Interdev Consulting

Strengthening Agri-fishery Enterprise through women and youth economic empowerment, inclusive business, and climate resilience (WEE-SAFE): Value Chain Training Workshop

Oxfam-Solidarité, together with the Philippine partner, SIAD Initiatives in Mindanao – Convergence for Asset Reform and Regional Development (SIMCARRD), is implementing the WEE-SAFE project.

Along with the on-going Baseline Study, the SIMCARRD WEE-SAFE staff formulated their initial outputs on the Value Chain Analysis on select commodities in the provinces of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi:

1. Abaca (dried)
2. Coffee (dried)
3. Dried fish (tamban and galunggong)
4. Live and Fresh Grouper (Lapu-Lapu)
5. Seaweed (dried and chips)

28 Oct-1Dec. 2023, Lispher Inn, Juna Subd., Davao City

Consultation and Assessment Workshop with relevant government line agencies on existing mechanisms, processes and capacities in handling and resolving land-related disputes.

GIZ-ROLMIN. Participants: DENR, DILG, NCIP, CHR, DOJ,

22 Nov 2023, Hotel Tropika, Km 7 Lanang, Davao City

Strengthening Resilience and Gender Equality in Indigenous Peoples in Bukidnon, Mindanao (Phase II)” is implemented by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and Spanish Red Cross (SRC)

Field interview 15-18 August 2023 – Barangays in the municipalities of Kitaotao and San Fernando, Province of Bukidnon.

A Value Chain Analysis (VCA) of the agricultural and non-agricultural products in 14 barangays targeted by the project was assigned to Interdev Consulting, Inc. Field work using Focus group discussion (FGD) and Key Informant Interview (KII) participated by 10 barangays and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) with barangay, municipal and provincial stakeholders were conducted.

The results of this Value Chain Analysis will provide evidence-based guidance and information for subsequent activities aimed at strengthening livelihoods through improved agricultural practices and diversifying livelihoods through support for agricultural and non-agricultural initiatives.

How do different grassroots communities attribute the causes of water contamination in Mindanao? Environmental organizations have identified the pollution of rivers and streams via pesticides, fertilizer run-off, siltation, and farm material waste as a matter of concern particularly in areas near plantations. Identifying the point sources of the problem are complex. On the one hand, industrial agriculture plays an outsized role. On the other hand, such an abstract category as the “plantation” does little to illuminate which actors, groups, and institutions, exactly, participate in these activities, and why.

This workshop maintains four aims: (1) to document local perspectives on the point sources of water contamination in areas near industrial plantations; (2) to lay out their understanding of the spatial extent of contamination from their immediate areas to connected regions; (3) to identify which individuals/groups/institutions should be held accountable for these developments, and (4) to identify and acknowledge the local ways, if any, that grassroots actors are responding to the effects of contamination and engaging in the protection of waterways around them.

The workshop adopts “countermapping” methodologies to enable community actors to tell their stories with the help of a powerful visual format. Different groups representing the multiple stakeholders of the area–Indigenous Peoples, NGO workers, and residents of the plantation peripheries–will be invited to participate in independent workshop sessions, where they will be guided as they produce their maps. Comparing the outcomes within and among groups will help illuminate possible sources of misunderstanding and expand the ways Mindanawons think about their shared ecological fate.

Participants:

• Sabokahan Youth
• Salumayag Youth
• Bantay Bukid and Bantayo Aweg
• Balingaeng
• Mamamayan Ayaw sa Aerial Spray
• Mag-uuma sa Sirib Association

Hosted by Alyssa Paredes, Cian Dayrit, and InterDev Consulting, Inc.

Sponsored by:

Disability Inclusive Climate Change Action (DICA) Module Development for stakeholders and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) was contracted to Interdev Consulting, Inc. for the period June-September 2023.

Module 3-Writeshop Session, July 3-5, 2023. Beracha Inland Resort, Municipality of Talibon, Bohol Province

This is part of the Local Empowerment and Advocacy (LEAD) of Humanities and Inclusion (HI) project implemented in the Municipality of Talibon, Bohol Province.

The LEAD project aims to empower organizations of persons with disabilities so they could lead climate change actions in their respective communities. This project is implemented with USAID and Gerry Roxas Foundation (GRF)/INSPIRE Project technical support to Humanity & Inclusion.

Mennonite Economic Development Associates – MEDA (Philippines) – Resilience and Inclusion through Investment for Sustainable Agrikultura (RIISA)

Signing of contract for 10-month (Sep 2022-Jun 2023) Interdev-MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates) engagement “to undertake the Gender Equality Mainstreaming (GEM) for Business Growth with selected two (2) SMEs in Davao Region”, Front: Interdev Consulting, Inc. President Roberto Palo and MEDA Country (Philippines) Director Catherine Sobrevega. Back: Interdev Project Team Associates Ida Dangoy and Dr. Jessie Manuta and MEDA Investment Technical Lead Beauty Joy Maymay

MISEREOR/Dreikönigsaktion Hilfswerk der Katholischen Jungschar (DKA) – External Evaluation for San Luis Lumad Community High School, Agusan del SurSLLCHS students performing the Lumad dance ritual. The Lumads of San Luis, Agusan del Sur comprised mainly of the tribes belonging to Manobo, Banwaon, Higaonon, and Talaandig

Japan International Cooperation Agency – Feasibility Study on Flood Control and Drainage in Davao City., specifically, a study on Resettlement Action Plan (RAP). 

Barangays New Carmen and Talandang, Tugbok, Davao City: RAP Team initial ocular survey of the retarding pond and its immediate affected households (AHs) including business entities, and/or project affected persons (PAPs)

Mindanao Development Authority (MinDa)-United Nations Development Program (UNDP) – Rapid Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of COVID-19 in Mindanao and BARRM.

Our karate classes usually have 15-20 students per hour before. Because of the quarantine protocols, I can only take 5 students per day, with all the cleaning and disinfecting involved, the fees cannot cover our cost.

In online classes, the teacher cannot see the form of each student, nor their correct posture. These things are important.

As a member of the federation, I foresee the gradual drop of skills, and even interest from clients, especially children.

58 years old, Owner/Proprietor

Fitness Gym, Davao City