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funding - Jenny DSDS-CHE

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communication gap bw policy makers and researchers - Jenny, DSDS-CHE

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multisite research using the FRMC tool - Jenny, DSDS-CHE

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Provide capacity building to LGUs

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Technical Assistance in Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment, Community DRRM Plan, Climate Change Action Plan, integration of barangay development plans to CLUP and CDP

DCERP has been assisting various LGUs in the conduct of their CDRAs, LCCAPs, DRRMPs, CLUPs, and CDPs.

--Xiaui Macagba, DCERP-CHE, UPLB

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Community knowledge are usually taken for granted, usually regarded as too qualitative for planning or research. And even when these community knowledge are included, the way these are presented back to the community are too technical to understand. Not to mention, reports are written not in their native/mother tongue. --Xiaui Macagba, DCERP-CHE, UPLB

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Risk assessment tools in local languages. Workshop/Training for community leaders/representative to communicate risk assessment tools to their understanding. I think, there are some NGOs/iNGOs who were doing the same thing with communities in Samar and Leyte.  --Xiaui Macagba, DCERP-CHE, UPLB

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Provide technical assistance, experts'advisory, IEC and capacity building (training-workshop and mentoring) for LGUs on Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) and the utilization/integration of CDRA outputs/findings into the enhancement, updation and/or formulation of locally mandated plans (i.e., CLUP, CDP), LCCAP, LDRRMP, and all other sectoral/thematic plans that need to be crafted as climate- and disaster-responsive --- Yusuf, UPLB-CDRSC-SESAM

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GAPS/CHALLENGES AND KEY ACTION POINTS: Leadership/Local Governance + Community Knowledge/Education/Awareness/
Involvement + Science Assessments & PPA Prioritization + Continuity/Sustainability (planning, funding, research & policy support, institutional/community support, strategic partnerships) --- Yusuf, UPLB-CDRSC-SESAM

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Strengthen the understanding and knowledge of, planning for, and financing/investing into improved, participatory and shared responsibility CBDRRM that considers, connects and converges multi-stakeholders, multi-hazards, multi-risks, multi-impacts, and multi-outcomes --- Yusuf, UPLB-CDRSC-SESM

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Philippine Red Cross-Pangasinan Chapter,San Carlos City Branch
- strengthen the capacity of the community by giving them trainings(capacity building)and basic equipments,revised and practice thier local disaster plan by simulation activities in the community and consultation to local leaders about thier needs in times of disaster.

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Philippine Red Cross-Pangasinan Chapter,San Carlos City Branch
- strengthen the capacity of the community by giving them trainings(capacity building)and basic equipments,revised and practice thier local disaster plan by simulation activities in the community and consultation to local leaders about thier needs in times of disaster.

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PRC-SCC Branch
- some members in the community are not aware of the local disaster plan most specially in the evacuation plans(evacuate only during disaster).
- to address this situation we must strengthen the dissemination of what to do during,before and after the disaster.
- strengthen the information education campaign in the community.
- conduct drills in the community.

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Support in ensuring that the Flood Early Warning System (EWS) of the barangays are anchored in the EWS of the city. In the same way, the City's EWS should also consider the situation of the barangays. --MK Amador, Plan International

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Support in ensuring that the Flood Early Warning System (EWS) of the barangays are anchored in the EWS of the city. In the same way, the City's EWS should also consider the situation of the barangays. --MK Amador, Plan International

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Knowledge exchange activities such as forums and learning visits for the community leaders and most at-risk groups. By exposing them to best practices on flood resilience initiatives, they can expand their knowledge and interest in doing similar work in their respective communities--MK Amador, Plan Intl 

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Knowledge exchange activities such as forums and learning visits for the community leaders and most at-risk groups. By exposing them to best practices on flood resilience initiatives, they can expand their knowledge and interest in doing similar work in their respective communities--MK Amador, Plan Intl 

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Angelo Hernan Melencio (Enan), Plan International Philippines

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Angelo Hernan Melencio (Enan), Plan International Philippines

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Plan International has been in the Philippines since 1961 and our approach to community development is supporting grassroots organizations and local government units to implement initiatives that advance children's rights and equality for girls.

Currently we have four programs being implemented in different areas in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. One of these programs is Disaster Risk Management which includes helping urban and rural communities become more resilient to disasters which includes floods.

One example is our work where we are supporting local government units and community groups do crisis anticipation. Another is supporting schools in their curriculum development for sustainability development which includes resilience building.

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Angelo Hernan Melencio (Enan), Plan International Philippines

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Angelo Hernan Melencio (Enan), Plan International Philippines

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From the perspective of an NGO working with grassroots communities, I think the challenges mostly revolve around:

• Awareness of communities and local government units on climate change adaptation and mitigation. This results to the lack of consideration of its negative impacts on government-mandated plans for LGUs and schools (e.g. LCCAP, LDRRMP, and SDRRMP), hence lack of action on climate change adaptation and mitigation.
• Climate change is perceived to be highly scientific and too technical. It is often set aside and advisories released by government are poorly understood by the general public. Climate financing is likewise very difficult to access.
• LGUs preparedness efforts focus more on evacuating their constituents pre-disaster and strengthening their capacities to conduct search and rescue post-disasters. While these efforts are important, we can take a step further by helping them plan more efficiently immediate pre and post-disaster actions.

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1. Technical Assistance in Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment, Community DRRM Plan, Climate Change Action Plan, integration of barangay development plans to CLUP and CDP

DCERP has been assisting various LGUs in the conduct of their CDRAs, LCCAPs, DRRMPs, CLUPs, and CDPs.

