BUILDING AWARENESS AND EDUCATING LOCAL COMMUNITIES ON ACCESSING THE PEOPLE’S SURVIVAL FUNDPeople’s Survival Fund – Technical Evaluation Systems And Services (PSF-TESS)

22 Nov 2017

Sunset Pavilion, Sofitel, Pasay City

FOR WHAT PURPOSE?

• To provide long-stream finance for ADAPTATION projects aimed at increasing resiliency of communities and ecosystem to climate change

HOW MUCH IS APPROPRIATED?

• There shall be an annual allocation of at least 1 Billion Pesos (government funds) to finance Local Government Units and Local or Community Organizations who wish to access the fund.

• PSF may be augmented by donations, endowments, grants, and contributions.

People’s Survival Fund of 2012

• It shall be suppletory to any annual appropriations

by relevant government agencies for CC-related

programs and projects by LGUs.

• Are there already funding appropriations (from national

government agencies and other institutions) for these programs or

projects?

• Is there parallel funding involved?

• Does it directly address the impacts of climate change on different

sectors?

People’s Survival Fund of 2012

People’s Survival Fund of 2012Who manages the fund?

PSF BoardDOF (Chair), NEDA, DBM,

DILG, PCW, CCC, Sectoral

Representatives (Academe,

NGO, Business)

Climate Change

CommissionCCC will endorse the

projects to the PSF Board

for approval.

PSF SecretariatIn-charge of all administrative

arrangements with project

proponents; presents to

CCC the shortlisted

proposals for their

endorsement

to the board

• REVIEW AND EVALUATE PROPOSALS prior to the

concurrence and endorsement of the majority of the Climate

Change Commissioners;

• DEVELOP ACCREDITATION GUIDELINES for Local

Community Organizations (LCOs); and

• LEAD THE PROMOTION OF PSF through conduct of

capacity building activities, and provision of technical assistance

to LGUs and LCOs.

The Role of Climate Change Commission

• PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE HAZARDS

• POVERTY INCIDENCE

• KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS

Criteria for Local Government Units

Criteria for Local/Community Organizations

• organizations that have maintained a local scope of work and have

established a provincial or municipal operational presence

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

• Letter of Intent

• Proposal Template (with Work and Financial Plan)

• CDRA/RVA OR E-CLUP/E-CDP OR LCCAP

• Annual Investment Plan

The PSF Process Flow

Call for

Concept

Note

Submission

of Concept

Note

Pre-

assessment

and Review of

Concept

Note

Development

of Full-blown

Proposal

Call for Full-

blown

Proposals

PSF

Project

Approval

Concurrence

&

Endorsement

Project

Appraisal

Preliminary

Review

Submission

of Proposals

ProponentsCCC, DOF,

Inter-agencyProponents

Board & PSF

Secretariat

ProponentsDOF or DBPDBPCCCPSF Board

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• Adaptation activities in the

areas of water and land

resources management,

agriculture and fisheries,

health, infrastructure

development, and natural

ecosystems;

• Forecasting and early

warning systems as part of

preparedness for climate-

related hazards;

What programs/projects/activities

can be funded by PSF?

• Monitoring, controlling and

preventing vector-borne

diseases triggered by

climate change;

• Institutional development for

local government units and

organizations, for climate

change preventive

measures, planning,

preparedness and

management;

What programs/projects/activities

can be funded by PSF?

What programs/projects/activities

can be funded by PSF?

• Establishment or

strengthening regional

centers and

information networks

supporting climate change

adaptation efforts;

• Serve as a guarantee for

risk insurance needs for

farmers, agricultural

workers, and other

stakeholders;

• Sub-financial window under the PSF, where 6% of the Php 1B,

amounting to Php 60M, is allocated.

• Cap of 2M per proponent/grantee

• To fund expenses relevant to project preparation and development,

including, but not limited to the following:

Risk and Vulnerability Assessments

Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility Studies

Benefit Analysis

Studies, surveys relevant to the EIA/EIS

Technical Advisory/ Professional Services

• Final guidelines will further be issued by the PSF Board.

The Project Development GrantWhat it intends to fund

WHY BUILD AWARENESS AND EDUCATE?

•Not all LGUs and community organizations know that PSF exists.

•Not all LGUs and community organizations know what PSF is

for—nature of projects it intends to fund.

• Challenges in understanding climate change

• Distinguishing business-as-usual

• LGUs and community organizations are challenged to formulate

proposals.

SO NOW…HOW DO WE BUILD AWARENESS AND EDUCATE?

INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION (IEC) STRATEGY FOR PSF

Development

of IEC

Materials

Partnerships

with Local

Resource

Institutions

Conduct of

Rollouts and

Training

Workshops

Development

of

IEC Materials

• Intensifying dissemination of PSF-IEC

materials (online and hard copies)

•Development of PSF Training Manual/

Module

•Localized IEC Materials (ongoing

partnership with Komisyon sa

Wikang Filipino)

INTENSIFYING DISSEMINATION OF PSF-IEC MATERIALS

(ONLINE AND HARD COPIES)

Handbook Brochure

DEVELOPMENT OF PSF TRAINING MANUAL/ MODULE

• Climate Change and Disaster Risk

Reduction in the Philippine Context (CC

101)

• People’s Survival Fund 101

• Understanding the Basis for Adaptation

Projects: CDRVA

• Developing Project Proposals for PSF

• Difference between Climate and Weather

• Relationship among Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation

and Disaster Risk Mitigation

• Local Climate Information

• Enabling Policies on CC and DRRM

CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINE CONTEXT (CC 101)

• Nature of the Fund (Suppletory Funding)

• Institutional Structure and Arrangements

• Projects that can be Funded

• Requirements and Approval Process

• Post-approval (Fund Disbursement and M&E) Processes

THE PEOPLE’S SURVIVAL FUND

•Definition of Concepts relating to Risk and Vulnerability

(i.e. Hazard, Exposure, Sensitivity, Adaptive Capacity)

• Illustrating CDRVA through Impact Chain

UNDERSTANDING THE BASIS FOR ADAPTATION PROJECTS: CLIMATE AND DISASTER RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

DEVELOPING PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR PSF

•Project Development Cycle

•Necessary preparatory activities (i.e. scoping, institutional

arrangements)

• Prioritization Tools

•Writing of the Project Proposal based from the Impact Chain/

CDRVA

•Project Proposal Template

LOCALIZED IEC MATERIALS (ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH KOMISYON SAWIKANG FILIPINO)

KNOWLEDGE BANK OF CCC’S WEBSITE

• 8 Major Languages:

Filipino

Ilokano

Kapampangan

Pangasinense

Bikolano

Cebuano/Bisaya

Hiligaynon

Meranaw

Partnerships with

Local Resource

Institutions

• National and Regional Government Agencies (i.e.

NEDA, DILG, DENR, DOST, DA, DOH)

• Higher Education Institutes (HEIs)/ State

Universities and Colleges (SUCs)

• Development Partners

*PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS

Conduct of

Rollouts and

Training

Workshops

THANK YOU.