This document summarizes a presentation given by Joseph M. Aquino from the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) on organizational roles and functions in the context of resettling informal settler families (ISFs) in Metro Manila. It outlines NAPC's mandate to represent basic sectors and coordinate poverty alleviation programs. It also discusses the P50 billion fund for relocating ISFs from danger zones and waterways in the National Capital Region. Key points covered include the roles of different stakeholders in ISF resettlement, the resettlement process, state obligations regarding ISFs, and institutional issues around localization of resettlement programs.

1. NAPC Presentation on
SESSION:
Organizational Roles and Functions in the Context of ISFs Resettlement Housing
Informal Settlement Upgrading and Relocation
Coordination and Capacity-Building Workshop I
“Transformative Urban Resettlement in Metro Manila (TURMM):
Understanding and Sharing Inclusive Approaches”
Ateneo School of Government (ASoG)
February 23-24, 2015
ISO, Ateneo De Manila University
By JOSEPH M. AQUINO
NAPC Focal Person for Urban Poor

2. OUTLINE
• NAPC Mandate and Functions
• P50B ISF Fund for NCR Danger Zones and
Waterways
• Institutional Issues and Opportunities

3. INTRODUCTION
Organizational Roles and Functions in the Context of ISFs
Resettlement Housing:
Objectives:
– 1. Initiate discussions on the views of stakeholders involved in
the resettlement of ISFs on the transformability of informal
communities;
– 2. Intensify roles of housing agency in ISF resettlement
– 3. Identify the of Pre-, Actual, and Post Resettlement process

4. Was created by virtue of RA
8425, or the Social Reform
and Poverty Alleviation Act.
NAPC was created through the
advocacy of the Basic
Sectors since the National
Unification Commission.

5. OfficeofthePresident ofthePhilippines
NATIONAL ANTI-POVERTY COMMISSION
HIS EXCELLENCY
PRES. BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
(Chairperson)
SEC. JOEL ROCAMORA
(Lead Convenor)
NAPC SECRETARIAT
SEC. CORAZON J. SOLIMAN
VICE CHAIRPERSON
for Government Sector
ATTY. MARLON MANUEL
VICE CHAIRPERSON
for Basic Sector
25 Heads of NGAs
4 Presidents of Leagues
Members
Sectoral Representatives of
the 14 Basic Sectors
Members
RA 8425 institutionalizes
the government’s Social
Reform Agenda (SRA), to
strengthen partnerships
between the national
government agencies
and the basic sectors.

6. NAPC’S POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
Ensure meaningful representation,
active participation and capability
building of the basic sectors at the
national, provincial, regional and
local government units.
Coordinate, oversee and monitor with
different national and local
government agencies and the private
sector and recommend formulation
and implementation of all social
reform and poverty alleviation policies
and programs.

7. • Focus on the poorest of the poor. Interventions are focused on
the poorest municipalities from the poorest regions and
provinces.
• People’s participation and empowerment. People’s
participation in governance can make poverty reduction work
more effective.
• Rationalization of poverty reduction programs. Poverty
reduction strategy that locates poverty reduction within
economic development planning, and bridges national and local
poverty planning.
PROGRAM THRUSTS

8. BASIC SECTORS-NGA PARTNERSHIP
SECTOR LEAD AGENCY
Artisanal Fisherfolk Dept. of Agriculture (DA)
Children Dept. of Social Welfare and Devt. (DSWD)
Cooperatives Cooperative Devt. Authority (CDA)
Farmers Dept. of Agriculture (DA)
Indigenous Peoples National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)
NGOs National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
Persons with Disabilities
Senior Citizens
Urban Poor
Dept. of Health (DOH)
Dept. of Social Welfare and Devt. (DSWD)
Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP)
Victims of Disasters National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
(NDRRMC)
Women Philippine Commission on Women (PCW)
Workers in the Formal Sectors
and Migrant Workers
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
Workers in the Informal Sectors Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
Youth and Students National Youth Commission (NYC)

