• 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

• 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

LANTAD BEFORE:

ONE REGION

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

OLD TRAIL TO LANTAD FIRST MEETING WITH LANTAD LEADERS

HOLY WEEK 2005

OUR PEACE JOURNEY

THE STORY OF THE

SOLAR DRYER

• 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

OCTOBER 24-25, 2005

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

POSITIVE RESULTS

AND IMPACT

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

SOLAR POWER

SATELLITE CABLE

HOMES POWERED BY INDIVIDUAL SOLAR

HOMES LIGHTING SYSTEM

(32 watts per hh; 128 hh energized with 4 Fluorescent bulbs each)

SOLAR

PANEL

INCREASED LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES

• PLGU-Mis. Or., DA, & BFAR-10 interventions (CY 2005-2010) totaling PhP 364,760 benefitted 250 beneficiaries • DAR SPOTS-CLEEP (CY 2008-2009) Banana & Peanut production totaling PhP 312,000 benefiting 150 coop members • EU Focused Food Production Assistance (CY 2010-2011) totaling PhP 311,766 benefitted 43 families

ABACA PROCESSING

BANANA TISSUE CULTURE

KIBANBAN LANTAD ARC

AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME BASED ON ALDA 2008-2010

YEAR ON-FARM OFF-FARM NON-FARM TOTAL

2008 53,500 4,000 2,500 60,000

2009 76,814 1,200 2,550 80,564

2010 48,465 10,800 62,288 121,553

2011 78,009 13,506 38,520 130,035

SOURCE: DAR Office

Increasing economic activities brought about by joint interventions of the Phil. Government & the European Union enticing former residents to return to Lantad.

YEAR POPULATION

(2010 MARCH

CENSUS)

2005 500

2010 1,033

INCREASE 106%

INCREASED POPULATION

BARANGAY KIBANBAN

YEAR IRA

2005 PhP 599,488.84

2011 1,191,120.000

INCREASE 591,631.16 (99%)

MUNICIPALITY

OF

BALINGASAG

YEAR IRA

2005 PhP 42,986,996

2011 77,730,052

INCREASE 34,743,056 (81%)

PEANUTS

251

308

216

295

373 354 361

377

102 106

60 66 77 79

57 57 40.6% 34.4% 27.7% 22% 20.6% 22.3% 15.7% 15%

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

# of PS Weighed

# of PS below Normal +Belownormal very low

% 0f Malnutrition among PS/Yr

REDUCTION OF MALNUTRITION AMONG

PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN

Kibanban, Balingasag, Misamis OrientalCY 2004-2011

SOURCE: PHO Office

LANTAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOTAL ENROLMENT

2006-2007 155

2007-2008 175

2008-2009 241

2009-2010 251

2010-2011 290

2011-2012 335

SOURCE: DepEd

National Achievement Test result for Grade 6 increased 81% from SY 2004-2005 to SY 2010-2011

KIBANBAN WATERSHED

DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

SOURCE: PENRO

YEAR AREA PROJECT AMOUNT

2008 60 has. Watershed rehab PhP 1,020,000

2010 Maintenance & protection 571,544

2011 Maintenance & protection 262,000

DENR Mis.Or. & Balingasag contracted local People’s Organization

RESPECT OF THE IPs RIGHT

TO SELF-DETERMINATION

• Upon the request of the PPOC, the NCIP released P1.6M for the delineation survey regarding the Higaonon Tribe of Balatukan CADT Claim.

• 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)

PROMOTION OF PEOPLE’S

PARTICIPATION

AND EMPOWERMENT

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.

BEFORE

AFTER

eleven series

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.

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

THE LANTAD MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE

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

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.

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.

INNOVATIONS

UPGRADING THE PPOC THRU POWER SHARING

AND ENCOURAGING TEAMWORK

• 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.

INITAO 6 ABDUCTED BY NPA

PPOC MisOr OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE

GOV. OSCAR S. MORENO CHAIRMAN

VICE GOV. NORRIS BABIERA Co-Chairman

BALAY MINDANAW VICE CHAIRMAN

SECRETARIAT (DILG)

SECURITY SECTOR INTERFAITH CSOs (NGOs, POs,

Academe)

COMMITTEES: CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CLUSTER, SOCIAL INTEGRATION PROGRAM, ANTI-DRUG ABUSE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SECURITY CLUSTER (ISO)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

MARO-DAR

Municipal Kibanban-Lantad ARC Implementing Team

Balingasag MPOC

MPOCs

GOV’T LINE AGENCY (NATIONAL/LOCAL)

The Misamis Oriental PPOC has adopted this framework of enhanced participation and transparency, a deviation from the conventional practice and limited composition of PPOCs.

SYNERGY THROUGH EXPANDED

MEMBERSHIP OF THE PPOC

(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)

BALATUKAN ANCESTRAL DOMAIN CLAIM

PPOC speedy processing of the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) by NCIP.

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 .

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

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.

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.

CAMIGUIN IS

LANAO

FC16B

FC 16A

FC 30

FC 19B FC 14

FC 21B FC 4A

FC 88

FC 6

FC 89

BUKIDNON

SMRC

FC 20 SECOM 2, FC20, SMRC in Lingig, SDS

FC52

WACOM

FC53

SSC TRAKK

FC -

4B

disma

ntled

FC - 21C

dismantled

FC 19A FC - 8

dismantled

FC-34 FC-3

FC - 12

dissolved

SECOM 2, FC-52, SMRC SECOM 2, FC-53, SMRC

PBC 1, SMRC

SECOM 3, FC20, SMRC in Trento, ADS

BIAF

Source: 403rd Brigade, 4ID, PA

ISO 2010

“REACTIVE”

PEACE AND

ORDER COUNCIL

PRO-ACTIVE

PEACE AND

ORDER COUNCIL paradigm shift

Address The

Root Causes of

Insurgency/

Conflict

CONFLICT

MANAGEMENT

CLUSTER

(BBP core principles)

AFP ISO

HANDOVER

(FIRST IN MINDANAO)

PPOC MIS.OR.

TRANSFORMATION

(PPOC from a mere counter-insurgency apparatus

into a development machinery) PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES: HUMAN RIGHTS AS OPERATING PRINCIPLES

TRANSFERABILITY AND

SUSTAINABILITY

• 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.

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

Mayor Alexis S. Quina, Chairman of the Municipal Peace and Order Council (MPOC) hosted last April 9, 2011, the 4th National Volunteer Summit, which made Lantad as one of the tour sites where young volunteers learned about initiatives on conflict transformation and peace-building.

Balingasag LGU as the PPOC’s PRO-ACTIVE ON-SITE PARTNER in Program & project implementation, management, monitoring & evaluation.

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.

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, 2009

1.COMMO FRANCISCO L TOLIN AFP (RET) Head of Mission -EVP

2.DR ANTONIO F MATIAS AVP Acad

3.DR AMELIA C ANCOG Course Director 4.DR PHARES P PARAYNO Course Director 5.DR FLORIAN A ALBURO Course Director 6.Jay Pinaroc SDO

7.Marlo Cabral Coordinator 8.MSgt Thelma C Maron Support/Military

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

LANTAD TODAY

FORMER TRAINING GROUND , NOW TRANSFORMED AS COMMUNITY CENTER

WE WILL NOT STOP IN LANTAD. IT HAS OPENED OUR EYES THAT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

….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!