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PhilDHRRA
It has been clear that the priority mandate of PhilDHRRA is to ensure that its members are viable and relevant NGOs that contribute to sustainable rural development. To this end, PhilDHRRA has embarked on a series of capacity-building initiatives to engage its NGO-members. These interventions came in various forms, including project development, technical assistance and resource and information sharing. These services are provided directly to the NGO-members by the regional secretariats of PhilDHRRA.
PhilDHRRA has maintained its leadership role in the anti-mining advocacy this year, by performing secretariat functions for a national alliance that pursues the rejection of the aggressive promotion of large-scale mining operations in the Philippines. In the Agrarian Reform front, PhilDHRRA was assigned to be the chairperson of a coalition actively advocating for the pursuit of genuine agrarian reform. The main focus is its advocacy agenda for the 2007 elections and the impending conclusion of the agrarian reform program in 2008.
After the successful conduct of the 19th General Assembly last November 2005, network strengthening took on a large part of the network’s initiatives. In 2006, the Network Performance Monitoring System was implemented across all the regional secretariats, with a 100% response rate. This system intended to: i) measure the organizational growth of NGO-members, ii) determine the individual and specific level of participation of these NGO-members to PhilDHRRA activities, and iii) establish the aggregate contribution of PhilDHRRA in the fight against rural poverty.
A key concern outlined in the current strategic plan is the financial sustainability of PhilDHRRA. To this end, the secretariats have established the PhilDHRRA endowment fund. One of the key areas being seriously considered is the diversification of sources of income.