--Xiaui Macagba, DCERP-CHE, UPLB

2. Collection of insights and plans from DENR, Provinces. Coordination. Provide financial assistance.  Provide capacitation, training and knowledge building through research. Provide small scale mitigation (including equipment for flood mitigation based on the needs of the communities)--Jojit,PRC

3. Class research works --Jen, DSDS

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1. Community knowledge are usually taken for granted, usually regarded as too qualitative for planning or research. And even when these community knowledge are included, the way these are presented back to the community are too technical to understand. Not to mention, reports are written not in their native/mother tongue.
- Localizing term for resilience
(eg. tagalog- matigal)
- Challenge on translating technical concepts to local concepts
- Use of participatory mapping helps communities understand technical concepts better
--Xiaui Macagba, DCERP-CHE, UPLB

2.
- Determine strengths and weaknesses
- Engage the people within the community to gather the insights
(eg Pangansinan- mabiskeg for resilience)
-- Jojit, PRC

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1. Risk assessment tools in local languages. Workshop/Training for community leaders/representative to communicate risk assessment tools to their understanding. I think, there are some NGOs/iNGOs who were doing the same thing with communities in Samar and Leyte.  --Xiaui Macagba, DCERP-CHE, UPLB

2. Long term partnerships of communities, academe, NGO for sustainability
--Meme
3. Sharing of knowledge and collaborations through webinars and forums -- Jojit, PRC

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1. Ensuring data is localized and empowering local frontliners to have better grasp with these data - ICSC
2. Understanding resiliency at a local level; Convening different local leaders and practitioners to talk about building resilience and engage community in the discussion, Linking resilience theories into practice - AIM
3. Capacity building in the community - PRC

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Challenges:
1. Providing safe platform for communities to engage in decision making - ICSC
2. Complicated theoretical framework of resilience and communicating it to community and community participation - AIM
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Solutions:
1. Creation of platform of cooperation in the planning process and resource mobilization - ICSC
2. Start by using the local dialect and community's understanding of resilience; Assisting communities to participate and engage in the project process/flows; Pursuing participatory development
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1. Building community of practice, sharing of ideas - ICSC
2. Avoid duplication of projects in the community; harmonizing projects on resilience, Working with schools and different international and local youth organizations for climate justice and resiliency campaigns, AIM / PLAN
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What we can do and extend is to ensure that big data is localized to the context and scenarios on the ground. Extracting critical bits of information has been a challenge for a lot of LGUs. ICSC through its work with several LGUs (cities, municipalities, and barangays) have seen first hand how empowering it is for the local "frontliners" to have better grasp of these data and information.

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Philippine Red Cross supports community Resiliency by understanding the needs of the community and the capacity. Ensuring community acceptance thru involvement and engagement to various activities and support from the LGUs by prepared work plan for mitigation.

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Based on our experience, the main challenge is providing a safe platform for the communities to engage in the big decisions that have to made in different levels of governance. The creation of platforms of cooperation, similar to the experiences of Guiuan, Coron, and Bantayan, allowed community members to participate in the planning process and the resource mobilization strategy of LGUs and potentially by the national government.

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Building a Community of Practice wherein Ideas are shared will be a good start.

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Budget plays a vital role in every program or project to be implemented and integrated, this brings gaps to the indulgence of community. Though they have all training and capacity building but they don't have any logistics for example, the implementation and continuity will not prosper.

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Angelo Hernan Melencio (Enan), Plan International Philippines

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Angelo Hernan Melencio (Enan), Plan International Philippines

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We have a new project called "Scientists to the Barrios" which aims to bring experts on climate change to take “science” closer to those who need it the most. Through collaborative efforts, we will help produce community-based researches and studies about climate change which will be used to enhance Local Climate Change Action Plans, Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plans, and Contingency Plans. Through these efforts, our partner LGUs will have a better chance in accessing the People’s Survival Fund (PSF) and other possible sources of climate financing.

We can start a group of easy-to-access experts that can be tapped by this project as well as other similar initiatives.

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1. Curriculum Development for Sustainable Development inc. Resilience (Plan Intl PH)
2. Natural Resource Management (Plan Intl PH)
3. Crisis anticipation (Plan Intl PH)
4. Providing Baseline Data (Socioeconomic + Biophysical) & others for the development of local CDRRMP
5. Capacity Building for LGUs

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1. Sustainability of projects
2. Lack of systems in place to cope first and adapt later in terms of disaster risks
3. Traditional top-down approach. Reactive mindset in LGUs. More on search and rescue.
4. Lack of awareness of LGUs on Climate Change. Spillover effect on the impact to government mandate process.
5. Climate Change and DRRM are too scientific but difficult to be interpreted by the LGU. Climate Financing is difficult to access (e.g. People's Survival Fund)

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1. Promote a bottom up approach.
2. Increase the knowledge and capacity of local people.
3. Strengthen crisis anticipation
4. Scientist to the barrio (Make scientist expertise available to the LGUs)

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1. Linkages between these institutions
2. Sharing e-trainings/ measurement approach
3. By understanding the needs and capacities of community and its acceptance
4. Link LGUs to partner agencies, funding, and organizations
5. Helps in capacity building on community level and providing fundings

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1. Limitation of resources, skills, and capacities
2. Maintaining and sustaining partnerships
3. Serve as the gap for community-building and LGU
4. Funding support for studies and projects
5. There are many other approaches in studies on resilience - there is no one-way approach
6. Participatory approaches to address challenges
7. Translating research and studies in community practice
8. Awareness/ accessing available funds (e.g. People Survival Fund)
9. No sense of ownership on study

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1. Linkages and providing grants / funding
2. Sharing e-trainings and measurement approaches
3. Linking LGUs for sustainable projects/ measurements for the community