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26 September2003

Mr. Jolfre v. Balce

ExecutiveDrector
Foundationfor SustainableSociety,Inc.
QuezonCity

Rc: Nationrl Campaign for th€ Imm€dirte Resumption of

DAO 17 Irnplementation

Dea! Mr. Balce,

ln b€halfofthe NationalCouncil,it is my greatpleasue andhonorto thank you for you!

continuedsupportto the causeofPamanaka saPilipinas.

Herewith,I am submittingto you the terminalnarrativeandfinancialreportsofthe project

'National Campaignfor the Inmediate Resumptionof DAO I 7 Implementation'. The activity
wasoneofthe maineventsdudngthe "3d PamanaNationalCongess". which washeldon
August24-25, 2003,at DepEd-EcotQcl!Lahug,CebuCity.

Pleaseacceptalsomy apologyfor the delayofthe activity. Due to financialconstraints,the said

congress,which wasoriginally seton June4-7, waspostponedsevemltimes.Neverth€less,it
was a very successfulgatheringof 1?0smallfisherfolkandcommunityleadersnationwide.

Agai4 we thank you for beingwith us in our struggleto upliff our conditionassmallfishers.We
{i wish that your iDstitutionwould havemoreblessingsso it cancontinueto servethe less
advantagedsectorofour society.More power!

Very sincerelyyou$,

FERNAI{DO_E. TIBURCIO
NationalPresident
PamanaKa SaPilipinas

SaturnSuee!GochanSuMivision,BrgyTisa
C€buCity,Philippircs
Telefar:(032)262-2713;enail: pananaka(@)nozcon
com
Narrative

PAMANAKA SAPILIPINAS
 PROIECTTERMINALREPORT

ProjectTitle:NationalCampaignfor the lmmediateResumptionof

DAO17 lmplementation
ProDonent:PAMANA lG Sa PiliDinas
Inc.
SaturnSt.GotchanSubd.Brgy.Tisa,CebuCity,Philippines
Telefax@32)262-27-13
ContactPersons: lsidoreAncog
NationalCoordinator,
PAMANA
Email: pA$gtgbA@nazagll@m
Femando Tiburcio
President,
PAMANA
Email:pamanaka@mozcom.com

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 INTRODUCTION
After two years since t}Ie 2"d PAMANA National Congress in June 5-7,2001,
many things have occurred as far as Pamana Ka sa Pilipinas is concerned.
Institutionally, Pamana has become independent from its mother institution,
the Haribon Foundation. With official permission from her funding donor,
Ha-ribon Foundation entrusted to Pamana a one-year operational fund, an
office in Cebu City with
equipment and
fixtures, and a
motorcycle. Also
included viith the
deplo]'ment was six
field staff that served
as Pamana Secretariat.

On the other hand, Pamana Ka sa Pilipinas took its part effectively in delivering
its two-fold institutional trust.

Flrrtly, as an advocacy alliance of community-based managers of marine

sanctuaries, Pamana joined with other groups in the fisheries sector in
advancing the full implementatjon of DENR DAO 17 - the delineation and
delimitation of Municipal Waters as mardated in the R.A. 8550. The Bangkat
Buhay 2002 campaign in ten different bio-geographic ecosystems nation-w'ide
have in one way or another steered respectjve stakeholders to unite not only for
DAO 17 implementation but also with other pressing issues confronting coastal
law enforcement. During the Bangka't Buhay campaign, Pamana was also
actively involved in various forms of networking and linkaging activities.
Advancing its very own advocacy agenda, ttre alliance became known and
recognized as an active participant in fisheries reform.
\--l s€condly, as a national alliance working for institutional sustainability,
Pamana in its continuing effort to strengthen its membership installed a
membership development mechanism integral to the advocacy campaign. Along
with the Bangka't Buhay, Pamana was able to form 10 Chapters out of t}Ie i9
targeted ba]'v/ide sites for Pamana Chapter Building. Ongoing chapter building
is in the process for tl:e remaining seven, However, as the process went on,
ma.ny more community-based ma.dne sanctuaries have expressed interest to
become members in other areas not initially prioritized.

Meanwhile, the number of members does not only measure sbengthening

membership but also ensuring well malaged and sustained sanctuaries. As a
matter of policy, Pamana has provided in its constitution and by-laws few
membership requirements to be regularly accomplished by both old members
and new applicants. In this framework, regular membership validauon is
ensured through regular meetings and assemblies. Membership of good
starding is defined in how
effective the members can
sustain sanctuary
management initiatives. In
return, Pamana has the
responsibility to provide
quality inputs to its members
by providing venues for
discussion and shfiing. That
includes a regular National
Congress.

Provided also in the alliance's

constitution and by-laws that the regular national congress happens every two
years. The 2"d National Congresswas held last June of 2001, and expectedly,
the 3.d National Congresswas set on June 2003.

