartner LGUsduring the LSP formulation included the right to adequatehousing

alongwithinputsonthefollowingprinciplesandplanninganchors:

! Rights-based

! Leadership,commitment,andCapacitydevelopment

! Inclusiveparticipation

! Planinadvancewithsufficientscaleanddensity

! Contextspecificapproaches

! Localizeddecision-makingandgenderequity

! Adequatepublicspaceandefficientstreetnetwork

! Sustainability

OUTPUT3.1B

DEVELOPEDADVOCACYMATERIALS/DOCUMENTSANDCONDUCTEDACTIVITIESTO

SUPPORTLGUSANDISFCOLLABORATIONONPROMOTINGHOUSING,LAND,AND

PROPERTYRIGHTS

Theinformationmaterialsdevelopedbytheprojectsupportedthedisseminationofthe

basicmessagesthecitygovernmentswantedtosharewiththeirconstituenciesinorder

to increase women and youth’s awareness on safety and resiliency. The materials

producedareshownbelow.

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Figure4:TaclobanPoster

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Figure5:OrmocPoster/IECMaterial

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OUTPUT3.2

COMMUNITY-LEVELPROJECTSWEREIMPLEMENTEDANDPROMOTIONOFSAFETYAND

RESILIENCEANDIMPROVEMENTINTHELIVESOFISFFAMILIESINTACLOBANAND

GUIUANWERESHOWCASED.

1. TaclobanCity

Community-levelprojectsandactivitieswere implemented inTacloban, inpartnership

withthecitygovernment(AnnexQ).ThroughasignedAgreementofCooperation,the

TaclobanProjectfocusedonthefollowingobjectives:

• Toprovidewomenwithaccess to livelihoodsupportandsocialnetwork through

membershipinacommunityorganization(BABACCO);

• TostrengthencapacitiesofTyphoon-affectedwomenoncommunity savingsand

cooperativeprinciplesaswellasbasiclivelihoodskills;

• TostrengthenthecapacityofyouthgroupsspecificallyYHESandPYAPtoconduct

informationandeducationcampaignonsafetyandresilience;and

• To strengthen city government and community organization collaboration on

resiliencybuildingandprojectimplementation.

A. SUPPORTTOWOMEN

CommunityactionplanningwasdoneforBrgy.6-ABSRPCreditCooperative(BABACO)

memberswhowereaffectedbytheTyphoon.Withtheproject,theybecamewillingto

help others through their organization. The city government, through the City

Cooperatives Development and Livelihood Assistance Office (CDLAO), engaged with

BABACOandsupportedthegrouptoproperlyextendtheirmembershipandlivelihood

supporttowomenlivinginBarangaySto.Nino,aresettlementsitefor informalsettler

families affected by the Typhoon Yolanda. Training and mentoring activities were

providedbytheLGUandUN-HabitattoBABACOtoensurethattheywouldbeableto

managetheprojectproperly.

Figure6:TheactivitiesofthelivelihoodprojectinTacloban:

(L)turnovertothelocalassociation;(M)registrationactivities;and(R)workshop.

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A total of 88 women were provided livelihood assistance (capital build-up fund)

followingtrainingsandbusinessplanningactivities.TheCDLAOandBABACOconducted

thetrainingstopreparewomenfromtheISFcommunitiesfortheirlivelihoodprojects.

ThecitygovernmentcontinuedthemonitoringandguidancetoBABACOevenafterthe

projectterm.Itisexpectedthat,within12monthsfromtheendoftheproject,another

batchof100womenwillbeassistedthroughthecapitalfundturned-overtoBABACCO

amounting to Six Hundred Forty Thousand Pesos or 80% of the total demonstration

projectfundprovidedtoTaclobanCity.Complementingtheprovisionofseedcapitalfor

womenintheresettlementsiteistheconductofvaluesformationactivitiestoincrease

thesustainabilityoftheinitiative.

Annex R presents the lists of women and families who became livelihood partners

undertheproject.

B. EMPOWERINGURBANYOUTHGROUPSTOENGAGEINBUILDINGASAFEANDRESILIENTCITY

Some(30)youthleadersfromtheYouthforHumanandEcologicalSecurity(YHES)ofthe

CityPopulationOfficeandPagasaYouthAssociationofthePhilippines(PYAP)oftheCity

SocialWelfareandDevelopmentOfficeweremobilized.

They benefitted from various activities

includingthe3-dayTrainingonLeadership

and Effective Communication Skills. The

said trainingaimedtodevelop leadership

potential and effective communication

skills of the Peer Educators and to

formulateastrategicplanfortheconduct

ofAdvocacyandIECactivitiesontheRole

of Youth in Resiliency Building. Topics

covered by the training were as follows:

“Me and My Assets”,“What’s with

Growing up”, “Character Connection”,

“UnderstandingourEmotions”,“Surviving

Tough Times”, “Active Listening”,

“Positive Communication, “Making

Decisions”, and “Teamwork and

Leadership”.