9. NATIONAL
SECTORAL
ASSEMBLIES
SECTORAL
COUNCILS
PROCESS OF SELECTING BASIC SECTOR COUNCIL MEMBERS
-Convened every 3 years by the outgoing council of each
sector;
- composed of around 100 per sector or 1,400 reps coming
from the 14 basic sectors
- 15-25 members elected by the Sectoral Assembly;
-convened every quarter
- a venue to establish consensus concerning each sector;
- a consultative body to interface with Flagship and other
government agencies in the implementation of SRA policy,
program and resource commitments;
SRs COUNCIL /
Vice Chair for BS
-Shall constitute themselves into a Sectoral Representatives
Council (SRC);
-VICE CHAIR FOR THE BASIC SECTORS: elected from the 14
Sectoral Representatives and appointed by the President

10. State Obligations
on Informal Settler Families (ISFs)

11. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
• Article 25.1: “Everyone has the right to a
standard of living adequate for the health and
well-being of himself and his family, including
food, clothing, housing and medical care and
necessary social services, and the right to
security in the event of unemployment,
sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or
other lack of livelihood in circumstances
beyond his control.”

12. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(1966)
• Article 11.1: “The States Parties to the present
Covenant recognize the right of everyone to an
adequate standard of living for himself and his
family, including adequate food, clothing and
housing, and to the continuous improvement of
living conditions. The States Parties will take
appropriate steps to ensure the realization of this
right, recognizing to this effect the essential
importance of international cooperation based on
free consent.”

13. 1987 Philippine Constitution
• Article XIII. Section 9.
• “the State shall, by law, and for the common good,
undertake, in cooperation with the private sector, a
continuing program of urban land reform and housing
which will make available at affordable cost, decent
housing and basic services to underprivileged and
homeless citizens in urban centers and resettlement
areas. It shall also promote adequate employment
opportunities to such citizens. In the implementation
of such program the State shall respect the rights of
small property owners”;

14. RA 7279: Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992
• To uplift the conditions of the underprivileged and homeless citizens in urban areas and
in resettlement areas by making available to them decent housing at affordable cost,
basic services, and employment opportunities
• To provide for the rational use and development of urban land in order to bring about:
a) equitable utilization of residential lands in urban and urbanizable areas b)
optimization of the use and productivity of land and urban resources c) development of
urban areas conducive to commercial and industrial activities d) reduction in urban
dysfunctions e) access to land and housing by the underprivileged and homeless.
• To adopt workable policies to regulate and direct urban growth and expansion towards
a dispersed urban net and more balanced urban-rural interdependence.
• To provide for an equitable land tenure system that shall guarantee security of tenure
to program beneficiaries.
• To encourage more effective people’s participation in the urban development process.
• To improve the capability of local government units.
Source: Ramos (2000)

15. Other Policy Basic References
• Supreme Court Mandamus
(G.R. Nos. 171947-48, December 18,2008)
• CHR Advisory on the Right to Adequate Housing and Humane
Treatment of Informal Settlers (CHR IV N. A2011-003)
• DILGMemorandum Circular 2008-143
• DILGMemorandum Circular 2009-005
• DILG Memorandum Circular 2010-134
• DILG Memorandum Circular 2011-182.
• Pre-Demolition Conference (PDC)

16. SOCIAL CONTRACT:
10-Point COVENANT of the PRESIDENT with the URBAN POOR
1. No eviction without decent relocation
2. Support for area upgrading and in-city resettlement
3. Provide basic services to poor communities
4. Housing budget
5. Jobs
6. Increased cooperation with local government units
7. Peace
8. Post-Ondoy Rehabilitation Program
9. Appointments
10. Participation and stakeholdership

17. • Right to Adequate Housing
• Security of tenure
• Availability of services, materials, facilities and
infrastructure
• Affordability
• Habitability
• Accessibility
• Location
• Cultural Adequacy
• Right to the City
• Social inclusion

18. Government Programs
(P50B ISF Fund for NCR Danger Zones and Waterways)

19. National Capital Region
Informal Settlers Data
Number of Informal Settler Families (ISFs)
Metro Manila 581,059
Danger Areas 104,219
6 Major Waterways and 2
Esteros
19,440
Source: HUDCC and DILG
Disasters make their precarious living conditions worse, creating a vicious circle
of poverty from which they find it hard to escape (Wamsler, 2009).

