Path Foundation Philippines Inc

African Institute for Development Policy BUILD project See Schedule O

Gerry Roxas Foundation INSPIRE SEApherd Project See Schedule O

FISH Right Project: The USAID Fish Right Program is a partnership between the Government of the Philippines and the United States Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID to influence system change within the fisheries sector by improving resource user compliance with agreed uPon fisheries practices resulting in reduced threats and increased fish biomass. The program initially focused on three marine key biodiversity areas MKBA Visayan Seas South Negros and the Calamianes Island Group CIG and expanded on its fourth year to cover the West Philippine Sea WPS. The Fish Right Program is implemented by the University of Rhode Island URI in collaboration with a team of core implementing partners PATH Foundation Philippines Inc. leads the implementation in CIG FMA 5 and 6. The Fish Right Program focuses on several threats to biodiversity namely: overfishing destructive and illegal fishing and degradation of coastal and marine ecosystems. The primary beneficiaries include the municipal and commercial fisherfolk and their families provincial and municipal governments and community organizations including fishing associations cooperatives and womens associations. The overarching goal of the Program is to address threats to coastal and marine biodiversity by reducing overfishing destructive and illegal fishing and degradation of marine ecosystems. The Program does this by catalyzing systemic actions within the fisheries sector increasing the capacity of the national regional and local government to implement ecosystem fisheries management foster fisheries ecosystem stewardship and addressing the issue of illegal unreported and unregulated IUU fishing resulting in reduced threats to biodiversity and increased fish biomass of key species in targeted geographical areas. In 2024 the following are PFPIs key accomplishments: A. On IUU Fishing Reduction Plans safety training was conducted to forty-nine 49 commercial fishing vessel CFV crew and officers and thirty-six 36 CFV in Subic renewed their MARINA minimum manning and fishing vessel safety certificates. Eight 8 new registration of CFV were also processed. In CIG the PFPI hosted supported two 2 leaning visits to share the good practices of CIG on fisheries management that could be replicated adapted in other areas. In addition commercial fisher associations were assisted in preparing strategic plans to ensure sustainability.

Continuation: B. Towards Increased participation representation and willingness of resource users incl. private sector to contribute to ecosystems approach to fisheries management thirty five 35 women and fishers were trained as community watchers in Balabac while a total of eighty six 86 commercial and municipal fishers completed the Peer education training bringing a total of 94 peer educators actively leading various initiatives on harvest control strategies including mobile fisheries registration in mangrove planting and coastal clean-ups in FMA 5. IN FMA 6 30 individuals from BFAR NGOs and other local organizations were trained on sustainable fishery management in response to natural calamities. In both FMA 5 and 6 eighty-one fisher leaders and representatives from the Local Government Units Non-government organizations etc. were trained on parliamentary procedures enhancing facilitation skills and related skills to improve governance systems within their organizations. The Program also collaborated with KIG LGU to raise awareness on the Kalayaan Island group KIG natural resources through the mobile KIG exhibit Po potentially reaching at least 10K individuals. C. On the implementation of harvest control measures PFPI facilitated the approval and adoption of nine 9 resolutions five 5 agreements on the proposed harvest strategy one 1 operational plan for round scad closed fishing season in FMA 5 and drafted 1 one Fisheries Administrative order FAO . It also assisted in the formation of SPARKQ San Vicente San Vicente Puerto Princesa City Aborlan Rizal and Quezon MPA Network in Palawan. In CIG catalyzed the approval and passage of the Busuanga Coron Culion Linapacan BCCL resolution allocating for Php 200K per local government units for FY 2024 to implement the BCCL-Coastal and Fisheries Management Alliance CFMA. D. Towards generating and sharing science and traditional tools and information for resource management SA6 assisted the finalization of the harvest control measures design tools for Decapterus macarellus and supported partner agencies to reach agreements on a ladderised harvest control measures. PFPI also supported the President Ramon Magsaysay State University PRMSU research team on data collection from the stakeholders engaged in the value chain analysis of Pterocasia tile Tirong. E. On increased opportunities and incentives for sustainable resource use and other livelihood employment in FMAs 5 and 6 thirteen 13 participating fishers groups acquired fish processing and value adding business planning and organizational development knowledge and skills as incentive for their compliance with harvest control measures.

BUILD Project: African Institute for Development Policy AFIDEP awarded sub-agreement to PATH Foundation Philippines Inc. PFPI a consortium member of a USAID Population Environment and Development PED program to implement the five-year Building Capacity for Integrated FP RH and PED Action BUILD Project in Asia-Pacific. BUILD aims to amplify the PED approach to a new degree of transformative action across disciplinary geographical sociocultural and sectoral divides to achieve strong Peoples Political commitment sustained financial resources and accountability for voluntary FP RH in in low- and middle-income countries LMICs. To achieve these PFPI builds alliances and partnerships between and among communities local government units private sectors and CSOs hence having a broad network in Philippines and Asia. In 2024 the following are PFPIs key accomplishments: A. On promoting Integrated PED through the Demographic Dividend DD Paradigm PFPI prepared papers related Policy briefs and blogs on the following for policy advocacy and released during relevant global national celebrations World Contraception Day on September 26 2024 and Philippine Family Planning Month: - "Population Dynamics Climate Change and Sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific: The Philippines Bangladesh and Nepal in Focus". The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the critical links of high population growth inadequate access to family planning and their impacts on climate change vulnerability forest and biodiversity loss and food and water insecurity and key policy gaps. - A policy brief and paper on Integration of Family Planning and Reproductive Health into Climate Change Policies and Programming in the Philippines" exploring the integration of FP RH and sexual and reproductive health and rights SRHR into the Philippines climate change Policies and frameworks and analyzed major national climate change action and financing mechanisms identified gaps and offers recommendations for comprehensive Policy and program integration and improved resource allocation.