To further Tacloban youth groups’

knowledge and appreciation of “Safety

and Resilience”, various events were

further conducted. The “Youth Jam forSafetyandResilience”wasakeynotableactivityinitiatedthroughtheproject.HeldinOctober 2015, the Youth Jam for Safety and Resilience was organized the youth in

Figure7:Theyouthtrainingactivitiesleadershipandeffectivecommunication

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Tacloban to let themexpressurban issues andwhat they feel theyneed todoabout

theirexpressedconcernsandneeds.

Together with officers of the Local Government Unit, around 200 youths joined the

seriesofactivitiesintheYouthJam.Theactivitiesaredescribedonthefollowingtable.

Table11:ThecomponentactivitiesoftheYouthJamandcorrespondingdescription

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

ProjectDIY

Worn-outitemsweremadeoverbypaintingandembellishing.

Theitemswereoldshoes,shirs,bags,andotherknickknacksjust

waitingforanewleaseonlife.Volunteerfacilitatorsfrom

Taclobanyouthgroups,YHESandPYAP,assistedinorganizingthe

event.

ChikaMuna

Thetitlelooselytranslatesto“let’schatawhile”.Itallowedthe

youthparticipantstoadialogueinball-pitaboutquestionsand

issuesthatthecity’syouthgroupsfaceeveryday.

PledgePhotoBoothActivity

Here,participantshadtheirpicturestaken–completewithwacky

propsandwigs–holdingupblackboardsignsonwhichthey

scribbledthesmallbutpersonaleffortstheypromisedtomake

forthebettermentoftheirfamily,community,orcity.

FreedomWalls

Thisiswheretheeventattendeeswereinvitedtograbapaint

brushormarkerandexpressthemselvesonthewalls,guidedby

twofill-in-the-blankstatements:“AsayouthofTacloban,whatI

needfrommycityis…”and“AsayouthofTacloban,Icanhelpmy

cityby…”werealsopartoftheYouthJamActivity.

SingingandDancing

Thiswasanafternoonconcertwithperforminggroupsfrom

variousyouthorganizations.

Furthermore, the team conducted a 2-day youth training, whichwas entitled “YouthEncounter for Safety and Resilience.” The event was meant to equip the youth

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participants instudyingandplanningforcommunity interventionsregardingthetopic.

Thesubtopicsincludedthefollowing:

• HowDoSafeandResilientCitieslooklike?

• TheRoleofYouthinSafeandResilientCities

• ProfilingandMapping

• Fieldwork:StudyingCommunities

• AnalysisandPlanning

• CreatingMaterialsforInformation,Education,andCampaigns

ItshouldbehighlightedthattheYouthEncounterbroughttheparticipantstothefield

actual to expose them to the socio-economic and environmental condition of the

Haiyan-affectedcommunitiesinacoastalbarangayandanotherbarangayearmarkedfor

relocation.TheworkshopmaterialsusedareinAnnexS.

Furthermore,aseriesofsessionswereconductedforparticipantstoidentifysituations

withproblemsbysectorsuchasenvironmental,social,economic,infrastructural,and

institutional. They were also guided to identify resources which can be utilized for

possibleinterventionthattheyouthcantakeparton.

Following the workshop, the youth leaders engaged barangay officials to discuss the

issuesonsafetyandresiliencyandtheircorrespondingsolutions,andexplorepossible

areasofcollaborationbetweentheyouthorganizationsandbarangays.Thisactivitywas

a testament to the increased capacityof the youth toparticipate in initiatives geared

towardsachievingsafetyandresiliencyintheircommunities.

Figure8:(L)InauguralmarkonthefreedomwallbyMayorAlfredRomualdez:“Thechildrenofthestorm!Thefutureisin

yourhands;(R)Photopledgebooth:pledgesrangedanywherefrommoregeneralthemeslike“Ipromisetobestrongand

resilient”tomorepersonalstatementslike“wepromisetobegoodeducators.”

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2. GuiuanMunicipality

Acommunitybasedprojectentitled“IncreasingtheResilienceofUrbanInformalSettlersthrough Leadership of Women In Community-Based Social Enterprise on SeaweedProcessing was implemented in the Municipality of Guiuan with the Guiuan

DevelopmentFoundationInc(GDFI)asimplementingpartner(AnnexT).

