LANTAD PEACE-BUILDING EXPERIENCE. Leading to STRATEGIC INNOVATIONS IN UPGRADING MISOR S PROVINCIAL PEACE AND ORDER COUNCIL

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1 LANTAD PEACE-BUILDING EXPERIENCE TURNING RED GREEN IN MisOr FROM A NO-MAN S LAND TO A LAND OF HOPES Leading to STRATEGIC INNOVATIONS IN UPGRADING MISOR S PROVINCIAL PEACE AND ORDER COUNCIL

2 LANTAD BEFORE: Regional Headquarters of the CPP/NPA/NDF Northern Mindanao Revolutionary Committee. (since mid-70 s) First Municipal Revolutionary Government established by the North Central Revolutionary Committee (since 1987) Nerve center of revolutionary movement in Northern Mindanao. (now Region 10 & Caraga) War Zone ONE REGION

3 SOURCE: Photos CHR 10 Fact Finding Mission June 18-25, 1990 Military regarded Lantad as a bulwark and safe haven of the insurgency ; inconquerable Center of important regional and Mindanao-wide plenums/meetings Eleven-series landmines

4 OUR PEACE JOURNEY HOLY WEEK 2005 OLD TRAIL TO LANTAD FIRST MEETING WITH LANTAD LEADERS

5 THE STORY OF THE SOLAR DRYER OCTOBER 24-25, 2005 EACH CAPITOL EMPLOYEES HAND CARRIED A KILO OF SAND & GRAVEL TO LANTAD ON FOOT JULY 8, 2006 TURNOVER OF FIRST SOLAR DRYER COOP STORE 30T SEED CAPITAL

6 DECEMBER 2007 LGU Mis. Or. invested PhP 9.5M in the opening & maintenance of the 25-km Quezon-Lantad Road A whole new world of opportunities opened for a once isolated Higaonon community in Lantad

7 POSITIVE RESULTS AND IMPACT

8 SOLAR POWER SATELLITE CABLE December 18, 2007, the Kibanban-Lantad Agrarian Reform Community (KLARC) was launched as a Special ARC.

9 HOMES POWERED BY INDIVIDUAL SOLAR HOMES LIGHTING SYSTEM (32 watts per hh; 128 hh energized with 4 Fluorescent bulbs each) SOLAR PANEL

10 INCREASED LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES ABACA PROCESSING PLGU-Mis. Or., DA, & BFAR-10 interventions (CY ) totaling PhP 364,760 benefitted 250 beneficiaries DAR SPOTS-CLEEP (CY ) Banana & Peanut production totaling PhP 312,000 benefiting 150 coop members EU Focused Food Production Assistance (CY ) totaling PhP 311,766 benefitted 43 families BANANA TISSUE CULTURE

11 KIBANBAN LANTAD ARC SOURCE: DAR Office AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME BASED ON ALDA YEAR ON-FARM OFF-FARM NON-FARM TOTAL ,500 4,000 2,500 60, ,814 1,200 2,550 80, ,465 10,800 62, , ,009 13,506 38, ,035

12 YEAR POPULATION (2010 MARCH CENSUS) ,033 INCREASE 106% Increasing economic activities brought about by joint interventions of the Phil. Government & the European Union enticing former residents to return to Lantad.

13 INCREASED POPULATION BARANGAY YEAR KIBANBAN IRA 2005 PhP 599, ,191, INCREASE 591, (99%) MUNICIPALITY OF YEAR BALINGASAG IRA 2005 PhP 42,986, ,730,052 INCREASE 34,743,056 (81%) PEANUTS

14 REDUCTION OF MALNUTRITION AMONG PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN Kibanban, Balingasag, Misamis OrientalCY % 34.4% 27.7% 22% 20.6% 22.3% 15.7% 15% # of PS Weighed # of PS below Normal +Below normal very low % 0f Malnutrition among PS/Yr SOURCE: PHO Office

15 SOURCE: DepEd LANTAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOTAL ENROLMENT

16 National Achievement Test result for Grade 6 increased 81% from SY to SY

17 KIBANBAN WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS YEAR AREA PROJECT AMOUNT has. Watershed rehab PhP 1,020, Maintenance & protection 571, Maintenance & protection 262,000 DENR Mis.Or. & Balingasag contracted local People s Organization SOURCE: PENRO

18 RESPECT OF THE IPs RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION PPOC chose Lantad as the showcase for its revised peace building initiatives as one of the pilot areas for the Philippine Coalition for International Criminal Court-Building Bridges for Peace (BBP) Upon the request of the PPOC, the NCIP released P1.6M for the delineation survey regarding the Higaonon Tribe of Balatukan CADT Claim.