On January 2003, barely two montis after the nationwide Bangka't Buhay
2002 campaign, Pamana began its crusade in organizing and formation of more
ecosystem-basedchapters. It raised consciousnessof its member site people's
organizations ald communities by bringing down successes and
accomplishments of the alliance related to tlle advancement and promotion of
the five-point advocacy agenda bannered by the DENR DAO 17 or the
delineation and delimitation of Municipal waters. However slow,
accomplishments by the govemment with other private stakeholders in
delineating municipal waters were celebrated. Yet, more organizing and
information campaign were done in order to inspire concemed national
govemment agencies and local govemment units to accomplish more.

Sometime in March 2003, while Pamana was in the height of its chapter
launching and campaign, the then newly appointed DENR Secretary Elisea
Gozun issued an order revoking DAO 17 and eventually stopping its
implementation - an act that angered the small lishers and the conservation
community.

PROJECTBACKGROUNDAND RATIONALE
The revocation of DAO 17 in March 2003 triggered different reactions by the
fisheries sector aIrd the conservation community. This prompted various
people's organizations, alliances artd networks of small fishers to organize
different levels of protests condemning the act as unjust and unfair, Small
fishers nationwide were mobilizing to light against tle revocation. Having been
enacted by then DENR Sec. Heherson Alvarez, DAO 17 was hailed as the most
important and long overdue measure to jumpsta-rt the implementation of the 3-
year-old Fisheries Code. DAO 17 is about the delinealion and delimitation of
15hn municipal lisheries, paving tlle way for greater ownership and control by
small flshers and local govemment units over larger fishery areas for increased
productivity and equity. However, just as the implementation was getting
momentum, the new Sec. Elisea Gozun issued the revocation thereby stopping
its implementation.

Pamana Ka sa Pilipinas is only one of those national nefilork of small frshers

who fought for the immediate resumption of DAO 17 implementation. The effort
maybe futile, yet it did not prohibit to unmask the dubious intention of the
revocation that it was obviously wrapped with the vested interest of commercial
fishers in the guise of technicalitjes and legal parlance.

In tl1is context, Pamana has decided to continue $rith the fight in a long-term
perspective. Despite the organization's linancial difficulties, its ls-member
National Council decided to push through vrith the 3'd Pamana National
Congress in order to draw a strategic pLan of action on how to address the
issue at hand. Eventually, the then ongoing chapter organizing and assemblies
in April has shifted its course to a more aggressive campaign for the
resumption of DAO 17 implementation at the ground level. The move laid the
foundation for a wider campaign that wiu be conducted come 3"d National
Pamana Congress.

There were three general objectives of the congress, namely: 1) improve and
strengthen membership development mechanisms for organizational
sustainability; 2) review, validate and affirm the alliance's policy advocacy
agenda; and, 3) examine ita relevance to the cuffent political, social, economic
and environmental situation of the country.

From the general objectives, specilic objectives were also laid: 1) To design a
long term course of action for a national campaign on the resumption of DAO
17 implementation; 2) To ratiry ttle Alliance's Constitution and By-Laws in
response to the recent organizational development vis-e-vis organizational set-
up and structure; 3) To update the members {rith the two-year Pamana
accomplishments, formally proclaim new members of the Alliance and elect its
new set of oflicers for another term; 4) To review and re-validate progress and
development of the s-point Pamana advocacy agenda and its relevance to the
present Philippine condition; alrd, 5) Formulate action plan for the next course
of action on botfr organizalional sustainability and campaign strateg/.

Aside from the organizational

objectives laid for the 3'a
National Congress, four
speci{ic objectives directly
aim€d at achieving concrete
course of action in relation to
t}Ie DAO 17 tragedy. These
were: 1) discuss updates arrd
expert opinions on the Fisheries situation and DAO 17;21 analyzn the various
stakeholders involved in the case; 3) come out wit]l a campaign plan to reverse
the decision of DENR on DAO 17; and, 4) agee on a common statement to
make public.

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
On August 24-26, 2OO3, 170 leaders of small fishers organizations and
communities representing 122 community-based marine sanctuaries gathered
in Cebu City for the 3"d Pamana National Congress. Prior to this big event,
ground level flexing were done in 22 bio-geo$aphic ecosystem chapters nation-
wide, consolidating t}Ie sentiments of small fishers regarding tl1e revocation of
DENR DAO #17 by tlle Hon DENR Sec. Elisea Gozun. ltrus, this nationwide
gathering was algo known as tl:e National Campaign for the Immediate
Resumption of DAO 17 Implementation.

Dav 1: Auo$t 24. 2OO3(Sundavt- Arrival and Reolstrationof Pattlcioants.While

ttre bulk of the congress delegation started to arive at the venue, the National
Council and the Secretariat held a special session in a separate venue in Cebu
City. This waa aimed at
finalizing the flow and
dynamics of the
congress in th€ next two
days. Aside from
designing how to run the
congress, preparation of
congress logistics and
financial facilitation were
also addressed,

The Congress was

divided into two major
parts. One day was
allotted in matters conceming campaign, advocacy and networking, while
another was allotted on matters conceming organizational strengtlening and
sustainability. (Pleaserefer attached Ptogram of Actiuities)

Dav 2; Auoust 25. 2003(Mondavl- Ooenino.lnDutsand Worbhoos.

