National Level Coordination Structure of Agenda 21 Actions

1. Key National Sustainable Development Coordination Mechanism(s)/Council(s). Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) Contact point (Name, Title, Office): Secretary Cielito F. Habito, Chair, PCSD, or Director Narcisa R. Umali, Head, PSCD Coodinating Secretariat, Secretariat NEDA sa Pasig Telephone: (636) 631-3716 (chair) Fax: 631-3747 (chair) e-mail: neda-agri@gaia.psdn.iphil.net Telephone: (636) 631-3745 (secretariat) Fax: 633-3745 (secretariat) Mailing address: National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Amber Avenue, Pasig City, Manila 1600 Philippines 2. Membership/Composition/Chairperson: Secretary Cielito F. Habito, Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning and Chair, PCSD 2a. List of ministries and agencies involved: National Economic and Development Authority; Departments of: Agrarian Reform; Agriculture; Budget and Management; Education and Natural Resources; Finance; Health; Interior and LocalGovernment; National Defense; Public Works and Highways; Science nand Technology; Social Welfare and Development; Tourism; Trade and Industry; Transportation and Communication. 2b. Names of para-statal bodies and institutions involved, as well as participation of academic and private sectors: Management Association of the Philippines; Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Trade Union Congress of the Philippines; Labor Advisory and Consultative Congress. 2c. Names of non-governmental organizations: Aniban ng. mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura; Ayala Foundation; Cagayan Valley Partners in People Development; Camarines Sur NGO-PO Development Network; Caucus of Development NGO-Networks; Center for Alternative Development Initiatives; Center for Alternative Rural Technology; Center for Rural Enlightenment and Social Empowerment; Community Organization Training and Research Advocacy; Concerned Citizen Against Pollution; Convergence for Community-Centered Area Development; Cultural Communities Foundation; Earthsavers Movement; Earthsavers Youth; Ecological Society of the Philippines; Environment Broadcast Circle; Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Inc.; Foundation for Community Organization and Management Technology; Green Mindanao Association; Green Forum Philippines; Haribon Foundation; Kapisanan ng Maliliit na Mangingisda; Kilusan ng Kababaihang Pilipina; Legal Assistance Center for Indigenous Filipinos; Lingkod Tao Kalikasan; Mindanao Environment Forum; Minsupala Economic Development Foundation; National Confederation of Cooperatives; National Secretariat for Social Action; National Union of Tribal Democrats; Nationwide Coalition for Fisheries and Aquatic Reforms; NGOs for Integrated Protected Areas Inc.; Participatory Research, Organization of Communities and Education Towards Struggle for Self-Reliance; Pederasyon ng mga Malilitt na Mangingisda; Pederasyon ng mga Malilitt na Mangingisda-San Miguel Bay; Philippine Business for Social Progress; Philippine Ecological Network; Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers; Philippine Uplands Resource Center; Philippine Institute for Alternative Futures; Southeast Asian Regional Institute for Community Education; Tribal Communities Association of the Philippines; Urban Poor Coordinating Network; Visayas Cooperative Development Center; Women's Action Network for Development; Zamboanga del Norte Center for Social Concern and Development. 3. Mandate role of above mechanism/council: To: review and ensure the implementation of the commitments made by the Philippines in the light of the UNCED and PA 21; establish guidelines and mechanisms that will expand, concretize and operationalize the sustainable development principles, as embodied in the Rio Declaration, the UNCED, Agenda 21, the National Conservation Strategy and PA 21, and incorporate them in the preparation of the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan both at the national and local levels with active participation from the non-government sector and people's organization; provide directions in the form of policy reforms, programs and new legislation that respond to the continuing and emerging issues and charting future actions in relation to environment and development; provide policy advice to appropriate bodies on environment and sustainable development issues of national interest; institutionalize a mechanism that would ensure linkage among the legislative and executive branches, local government units, non-governmental organizations, business and other concerned entities/sectors, in the formulation of policies and decision-making on sustainable development concerns; act as the coordinating mechanism in cooperation with DFA-Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) with the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and actively solicit assistance and cooperation towards the realization of our commitments made at the UNCED; review and monitor plans, policies, programs and legislation on sustainable development and recommend mechanisms/strategies for promoting efficiency and timeliness of their execution; establish a networking mechanism that will establish links with local and international organizations involved in sustainable development; call on any and all government agencies, resource persons and other groups, whenever necessary, to assist the Council in the performance of its role and functions; and to catalyze the formation and institutionalization of local councils for sustainable development, in close coordination with local authorities.

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1 November 1997