Projectcomponentsare:

• Trainingandpracticum

• Socialenterprisethroughwomenleadership(Planningandbusinessdevelopment

workshop)

• Resilient capital investment (Construction of typhoon resilient social enterprise

hall).

The training and practicum on making seaweed pickles was conducted last 10-12

February2015.Eighty-sevenparticipantsweretrainedinthepreparation,storage,and

Figure9:ThefieldworkactivitiesdonebytheparticipantsoftheYouthEncounterforSafetyandResilienceinarelocationsiteinTaclobanNorth.

Figure10:Thetrainingon(L)makingseaweedpickels;and(R)deboningmilkfish

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packagingofbottledseaweedpickles. Inaddition,86participantswere taughthowto

debonemilkfishandpreparehigher-valueproductssuchasrelleno (stuffedmilkfish) In

both the activities, the organizers emphasized that the women should handle the

technicalaspectofthelivelihoodactivities.

Three (3) resourcepersonswere tapped to facilitateand teach from thePost-Harvest

SectionoftheBureauofFisheriesandAquaticResources(BFAR)officeinRegion8.After

the training on processing seaweed and milkfish, the assistance to the livelihood

association regarding Component 2 focused on business planning and enterprise

development. The beneficiaries of the local association, Kilos Kababaihan para sa

Kaunlaran,were90womenwithfamilies.Priortotheproject,thewomenwereengaged

in jobs likevendingandoperationof sari-sari stores.The resourcepersonswereProf.

RichardCagaraandMs.ZenaidaBasilides.

Finally,component3wasabouttheconstructionofasocialenterprisehall,whichhada

floorareaof64sqm.Tomakethehallsturdyagainsttyphoons,thefoundationwasnot

just thrust into the bedrock but cemented with the bedrock and secured with extra

bolts.Additionalcrossbeams,cleats,andwoodenplateswerealsoincludedinthewalls

andceilingstructure.Asoftopeningofthesocialenterprisehall(Figure8)wasdonelast

13February2015.

Figure11:Photographoftheconstructedsocialenterprisehallforwomen.

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IV. CONCLUSIONANDRECOMMENDATIONS

Thissectionoutlinesthekeylessonslearned,insightsandrecommendationsfromthe

projectimplementation.

OnProjectManagementandImplementation:

• LGU Twinning builds capacitiesmutually. LGUs and technical people learn bestwhen

theyexchangeinformation/knowledgewiththeirfellowLGUpersonnel/publicservants

from other areas. While classroom trainings still serve their purpose, a good

exchange/dialogue on experiences strengthens the understanding of people. LGU-to-

LGUsharingshortensthelearningcurveaswellas“flagsthedo’sanddon’ts”basedon

actualexperience.Theproject innovationson introducingthementoringandcoaching

element as part of the LGU-to-LGU learning exchange encouraged twinned-LGUs to

worktogetheronactualcasesandrespondtotheirpartnerrequirements.

• Local authorities’ ownership of the activities and the whole project is important to

successful implementation. Local authorities andofficers shouldbeengaged from the

very beginning of project intervention to have them meaningfully and pro-actively

engaged throughout theprojectperiod. Whenwellunderstoodby thepartners from

the onset, the project concept and targets could be tackled in a more practical and

innovativemannerthatintheenddeliversthebestresultforthecommunities.

• Project flexibilityencourages local innovations.Given thedynamicurbanenvironment

and social context, LGU partners most often appreciate and deliver well when the

projectapproachandschemeisflexibletoever-evolvinglocalsituations.Withaflexible

projectscheme,LGUscanthinkoutsidetheboxandfromwhichinnovationsareborn.

• The concept of “Safety and Resilience” in building urban settlements seems to be

common but not necessarily applied in all the process of service delivery at the LGU

level. Difficulties due to limitations on resources, competing priorities, lack/limited

technical knowledge, andeven totalneglect continue to challenge LGUs inpromoting

safetyandresilienceinISFcommunitiesandpoorurbancommunitiesingeneral.Akey

mechanism to address this is throughmainstreaming the concept into the plans and

strategiesthatLGUsuseandfollowliketheCLUPandAnnualInvestmentProgramme.

OnSpecificOutputsandDeliverables:

• ISFbaselineandmappingsystem:LGUsarerequiredtohavebaselineofISFbyvirtueof

theirmandatesundertheUrbanDevelopmentandHousingActofthePhilippines.While

moreestablishedsurveyanddatabasesystemarealreadybeingusedandpromoted(i.e

CBMS),theproject’sopendatakitsandsystemfordatabasedevelopmentandmapping

could still be used by LGUs especially if there is a need for to customize information

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requirementsand locally-based informationbank that theycoulddirectlymanageand

update to support their programming services for the ISF. Given the resettlement to

saferareasbeingrequiredduetoTyphoonYolanda,acustomizedinformationdatabank

couldbenefit the cities. It is tobenoted that city-managed ISFbaselineandmapping

system developed should remain consistent with CBMS, NSO, and other national

governmentdatastandardsensureeffectivedatamanagementandanalysis.

