1.Support to Clean Air Initiatives

Conducted a one-day forum on “Government Vehicles’ Fleets Compliance to Biodiesel and Emission Standards” that was attended by 70 participants mostly d General Services Chiefs and drivers of various government agencies last April 18, 2006 at the Aguila Hall of PAWB. North Ave., Quezon City
Conducted a forum on “Bantay Sunog Basura” that was attended by 70 participants from local government units, civic-minded organizations, NGOs and academe last April 21, 2006 at the AQMTC, EMB, and November 22, 2006, at the Operations Center- DENR
Assisted in the conduct of a two-day seminar-workshop on Public Awareness on Acid Deposition last June 6-7, 2006 at the Camelot Hotel
Conducted a one-day Forum on “Good Practices of Local Government units on Clean Air Act Implementation” last June 8, 2006 at the EMB AQMTC, before about 70 representatives of LGUs in Metro Manila airshed
Conducted a half-day Forum on Preventive Vehicle Maintenance for Cleaner Air and Cost Savings last June 21, 2006, before 50 official drivers, and carriers of vehicles among EMB employees
Released the published version of the National Air Quality Status Report 2003-2004
Coordinated preparation of first drafts of:
- Metro Manila Airshed Air Quality Status Report (2005)
- National Air Quality Status Report (2005)
Coordinated the finalization and release of a resolution among the association of higher education institutions nationwide for the orchestrated ban on entry of smoke belching vehicles among participating schools on November 17, 2006, in support to the Clean Air Month celebration, including request-letters for the Commission on Higher Education and the Catholic Educators’ Association of the Philippines
Initiated the nationwide support for the Bantay Tambutso sa Eskwela program, with endorsements obtained from the Department of Education, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and the Commission on Higher Education
Conducted the Bantay Tambutso sa Eskwela Forum (last November 15) –cum exhibit (November 14-30, 2006) at the Mapua Institute of Technology. The Forum was participated in by about 140 participants (academic administrators, faculty members, and students leaders) from universities and colleges in Metro Manila and the nearby regions
Assisted and participated the Philippine Clean Air Act Implementation Review Workshop last November 24, 2006 at ADB
Assisted and participated in the Clean Air Summit last November 29, 2006 at ADB
Prepared news release on “DENR Steers Bantay Tambutso sa Eskwela,” which saw print at Manila Times (November 18, 2006), and Philippine Daily Inquirer (November 17, 2006), Philippine Star (November 26, 2006) and uploading at DENR website (beginning November 16, 2006 and the EMB website within November 2006

2. Support to Clean Water Initiatives

Participated in the JICA-assisted Project on the Information and Education Group that prepared the National and Regional Water Quality Status Reports for Regions 3, 6 and 12
Participated the Technical Working Group meetings on the preparation of a water and sanitation module for students initiated by Plan Philippines
Conducted the 11th National Senior Educators’ Assembly in Environmental Protection and Management last September 28-29, 2006 at the Hotel Supreme, Baguio City with the theme “Water Resources Management: Trends, Problems and Prospects” and attended by 110 senior academic administrators nationwide.
Prepared the EMB’s 2007 calendar with the theme” Our World, Our Water”.

3. Support to Solid Waste Management Initiatives

Assisted and participated in the meetings for the Solid Waste Reduction Master Plan (SWARM) workshop last February 1, 2006 and April 24, 2006 at the Miriam College
Assisted and participated to the selection and awarding of model schools for the SWARM project last February 20, 2006 at the Dep-Ed NCR
Finalization, publication and dissemination of two SWARMPlan Newsletters to different regional stakeholders
Prepared hand-out on Bantay Sunog Basura , which was distributed in several fora, and uploaded at the EMB and DENR websites since May 2006 to date
Edited and prepared lay-out for the Linis Estero flyer.
Initiated the discussions towards the Balik Supot, Bawas Balot, Bawas Basura campaign last September 2006, among member-supermarkets of the Philippine Association of Supermarkets, Inc.
Supported and participated in the UNDP-assisted Community-based Ecological Solid Waste Management Project
Spearheaded community and house-to-house surveys, and information campaign on Solid Waste Management to Barangays, in Roxas District, Quezon City in line with the International Clean up celebrations
Assisted the television productions in Solid Waste Management, and “Pagsugpo ng Polusyon: Usapang Hangin , Tubig at Basura“ last September 3 and 24, 2006 respectively, at Channel’s 4 Tinig ng Bayan
Conducted on-the-spot contest on waste reuse and recycling for persons with disabilities at the SM San Lazaro last July 21, 2006.

4. Support to Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management Activities

Participated and assisted in the launching of the National Implementation Plan of the for the Elimination of Persistent Organic Pollutants last October 15, 2006 at the Operations Center , 2nd Floor, DENR

4. Support to Environmental Impact Assessment Initiatives

Assisted in the conduct of the three-day Training-Workshop on Enhancing the Performance of Environmental Monitoring and Audit Role of Multipartite Monitoring Teams last November 8-10, 2006 that was attended by about 50 participants from different multipartite monitoring teams in the country at the University Hotel in UP Diliman, Quezon City.
Facilitated the release with the Philippine Information Agency of a 15-seconder video documentary on the Philippine Environmental Impact Assessment System.

5. Support to the Environmental Management System (EMS) Initiatives

Conducted a series of seminars on the EMB’s Environmental Management Systems (EMS) for:
- selected EMB employees
- EMB janitors and security guards
- EMB drivers, and carriers of vehicles

6. Support to Cross-cutting Environmental Management/Education concerns of EMB

Assisted the implementation of a work program for an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development (AYAD) who was be housed at the EEID for nine months beginning April 2006.
Participated and provided inputs to the meeting on The Access Initiative (access to information, decision-making and justice) held last April 26, 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Conducted a series of meeting-workshops of the network of tertiary level educational institutions.
Participated and provided inputs to the three-day writeshop on IEC materials last February 15-17, 2006 at PAWB, Quezon City.
Initiated series of Gender and Development activities last March 2006.
Conducted a two-day Forum on “Accelerating Environmental Education Towards Sustainable Development: Taking up the Challenges” last July 4-5, 2006 at the University Hotel at UP Diliman.
Conducted a two-day workshop on Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation last July 10-11, 2006 at the Sulo Hotel for the UNDP-assisted Capacity 2015 project.
Assisted the participation of EMB to the Green Philippines Highway project of the DENR last August 2006
Conducted a Training on “Enhancing Communication of Environmental Laws and Concerns” for EMB Regional Environmental Education and Information Officers on October 26-27, 2006 at the Oasis Hotel in Angeles, Pampanga.
Finalized and published the tertiary level educational institutions newsletter
Participated in the Technical Working Group meetings of the DENR’s Task Force Curriculum
Moderated the PCSD Sub-Committee on Information and Education Working Group of the Philippine Virtual Plenary Network
Continuously conducted lectures on various environmental issues and concerns, including for Consumer-net organizations

7. Support to Initiatives in Addressing Climate Change, and Clean Development Mechanism

Organized a forum on “Climate Change” that was attended by 60 participants from different sectors last April 20, 2006 at the AQMTC, EMB, Quezon City, and other capacity-bldg activities on Clean Development Mechanism
Coordinated the conduct of exhibit on Climate Change from April 20-30, 2006 at the DENR Lobby

 

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