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Partnership building between and among civil society organizations and local government units and government line agencies revolves around four areas of engagement, namely: a) promotion of comprehensive approach to rural development; b) development and implementation of specific collaborative program/projects with private/public development organizations; c) provision of consultancy services such as research, training, capacity building, organizational and institutional development to partner organizations; and, d) facilitation and documentation of conferences and seminars as venues for sharing and dissemination of innovative rural development strategies and enhancing institutional linkages.
Since its inception a year ago, EVPRD has done the following services:
Provided consultancy services to partner organizations of the of the Foundation for Philippine Environment: a) Designed and conducted organizational diagnosis to the Katatapuran nga Pederasyon han Parag-uma ha Samar (KAPPAS) – a community-based agro-forestry project in Bgy. Tenani, Wright Samar (July 2003); b) Designed and conducted process evaluation of Guiuan Community-Based Coastal Resource Management Project for the Guiuan Development Foundation, Inc. – a partnership project between GDFI and the LGUs of Salcedo and Guiuan (November 2003 – January 2004).
Organized and facilitated the regional consultation on developing programs and projects linking population management and bioderversity conservation as an approach to sustainable development. 60 local NGOs and POs attended the consultation from six provinces of Eastern Visayas. The regional consultation was held at Hotel Alejandro, Tacloban City on March 24-26, 2004. This consultation was the first attempt at linking population management, health and environment in the region. It also was a breakthrough as far as the USAID-Academy for Educational Development – The social Acceptance Project is concerned in terms of bridging population management and natural resources management.
Currently developing partnership projects with USAID-AED, FPE and Samar Island Bioderversity Project (SIBP). At least four major campaign projects are on the pipeline for implementation in partnership with the Coalition of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Advocates – a coalition of civil society, LGU-based health providers and academe based in Leyte and Biliran Provinces from July 2004 to June 2005. For its part, the EVPRD has entered into partnership project with USAID-AED and SIBP on population management stakeholders’ study that will culminate in an island-wide workshop to formulate population management advocacy strategies for the island.
- Designed and is currently implementing a solid waste management project in Lao-ang, N. Samar – a partnership project between EVPRD and the LGU of Lao-ang under the auspices of PROGRESS. The core staff of EVPRD has been responsible for the implementation of the participatory governance projects in partnership with the LGUs of Catubig and Pambujan: a) The Catubig Potable Water Project (January –December 2002) and the Catubig Potable Water cum Livelihood Project (January – December 2003); b) Community-Based Coastal Resource Management in Pambujan (January-December 2003
- EVPRD has submitted its intention to HELVETAS under PROGRESS to develop projects in partnership with the LGU of Catarman and Lope de Vega aside from continuing its solid waste management project in Laoang.
- A long-term development program is in the making. For this year (2004) EVPRD is preparing a proposal in response to the European Union’s call for Proposals for 2004 under its “Small Projects Facility”. The proposal involves the convening of LGUs, government line agencies, relevant private and civil society organizations in the development of strategic plans within the existing various development frameworks such as watershed and river system development, coastal resources management, Sustainable Agriculture and Fishery Development Zones, Food Security and agro-industry development. As of today, all these frameworks have yet to see some specific programs and projects. All of these are seen from the perspective of line agencies, which are overlapping and yet fragmented. The weakest link in these frameworks is the coordinated planning geared at creating cumulative impact of institutional cooperation and collaboration with the LGU as facilitating and anchoring the areas of engagement in their respective municipalities.
- The EVPRD would like to make a difference among the development actors in Samar. It would like to bring together development actors and advocates working together in unison to provide solutions to specific development bottleneck rather than building on another layer of development channel that competes in the increasingly dwindling funding sources. EVPRD believes in “better impact with less” and building successes through progressive engagement. The proposed coordinated planning is the first step in this direction.
REASON FOR BEING:
- Promotes comprehensive approach to rural development.
- Cultivates collaborative relationship with
- provincial, municipal and barangay councils
- private sector business and civil society organizations (POs, NGOs, Coops, civic and religious organizations)
- local government units and government line agencies involved in rural community and economic development.
- Provides consultancy services to partner organizations (research, training, capacity building, organizational and institutional development)
- Provides consultancy services to partner organizations (research, training, capacity building, organizational and institutional development)
- Convenes conferences, seminars as venues for sharing and dissemination of innovative rural development strategies and networking opportunities
MISSION:
- Building networks at all levels.
- Bringing together people and organizations to solve local problems and meet local needs.
- Removing barriers through convergence and partnership.
- Creating opportunities.
- Building the strength of partnerships.
GOALS:
OBJECTIVES:
- Encourage the creation of collaborative relationships among government units, line agencies, private profit and non-profit organizations, and community-based organizations within each municipality, to foster and facilitate cooperation and to undertake a comprehensive strategic approach to rural development efforts within each municipality;
- Encourage and support innovative approaches to rural development and the more effective resolution of rural development issues at all levels of government and within private and civil society organizations;
- Create and maintain a cooperative rural development framework to support the various development councils and partnership initiatives;
- Identify, resolve, or eliminate intergovernmental and inter-agency impediments, bureaucratic red tape, turf issues, language problems and other barriers that hinder effective rural development efforts.
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- EVPRD Personnel
- Programs.
- email us: evprd2004@yahoo.com