• VulnerabilityandRiskAssessment:Promoting safeand friendly cities requireensuring

that city governments have the capacity to integrate climate and disaster risk

considerationsnotonlyintheirstatutoryplanningprocessesbutalsointheirday-to-day

decisionmakingactivities. The importanceofhavingvulnerabilityand riskassessment

cannolongerbeunderminedconsideringthenegativeimpactsofinactionthatfurther

exacerbates the condition of the poor and most vulnerable. The “resilience-based

approach” in addressing risks provides an avenue for local/city authorities to address

coredevelopmentissuescombinedwithhazards-basedunderstanding.

• Local Shelter Planning: The project brought about the realization that HUDCC should

promotea“LSPplanningprocessthatspecificallysupportsLGUrequirementsinapost-

disastercontext”.Projectlearningalsoestablishedthathavingalocalshelterplanthat

looksat theurbansystemhelps local/citygovernmentbemore realistic, flexible,pro-

active,andinnovativeincomingupwithstrategiestoaddresslocalshelterconcerns.In

Taclobanfor instance, itneededtobemorespatiallyoriented intargetinghouseholds

and in developing appropriate schemes for shelter. Suchwas needed considering the

City’suniquerole intheProvincialandRegionalsocio-economicactivitieswhichatthe

householdlevelinfluencesfamilydecisionmakingonhousing/shelter.

• WomenandYouthengagementonbuildingsafeandresilientcities:Whilegenderand

development programmes at the local level are well established, the advocacy to

promote the role ofwomen and youth in decisionmaking for resilience building still

needstobefurthersupported.LGUsshouldbesupportednotonlyincreatingbutalso

inusinggender-disaggregatedbaselinessuchthattheywouldbeabletodevelopgendersensitive/inclusive “ResilienceTargetsandGoals”.Key to furtherpromoteat the local

level is the information that “women & youth play important roles/actions in thevariousaspectsofresiliencebuildingandarenotjustvulnerablevictimsindisasters”.

• Expanding Livelihood assets of ISF families for increased resilience: Expanding family

livelihood assets through funding, facility, knowledge and information support is

important in helping them sustainably recover from disaster impacts. The scheme

applied by the project in supporting community-based organizations (BABACO and

GDFI)tohelpnon-memberfamilieshasdeliveredgoodresults.Itthereforehighlighted

therelevanceandimportanceof“socialcapital”tofacilitatepost-disasterrecoveryand

inbuildingthefoundationofISFresiliencytonaturalandman-madeshocks.

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V. ANNEXES

ANNEXA. ProjectLogframe

ANNEXB. FullresultsofLGUTwinning

ANNEXC. MapsdevelopedwiththeLGUsofGuiuan,Ormoc,andTacloban

ANNEXD. Survey/profilingtoolforpre-andpost-disastersafety,security,and

resiliencyissuesandconcernsofthefamily

ANNEXE. Tagalogversionoftheprofilingtoolforpre-andpost-disaster

ANNEXF. ListofequipmentturnedovertotheLGU

ANNEXG. User’smanualforOSSandsystemscreenshots

ANNEXH. Draftcityordinance identifytingbarangaysatrisktostormsurge, flooding,and

rain-inducedlandslide;time-criticalactions

ANNEXI. RapidvulnerabilityandriskassessmentofISFsofTaclobanCity

ANNEXJ. Draftclimatechangevulnerabilityassessment(CCVA)ofTaclobanCity

ANNEXK. DocumentationofTaclobanworkshoponDRRandCCA

ANNEXL. RoaddesignforTaclobanNorth

ANNEXM. DraftVAAofGuiuanandreportonmissiontoGuiuan

ANNEXN. CompilationofdocumentationoftechnicalandadvisorytoOrmocCityANNEXO. NotesofthelocalshelterplanofTacloban

ANNEXP. Ordinance for the Creation of theMunicipal UrbanDevelopment andHousing

BoardandUnitofGuiuan

ANNEXQ. AgreementofCooperation(AoC)betweenUN-HABITATandTaclobanCityLocal

GovernmentUnit

ANNEXR. ListofbeneficiariesfortheTaclobanCityAoC

ANNEXS. MaterialsfortheYouthEncounterforSafetyandResilience

ANNEXT. AgreementofCooperation(AoC)betweenUN-HABITATandGuiuan

DevelopmentFoundation,Inc.