IEC completion report, forest resource management component, USAID Natural Resources Management Program
KEYWORD: Community-based Natural Forest Management, Asia. Asia, Philippines, extension, institutional collaboration, institutions, land tenure, training, communication, community based natural resource management, community participation, environmental education, project report. SUMMARY: This final project report describes the progress of IEC, the environmental education and communication component of the USAID NRMP program for the Philippines. IEC made great progress in establishing trust and credibility within local institutions and communities, especially given the history of many previous donors that made promises but did not deliver results. IEC also responded successfully to a 1993 report that identified specific problems within the organization, such as lack of relationships with local contractors and NGO's, low community participation and weak management. In its effort to respond to the 1993 report, IEC focused on the concept of achieving a critical mass of participation in the community. This term refers to the threshold at which community members begin to replicate a project spontaneously due to understanding and an eased sense of risk about trying the new land management style. Lack of clarity in the strategy, goals and governmental support, lack of cooperation from the DENR field staff, and risk-aversion of the potential participants have hindered the progress of IEC. In particular, land tenure issues trigger risk aversion in the community members, which makes them resist making a commitment to managing their land in new ways. The authors recommend the following to build upon IEC successes: Reinforce field capacities by hiring more individuals and networking with other agencies and institutions; Focus on problems and crises that are specific to target communities; Transform from the command and control bureaucracy to a development-focused technical assistance agency; Develop exit strategies so that local people will be trained and able to continue project work after the organization has moved to another community.
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IEC completion report, forest resource management component, USAID Natural Resources Management Program
KEYWORD: Community-based Natural Forest Management, Asia. Asia, Philippines, extension, institutional collaboration, institutions, land tenure, training, communication, community based natural resource management, community participation, environmental education, project report. SUMMARY: This final project report describes the progress of IEC, the environmental education and communication component of the USAID NRMP program for the Philippines. IEC made great progress in establishing trust and credibility within local institutions and communities, especially given the history of many previous donors that made promises but did not deliver results. IEC also responded successfully to a 1993 report that identified specific problems within the organization, such as lack of relationships with local contractors and NGO's, low community participation and weak management. In its effort to respond to the 1993 report, IEC focused on the concept of achieving a critical mass of participation in the community. This term refers to the threshold at which community members begin to replicate a project spontaneously due to understanding and an eased sense of risk about trying the new land management style. Lack of clarity in the strategy, goals and governmental support, lack of cooperation from the DENR field staff, and risk-aversion of the potential participants have hindered the progress of IEC. In particular, land tenure issues trigger risk aversion in the community members, which makes them resist making a commitment to managing their land in new ways. The authors recommend the following to build upon IEC successes: Reinforce field capacities by hiring more individuals and networking with other agencies and institutions; Focus on problems and crises that are specific to target communities; Transform from the command and control bureaucracy to a development-focused technical assistance agency; Develop exit strategies so that local people will be trained and able to continue project work after the organization has moved to another community.