After the welcoming of the delegaGs, pa-rticipants arld guests, speeches and
statements of support formally opened the congress. Mr. Femando Tiburcio,
the National President of Pamana, also gave a two-year account of the
accomplishments of tfie Allialce since the 2"d Congress in June, 2001.
 An invited resource speaker
in the person of Ms. Belinda
'Beechee" dela Paz gave
inputs on t}Ie National
Fisheries Situationer. lPleose
see altachment for the
documentation of the entire
inputl. Although her input
covers a broad Philippine
lisheries situation, Ms. Dela
Paz was able to emphasize
detailed updates on the
recentlv concluded series of
regional consultations in preparation for the mandatory review arrd
amendments of R.A. 8550 that supposedly took off tJ:is year (2003). She also
gave detailed updates on the national debate of the controversial DAO 17.
! Beechee dela Paz is the Advocacy Officer of Haribon Foundation and is also
sitting as the present Chair of the NGO's for Fisheries Reform (NFR).

The whole afternoon q/as devoted entirely for workshops. Five workshop groups
were created among the participants. Each workshop group was assigned to
discuss a particular advocacy agenda of Pamana, Ttrese are: l) Delineation and
delimitation of municipal waters vis-a-vis the fate of DAO 17; 2) Marine Tenure;
3) Strict implementation of R.A. 8550; 4) Establishment of a Special Marine
Court; and 5) Institutionalization of Deputized Fish Wardens.

Each workshop group was given a guide framework, which was generally
aequenced in three levels of discuasions. The lirst level was to discuss the
cunent realities and situation related to the issue. The second level was the
discussion on the merit of the issue, the progress a:rd accomplishment of
Pamana in advocating the issue together with other initiatives of other
advocacy groups at different levels. The third level was the analysis of the issue
\.' based on the first and second level leading to a drafting ofa course of action to
be used as basis to guide a reasonable a.nd effective campaign.

During the course of individual workshop discussions, modilication and

flexibility of dynamics was observed to fit into the real experience of the
participants. Outputs were documented and presented to the plenaqz for
critiquing and approval- (Plea.sesee atTo.ch.ed
doa.rmentsof unrkshpp outwts).

Dav 3: Auoust 26. 2003 - Amendment.Electionand lnduction,

On organizational matters, t-lle day was spent mostly for the amendment of the
alliance's Constitution and By-Laws (CBL). The National Council has prepared
a proposa-l amendment approved during one of the council meetings. It was
presented to the national assembly as a working paper. After the deliberadon,
election of new set of olficers followed according to t}Ie amended bylaws,
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Induction of the new set of oflicers culminated tlle event with Ms. Anabeue
Plantila, t-he Executive Director of Haribon Foundation as the Inducting
Otficer. (Plea.sesee ettactBd. mitu)tes and proceedings ofthe enlire congress)

OUTPUTSAND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Courseof Actionfor s-pointAdvocacyAgenda

(Basedon the wo*shopresu,/l.Pleaseseeattached)
1. DAO 17 / Delineationand Delimitationof MunicipalWaters
Education and awareness raising
campalgn.
Municipal ordinancesclearly
demarcating municipal water
boundaries.
Call for the adoption of DAO 17 in
toto and its immediate
imnlpnphtrri^n

2. R.A.8550

Conduct legal and para-legal trainings.

Pamana should have its own legal counsel to serve the member sites in
terms of legs-lelld para-legal needs.
Lobbying for the mandatory review of R.A 8550.

3. SpecialMarine Court

Intensiry information drive and campaign regarding the Pamana

proposed bill for the establishment of a special marine court.
Strong lobbying to congress for tl1e passage of the law come next
congressin 2004.

4. Institutionalization of Deputized Fish Wardeng

Creation of a special committee within the national council to formulate

a design for flsh warden institutionalization.
Lobbying to national agencies, congress aid other line agencies.
Regular updating to member sites through a newsletter regarding that
will feature lish wardens.
5. Marine Tenure

I Municipalities to enact ordinances of stewardship of marine Banctuaries

to people's organizations (PO's).
) Execution of Memorandum of Agreements / Memorandum of
Understanding between Local Government Units and People's
Organization as 1ega1instrument of tenure for marine sanctuaries.
> lobby for the amendmentsof R.A. 8550 and R.A. 7160.

OrganizationalStrengtheningand Sustainability

1. CBL Amendment

> Amended provision supporting tl1e creation of ecosystem-based chapters

replacing the old regional chapter structure: Luzon, Visayas and
Mindalao,
) Amended provision replacing the 15 member national council to more
membership based on the number ecosystem chapters that will be
admitted to membership.
> Amended provision replacing the number of Execom members from 7 to

2. Membership Development and Sustainability Mechanisms

> Increasedmembership by 100%.

> Improvedcollection mechalisms for membership feesand annual dues.
> Improved site-based structure for easy communication arid delivery of
aervices to member sites.
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