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In July 10, 2000, the Payatas dumpsite residents in Quezon City, Philippines were victims of a disastrous incident that killed 300 people when wastes that were stacked up to 50 feet high came crashing down on the houses and shanties of... more
In July 10, 2000, the Payatas dumpsite residents in Quezon City, Philippines were victims of a disastrous incident that killed 300 people when wastes that were stacked up to 50 feet high came crashing down on the houses and shanties of residents, mostly scavengers, situated near the actual garbage mountains. To make the situation worse, the methane gas emanating from the huge pile caused instantaneous combustion and fire, inflicting burns and inhalation problems. The dumpsite was momentarily closed, but was soon reopened due to the lack of alternatives for a waste disposal area in the National Capital Region. It was then limited to the use of Quezon City. In order to avoid the recurrence of the 2000 Payatas Tragedy, the local government unit (LGU) endeavored to covert the area into a sanitary landfill and identified it as a special development zone. This paved the way for tthe Biogas Emission Reduction Project - the first registered Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) initiative under the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the Philippines. In its limited capacity, this paper examines the institutional framework, operational structure as well as the economic and environmental benefits of the Quezon City Biogas Emission Reduction Project by analyzing available information based on Key Informant Interviews and literature. As a public-private partnership case study, the researchers noted its success in terms of timeliness, effectiveness and support garnered from various stakeholders as replicable in other existing sanitary landfills. The team also observed the need to improve the technical capacity of LGUs to monitor and evaluate similar projects.
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This study seeks to understand the role of institutional arrangement, in the context of watersheds, as a tool to encourage coordination among actors. Assessing institutional arrangement and understanding how institution affects the level... more
This study seeks to understand the role of institutional arrangement, in the context of watersheds, as a tool to encourage coordination among actors. Assessing institutional arrangement and understanding how institution affects the level of coordination are instrumental in identifying appropriate strategies to address the prevailing problems in water resources management. The results are vital in developing watershed management framework, defining policies and programs implementation. This research also highlights the importance of clear, integrated and comprehensive institutional arrangement as a governance tool to encourage the culture of coordination, partnership, and accountability. The concepts that were used in this research include academic theories on institutional arrangement, governance, and coordination. Related literature revealed that institutional arrangements are instrumental in linking local, provincial, and national level of government and non-government organizatio...
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This study seeks to understand the role of institutional arrangement, in the context of watersheds, as a tool to encourage coordination among actors. Assessing institutional arrangement and understanding how institution affects the level... more
This study seeks to understand the role of institutional arrangement, in the context of watersheds, as a tool to encourage coordination among actors. Assessing institutional arrangement and understanding how institution affects the level of coordination are instrumental in identifying appropriate strategies to address the prevailing problems in water resources management. The results are vital in developing watershed management framework, defining policies and programs implementation. This research also highlights the importance of clear, integrated and comprehensive institutional arrangement as a governance tool to encourage the culture of coordination, partnership, and accountability.
The concepts that were used in this research include academic theories on institutional arrangement, governance, and coordination. Related literature revealed that institutional arrangements are instrumental in linking local, provincial, and national level of government and non-government organizations (Mattingly, 2007). Furthermore, it is viewed at a macro and formal perspective, formalized in forms of legal framework, policies and administrative arrangements (Saleth and Dinar, 2000, Mireku, Acheampong, et al., 2014). In the context of governance, the institutional arrangement is deliberated as the basis of management and governance (Montgomery, Stren, et al., 2003). It is considered as a platform to guide, specify incentives or constraints and install mechanisms to enhance management (Nansam-Aggrey, 2015). Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) highlights the importance of defined roles and responsibilities among public authorities in order to avoid fragmented policies in water resources management, unharmonized programs, and lack of wholistic performance measurements (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2011). On the other hand, coordination is rationalized as a result of institutionalized norms, rules, and logics (Sehested and Groth, 2012, Orton and Weick, 1990). It was stated that coordination processes are more or less institutionalized governance of different government levels in a political system that came about due to their interdependence, transformative politics and selective interconnectivity. (Sehested and Groth, 2012). Through the lens of these academic literature, empirical information of Ipo Watershed was processed, analysed and correlated.