19 PROMOTION OF PEOPLE S PARTICIPATION AND EMPOWERMENT

20 BEFORE AFTER eleven series SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM: During the crucial road opening program, the community manifested its support and ownership of the project by voluntarily mobilizing the Higaonons to guard and protect the heavy equipment of the province s Prov l Engineering Office.

21 BUILDING THE CAPACITIES OF THE PEOPLE AND ALLOWING THEM TO STAND ON THEIR OWN. In 2006, the leaders of Lantad came up with their Barangay Peace & Development Plan/Sitio Development Plan upon which all programs shall be anchored.

22 THE LANTAD MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE The LMPC which was registered with the CDA on Dec 2007 enjoys the support of the community. The cooperative now serves as an added vehicle for socio-economic growth for all the members of the community. LMPC MEETING

23 Building Bridges for Peace-Balaod Mindanaw conducted Basic Paralegal Training on IP Rights and their Role in Environmental Protection

24 PPOC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS THE COUNCIL S DIRECT EMISSARY TO THE HIGAONON S COUNCIL OF TRIBAL LEADERS, ENSURING A GOOD NETWORK OF COMMUNICATION FOR MUTUAL TRUST AND RESPECT. THIS WAY, THE TRIBAL COUNCIL IS ASSURED THAT THEIR SELF GOVERNANCE MECHANISM WILL STILL BE RESPECTED, ALONG SIDE WITH THE USUAL BARANGAY/SITIO SET-UP.

25 LANTAD COMMUNITY DIALOGUE on May 23-24, 2011 THE ARCHDIOCESAN CENTER FOR CONCERNED EMPOWERMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICES (ACCESS) AND BALAY MINDANAW FACILITATED A COMMUNITY DIALOGUE IN LANTAD. THE PURPOSE WAS TO FACILITATE COMMUNITY LEVEL DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING LOCAL GOVERNANCE, BARANGAY PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT SITUATIONER/PLANS, AND PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES.

26 INNOVATIONS

27 UPGRADING THE PPOC THRU POWER SHARING AND ENCOURAGING TEAMWORK INITAO 6 ABDUCTED BY NPA The Vice Governor, Norris C. Babiera, was named as the co-chair of the Provincial Peace and Order Council on January 28, 2009, emphasizing shared executive-legislative responsibilities and functions in peace and development. Balay Mindanaw was invited as Vice-Chair of the PPOC on January 28, 2009, emphasizing the critical role of the civil society organizations (CSOS) in development and peace building.

28 PPOC MisOr OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE GOV. OSCAR S. MORENO CHAIRMAN VICE GOV. NORRIS BABIERA Co-Chairman BALAY MINDANAW VICE CHAIRMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SECRETARIAT (DILG) GOV T LINE AGENCY (NATIONAL/LOCAL) MARO-DAR MPOCs Balingasag MPOC Municipal Kibanban-Lantad ARC Implementing Team SECURITY SECTOR INTERFAITH CSOs (NGOs, POs, Academe) COMMITTEES: CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CLUSTER, SOCIAL INTEGRATION PROGRAM, ANTI-DRUG ABUSE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SECURITY CLUSTER (ISO)

29 SYNERGY THROUGH EXPANDED MEMBERSHIP OF THE PPOC The Misamis Oriental PPOC has adopted this framework of enhanced participation and transparency, a deviation from the conventional practice and limited composition of PPOCs. (INTERFAITH: Iglesia Filipina Independiente, Muslim, Archdiocese of CDO, United Methodist ; PCICC- Building Bridges for Peace; Commission on Human Rights; POs (Lawig Kalinaw); Gising Barangay Movement; Balaod Mindanaw)

30 BALATUKAN ANCESTRAL DOMAIN CLAIM PPOC speedy processing of the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) by NCIP.

31 PARTNERSHIP WITH NGOs IN THE COMMUNITY GROUNDWORK Balay Mindanaw, a veritable NGO partner of the PPOC, conducted the Operation Peace Course (OP Kors!), PPOC as one of the convenors of Bishops, Governors and Civil Society Conference on Conflict Transformation to Good Governance (NM-CARAGA) By Sharing the Lantad peace building experiences.

32 LINKAGES FOR PEACE AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT JOINT PPOC MEETING OF AGUSAN DEL NORTE AND MISAMIS ORIENTAL joint ppoc meeting Of agusan del norte and Misamis oriental Operationalizing Local Peace and Order Councils in Misamis Oriental thru series of Peace Building Orientations

33 EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AFP & PNP The AFP and the PNP partnered with PPOC by using peaceful initiatives instead of force to subdue our real enemies: poverty and inequity.