20. Category of the 60,000 affected
ISF :
1. Organized with peoples
plan
2. Organized without peoples
plan
3. Un-organized

22. The P50-Billion Housing Program in NCR Danger Zones
• Standard Government Policy Guidelines on Resettlement of
ISFs living in Danger Zones and Waterways
• People’s Plan as a core strategy
• on-site, in-city, near-city hierarchy and in accordance with
People’s Plan
• Participatory Approach
• Human-rights based approach
• Disaster Risk Reduction – proofed communities
• Affordable housing (housing as investment strategy)
• Access to basic social services
• Security of tenure
• A viable and sustainable economic community development
• Decent and livable safe communities

23. Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Pre-implementation Phase
1. Participatory research and appraisal
2. Community consensus-building
3. Preparation of the technical plan
4. Formation/formalization of the housing entity
5. Negotiations and final agreements
Implementation Phase (Construction)
Operational Phase

24. [MODIFIED/RAPID] RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN PROCESS
PREPARATORY PHASE COMMON OUTPUT
Office of Primary
Responsibility (OPR)
Gaps
1. Informed Community
 Standard and Unified IEC Module Uniform IEC module and
materials
All stakeholders Lack of uniform IEC modules
and materials
 Community consultation meeting on issues, concerns and
discussion of people’s options, proposals and plans  Community awareness
on available options of
staging and permanent
relocation and process
and mechanism;
LGU, DILG, PCUP, MMDA,
NAPC, MWSS, PLANADES,
PRRC, NHA, SHFC, & DSWD
No standard consultation
conducted with all agencies;
 Issuance of 30-Day Notice
 Tripping and visits to resettlement/relocation sites Staging area and permanent
site visited by all affected
families;
2. Socio Economic Profile
 Actual Census
 Tagging
 Mapping and household listing
 Biometrics
 rapid socio-economic profiling
 # of tagged families
 preliminary listing of ISF
 Computer generated
alpha-list of ISF’s
 rapid social, economic,
ecological and political
data of affected families
LGU, DILG, PCUP, MMDA,
NAPC, PLANADES, PRRC, &
DSWD
3. Developed Modified Peoples Resettlement Action Plan (RAP)
 Formulation, Negotiations and final consensus agreements
among stakeholders (based on people’s plans/proposals)
Community informed and
signed decisions on:
1. Staging Area;
2. Permanent Relocation
NAPC, PCUP Decision on staging, clearing
and relocation is decided by
agencies;
4. Stakeholder’ Convergence for Local Area Monitoring
 Setting - up of Inter-Agency Committee DILG-led LPMT/LGU Resolutions Local inter-agency formalized
 Defining Roles and Responsibilities of different Stakeholders
in implementing the People’s Plan
MOA of IA defining roles and
function
No clear specific roles and
budget allocation to agency;
 LHB meeting for COC compliance COC PCUP & LHB’s
 Pre-demolition conferences Minutes