Continuation: B. The BUILD team acted as a resource during the House of Representatives Climate Change Committees First Hearing on the Climate Accountability Bill stressing the importance of integrating Population dynamics and FP RH considerations into the Climate Change Reparations Fund CCRF for a comprehensive climate resilience approach. Participation in various Policy advocacy platforms led to the inclusion of the PHE framework in the three-year Policy agenda of the Victims of Disaster and Calamities VDC Sectoral Council of the National Anti-Poverty Commission NAPC. An MOU was signed with the Secretary of the DENR and the Deputy Executive Director of CPD in April officially establishing a partnership to influence Policies on Population environment health and climate change at legislative and executive levels. C. BUILD submitted a Position paper to the CCC aligning with the June meeting of the Subsidiary Body 60 in The Bonn Climate Change Conference stressing the critical need to integrate Population dynamics health environment and sustainable development into climate action. A resolution was prepared for the NAPC VDC Sectoral Council to partner with the Climate Change Commission in government anti-Poverty programs bridging the gap between anti-Poverty efforts and climate-related concerns offering an entry Point for the PHED approach. D. PFPI co-organized a regional webinar on Addressing the Implementation Challenges of SRHR During the Climate Crisis in the Asia-Pacific with the International Planned Parenthood Federation-East and Southeast Asia and Oceania and South Asia Regional Offices attended by forty-five 45 representatives from twelve 12 countries. The PHE Network was convened to plan the PHE conference and enhance membership and constituency through related documents.

SEApherd Project: On August 30 2022 The Gerry Roxas Foundation Inc. GRF awarded sub-agreement to PFPI under the Grant Agreement No. INSPIRE-GA-RCI-07 to support the implementation of the SEApherd project in Northern Palawan EL Nido Roxas San Vicente and Taytay and the Calamianes Island Group CIG bioregions. The two-year initiative aims to reduce threats to biodiversity specifically by 1 increasing resource users compliance with fishery rules and regulations 2 building a community constituency to educate and advocate for compliance with regulations sustainable use and improved management of fisheries and marine resources and 3 increasing access to sustainable financing through a public-private business model initiative to meet this priority needs of communities. In 2024 PFPI accomplished the following: A. Towards increasing Policymakers and support commitment and accountability for Policies projects programs and resources adopting the ecosystems approach to fisheries management framework the Project organized and facilitated learning visits to the CIG Learning Hubs established by PFPI for the: 1 Department of Agricultures Special Projects Coordination and Management Assistance Division 2 Local government units of Northern Palawan and 3 INSPIRE Project Local government unit partners and civil society organizations grantees. A total of 59 participated and four municipal re-entry plans for replication of best practices and models were prepared. B. On building community constituency to educate and advocate for compliance with regulations sustainable use and improved management of fisheries and marine resources and critical habitats the Project developed and distributed learning package on Leadership Peer Education and Fisheries and Radio Broadcasting Training for Peer Educators to local government units government agencies and other stakeholders.

Continuation: C. On strengthening individual and institutional capacity of stakeholders on the resilience-based management approaches ecosystems approach to fisheries management PFPI conducted mangrove monitoring and out- planting and re-forestation activities in Coron and Culion through the GForest Project where a total of 19,000 mangrove seedlings of different species were planted. The Project also assisted Po in El Nido and Taytay to establish and manage a mangrove nursery as a conservation livelihood enterprise. The Municipal Spatial Plan developed for the Municipality of San Vicente was formally endorsed to the LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS as a reference for their Comprehensive Land and Water Land Use Plan for 2024-2034 with corresponding ordinance passed towards improved management of 175,000 hectares of municipal waters. Moreover the Project conducted an Illegal Unregulated and Unreported Fishing IUUF Reassessment and Risk Reduction Planning Workshop and Community Watch Systems Training with 57 participants from local government Peoples Organizations peer educators women and other community members. D. Towards raising awareness of ecosystems approach to fisheries management and marine and species biodiversity conservation the Project thirty-one Peer Educators were trained. Also assessed the progress of trained Peer educators using the Journey to Being a Champion of Change tool developed by PFPI. Various initiatives to raise awareness were conducted including infographics stories of interest webinars on various topics such as ECOSYSTEMS APPROACH TO FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - Right Sizing Gender Sensitivity Peer Education and Biodiversity and Arampangan sa Palawan episodes were aired and anchored by PEs. All these generated close to P5M media value of the partnership and an estimated over 70,000 individuals reached through radio listenership and Facebook live streaming. SEApherd also hosted the Convergence of Champions of Change bringing a total of 93 peer educators from all PFPI Project sites in various regions in the country. Representatives from the Palawan Provincial Government USAID INSPIRE Project Gerry Roxas Foundation and USAID Office of the Inspector General OIG graced the event. The event further strengthened the capacities of peer educators through sharing of best practices and learning sessions developed sustainability plans for peer education and built alliance for the West Philippine Sea.

Continuation: E. On increasing access to sustainable financing through a public-private business model initiative to meet the priority needs of communities the Project assisted People organizations in proposal development and conducted Livelihood Enterprise Training. It also led the CIG Ecotourism Guideline Accreditation Development with representation from various key agencies of the Provincial Government of Palawan. Eco-Tourism Certification Guideline a synchronized certification framework on ecotourism that is envisioned to revolve around the principles of environmental social and economic sustainability.