34 SPECIAL AGRARIAN REFORM COMMUNITY (SARC) Enabled Lantad to access programs and funds granted exclusively to ARCs even without land distribution in the interest of social justice.

35 ISO 2010 CAMIGUIN IS FC16B FC 16A FC - 21C dismantled FC 30 SSC TRAKK LANAO FC - 12 dissolved BI A F FC 21B FC 4A FC - FC 4B FC A WACOM dismafc 89 FC 88 dismantled ntled FC 14 FC 19B BUKIDNON FC-34 FC-3 FC 20 FC 6 FC52 FC53 Source: 403 rd Brigade, 4ID, PA SMRC SECOM 2, FC20, SMRC in Lingig, SDS SECOM 3, FC20, SMRC in PBC Trento, 1, SECOM SMRC ADS 2, FC-52, SMRC SECOM 2, FC-53, SMRC

36 TRANSFORMATION (PPOC from a mere counter-insurgency apparatus into a development machinery) PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES: HUMAN RIGHTS AS OPERATING PRINCIPLES paradigm shift PRO-ACTIVE PEACE AND ORDER COUNCIL AFP ISO HANDOVER (FIRST IN MINDANAO) REACTIVE PEACE AND ORDER COUNCIL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CLUSTER (BBP core principles) Address The Root Causes of Insurgency/ Conflict PPOC MIS.OR.

37 TRANSFERABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY

38 The Lantad experience has taught us that nothing is impossible. Peace can be achieved not through force, but by bringing the government closer to the people. The upgraded Misamis Oriental PPOC served as an effective vehicle in addressing the root causes of insurgency thru improved teamwork with all levels of government, the churches and the CSOs.

39 SPECIAL THANKS TO THE LANTAD CHANGERS Core Group Department of Agrarian Reform Department of Environment and Natural Resources Department of Agriculture Department of Interior and Local Government Commission on Human Rights National Commission of Indigenous Peoples Philippine National Police Armed Forces of the Philippines Municipal Government of Balingasag Barangay Government of Kibanban Archdiocesan Center for Concern Empowerment and Services Interfaith (Roman Catholic Church; Iglesia Filipina Independiente; Muslim; United Methodist) Balay Mindanaw Balaod Mindanaw German Doctors Gising Barangay Movement Philippine Coalition for International Criminal Court-Building Bridges for Peace Balatukan Tribal Council

40 Balingasag LGU as the PPOC s PRO-ACTIVE ON-SITE PARTNER in Program & project implementation, management, monitoring & evaluation. Mayor Alexis S. Quina, Chairman of the Municipal Peace and Order Council (MPOC) hosted last April 9, 2011, the 4 th National Volunteer Summit, which made Lantad as one of the tour sites where young volunteers learned about initiatives on conflict transformation and peace-building.

41 MOA SIGNING FOR STEPS TO JUSTICE: A developmental legal program for resolving resource based conflicts in selected municipalities in Misamis Oriental, with Balaod Mindanao as partner. MOA signed on June 14, 2011.

42 National Security College, Sub-national Security and Development Studies, selected Misamis Oriental as part of their study tour. PPOC showcased inputs on its Peace and Development Initiatives last April 21, COMMO FRANCISCO L TOLIN AFP (RET) 2.DR ANTONIO F MATIAS 3.DR AMELIA C ANCOG 4.DR PHARES P PARAYNO 5.DR FLORIAN A ALBURO 6.Jay Pinaroc 7.Marlo Cabral 8.MSgt Thelma C Maron Head of Mission -EVP AVP Acad Course Director Course Director Course Director SDO Coordinator Support/Military

43 Imparting Peace Building work with South Cotabato LGU/NGOs visited last June 2009 PMA CLASS OF 2014 PPOC spearheaded Youth Interaction Forum : shared insights & aspirations on civilian-military partnership in peace, development and nation building

44 LANTAD TODAY WE WILL NOT STOP IN LANTAD. IT HAS OPENED OUR EYES THAT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. FORMER TRAINING GROUND, NOW TRANSFORMED AS COMMUNITY CENTER

45 .This is just but a glimpse of the story of our continuing journey for lasting peace Our people have more to tell Let us remember, that what begins, if anything, at the end of every endeavor is ultimately more important than the endeavor itself And what continues represent the real fruit of the endeavor MABUHAY! DAGHANG SALAMAT!