25. ROLES OF THE STAKEHOLDERS
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES (NGAs)
ROLE/FUNCTIONS
NAPC  Monitor the Implementation of the Social Preparation Guidelines
 Overall Facilitator/Lead Facilitator ISF participation and representation
 Lead facilitator in the production of People’s Proposals / People’s Plans
MMDA  Monitor ISFs in danger zones and in other disaster-prone areas
 Provide data, such as the number of ISFs (validation of data from the LGUs)
 Observe Public Safety (i.e. during Social Preparation)
DPWH  Provide services like soil boring and other geo-technical services.
DOST – Project NOAH  Assess areas in relation to hazards and vulnerabilities (i.e. flooding and other risks)
 Provide hazard maps and research data for the resettlement sites (tru Project NOAH).
 Assess security risks through a prescriptive opinion of the identified areas.
MGB  Provide geo-hazard assessments and surveys for the identified sites.
PHIVOLCS  Provide services like mapping of active fault lines and Paleoseismology in relation to
disaster management.
 May provide hazard maps / assessment of hazards in identified resettlement areas if
adjacent to active faults.
HUDCC  Assist in coordinating with ISF organizations during the social preparation
 Ensure proper implementation of housing activities
OCD-NDRRMC  Ensuring that the LGUs have mainstreamed DRR in the local development plans in order
to ensure safety communities for the ISFs to be relocated.
CHR  Monitor the observance of human rights
PCUP  Supervise the Site Selection and Evaluation Committee
DILG  Overall head of the TWG for the ISFs
DOF  Supervise the Affordability and Finance Committee

26. ISF-NTWG Structure on P50B ISF Fund
• ISF-NTWG
(as advisor to PMO and as chaired by DILG and co-chaired by DSWD)
• Social Preparation Committee:
(chaired by NAPC and co-chaired by PCUP)
• Site Selection and Evaluation Committee:
(chaired by DENR and co-chaired by PCUP)
• Finance and Affordability Committee:
(chaired by DOF)
• Implementing Agencies:
(a) DSWD; (b) NHA; (c) SHFC; or (d) concerned LGU
• Local Project Management Team (LPMT) in each locality:
(direct implementer of the project, and shall include NGAs, concerned LGUs, CSOs, and stakeholders)

27. Institutional Issues and Opportunities

28. • Technical assistance to POs in the production of
people’s proposal/ people’s plan;
• [Genuine] Local Housing Board
• Presidential Proclamation of Government Lands;
• Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP)
• National Land Use Act

29. STRATEGIC ISSUES
FOR SHELTER PLANNING AND BUDGETING (NATIONAL OR CITY)
• Inventory/identification of socialized housing beneficiaries
• Inventory of lands / land-use (national land use/CLUP)
• Identification of socialized housing sites
• Acquisition and Disposition of lands for socialized housing
• Basic services in socialized housing projects (human rights based)
• Comprehensive program for socialized housing
• Low and affordable price of land (as subsidy; social investment)
• Increased Budget allocation for socialized housing
• Full implementation of RA 7279, particularly on ensuring relocation before
eviction and demolition;
• Genuine LHB as CDC mechanism for localized planning and budgeting

30. Local Housing Board (LHB)
(mechanism for Localization of national program)
– crucial mechanism for localization of institutionalization of government programs on land and Housing;
– Genuine representation : 1/4 representation of a fully organized LHB should be elected by a duly
convened urban poor assembly (RA 7160 sec 108/ Art 64 of IRR)
– Function of LHB should be comprehensive planning and budgeting committee of City Development
Council (CDC) and not just issuance of certificate of compliance (COC);
– LHB plan and budget translated as the housing plan and budget component in the City Development
Plan (CDP), Annual Investment Plan (AIP), Comprehensive land use plan (CLUP), and in Bottom Up
budgeting (BUB);
– LHB shall design both the programs on city shelter plan (CSP) based on different modes of land
acquisition and disposition for socialized housing;
– LHB shall ensure localization plan for major housing and land programs of government like Presidential
Proclamation of Government Lands, 20% Balanced Housing (sec 18 of UDHA), Free Patent (RA 10023) &
Localized Community Mortgage Program (CMP)

31. An urgent question:
What is the catch up plan?
• Action to fill the gaps;
• Budget of Social Preparation Committee in the production
of people’s plans;
• Coordination /Harmonization of the efforts and actions of
ISF-NTWG and DILG-ISF Team;
• DILG - PMO as lead in the coordination and regularization
of regular monitoring and implementation;
• Program Localization System

32. THANK YOU VERY MUCH PO!