The study area was selected because of the role it plays in the provision of water supply to 13 million population of Metro Manila, Philippines. Despite its ecological importance, this watershed degraded down to 30% forest cover as of 2009. The data for this study were collected through semi-structured interview, observation, and secondary data research. Target institutions were pre-selected based on existing laws, regulations, policies and researched articles. Respondents to the interview were identified based on their position in their respective agencies and the role they play in the management of Ipo Watershed. The interviews were carried out with five (5) sectors namely: Environment, Water, Local Government Units, Indigenous Peoples and Non-Government Organization, with a total of thirteen (13) respondents.
The concepts that were used in this research include academic theories on institutional arrangement, governance, and coordination. Related literature revealed that institutional arrangements are instrumental in linking local, provincial, and national level of government and non-government organizations (Mattingly, 2007). Furthermore, it is viewed at a macro and formal perspective, formalized in forms of legal framework, policies and administrative arrangements (Saleth and Dinar, 2000, Mireku, Acheampong, et al., 2014). In the context of governance, the institutional arrangement is deliberated as the basis of management and governance (Montgomery, Stren, et al., 2003). It is considered as a platform to guide, specify incentives or constraints and install mechanisms to enhance management (Nansam-Aggrey, 2015). Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) highlights the importance of defined roles and responsibilities among public authorities in order to avoid fragmented policies in water resources management, unharmonized programs, and lack of wholistic performance measurements (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2011). On the other hand, coordination is rationalized as a result of institutionalized norms, rules, and logics (Sehested and Groth, 2012, Orton and Weick, 1990). It was stated that coordination processes are more or less institutionalized governance of different government levels in a political system that came about due to their interdependence, transformative politics and selective interconnectivity. (Sehested and Groth, 2012). Through the lens of these academic literature, empirical information of Ipo Watershed was processed, analysed and correlated.
The study area was selected because of the role it plays in the provision of water supply to 13 million population of Metro Manila, Philippines. Despite its ecological importance, this watershed degraded down to 30% forest cover as of 2009. The data for this study were collected through semi-structured interview, observation, and secondary data research. Target institutions were pre-selected based on existing laws, regulations, policies and researched articles. Respondents to the interview were identified based on their position in their respective agencies and the role they play in the management of Ipo Watershed. The interviews were carried out with five (5) sectors namely: Environment, Water, Local Government Units, Indigenous Peoples and Non-Government Organization, with a total of thirteen (13) respondents.
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In July 10, 2000, the Payatas dumpsite residents in Quezon City, Philippines were victims of a disastrous incident that killed 300 people when wastes that were stacked up to 50 feet high came crashing down on the houses and shanties of... more
In July 10, 2000, the Payatas dumpsite residents in Quezon City, Philippines were victims of a disastrous incident that killed 300 people when wastes that were stacked up to 50 feet high came crashing down on the houses and shanties of residents, mostly scavengers, situated near the actual garbage mountains. To make the situation worse, the methane gas emanating from the huge pile caused instantaneous combustion and fire, inflicting burns and inhalation problems. The dumpsite was momentarily closed, but was soon reopened due to the lack of alternatives for a waste disposal area in the National Capital Region. It was then limited to the use of Quezon City.
In order to avoid the recurrence of the 2000 Payatas Tragedy, the local government unit (LGU) endeavored to covert the area into a sanitary landfill and identified it as a special development zone. This paved the way for tthe Biogas Emission Reduction Project - the first registered Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) initiative under the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the Philippines.
In its limited capacity, this paper examines the institutional framework, operational structure as well as the economic and environmental benefits of the Quezon City Biogas Emission Reduction Project by analyzing available information based on Key Informant Interviews and literature. As a public-private partnership case study, the researchers noted its success in terms of timeliness, effectiveness and support garnered from various stakeholders as replicable in other existing sanitary landfills. The team also observed the need to improve the technical capacity of LGUs to monitor and evaluate similar projects.
In order to avoid the recurrence of the 2000 Payatas Tragedy, the local government unit (LGU) endeavored to covert the area into a sanitary landfill and identified it as a special development zone. This paved the way for tthe Biogas Emission Reduction Project - the first registered Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) initiative under the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the Philippines.
In its limited capacity, this paper examines the institutional framework, operational structure as well as the economic and environmental benefits of the Quezon City Biogas Emission Reduction Project by analyzing available information based on Key Informant Interviews and literature. As a public-private partnership case study, the researchers noted its success in terms of timeliness, effectiveness and support garnered from various stakeholders as replicable in other existing sanitary landfills. The team also observed the need to improve the technical capacity of LGUs to monitor and evaluate similar projects.