agrarian reform, rural development, local governance, Philippines
Tuesday, January 06, 2009 KAISAHAN, Inc., 3 Mahabagin Street, Teachers' Village West, Quezon City, Philippines
OVERVIEW
The Kanlayan Resource Center or Kalinangan ng Malayang Kaisipan (Cultivation of Liberating Thinking) was established as a resource center for agrarian reform and local governance. It has three major work areas: research, communication and its main task of information management particularly with respect to the library, publications, audio-visual production and website development The key function of Kanlayan as a program is knowledge management. As such , it publishes a newsmagazine on agrarian reform and rural development issues and manages the KANLAYAN Library.
Kanlayan Resource Center
The library is aimed at providing information services not only for KAISAHAN staff but also for students, partners, and researchers. Currently, Kanlayan has a collection of over 2,000 books, VCDs, VHS tapes and other files on agrarian reform and rural development issues. The database of our books, periodicals and occasional papers can be viewed in our online library. Kanlayan has books and manuals for sale.
Kanlayan Resource Center
Kanlayan also opens its doors to persons and institutions who would like to use its facilities as venue for their meetings, discussions and events.
Kanlayan Resource Center
CANCELLATION OF LAND TITLES:
Pulling the Rug from Under Agrarian Reform
Frances Therese C. Lo
March 2004, 37 pages
Price: Php80.00
This paper looks into one of the major issues faced by farmer beneficiaries of agrarian reform in the Philippines - the rampant cancellation of land titles- focusing on two case studies, Hacienda Maria in Agusan del Sur and Barangays Baha and Talibayog in Calatagan, Batangas. These two areas showcase the extent to which various forces and factors are working against the successful implementation of agrarian reform in the country. The study also describes the uncertainty and possible displacement faced by farmers who have been tilling their land for over twenty years, brought about by negligence of DAR personnel and sheer profiteering of landlords and big business. The farmers are once again at the losing end, relying only on their unity as a group to defend their right to their titles and their land.
KATARUNGANG PAMBARANGAY:
Making It Work
Tom S. Villarin
1996, 116 pages
Price: Php150.00
The book briefly and concisely tackles the salient points in dispute settlement at the barangay level while providing the basic paralegal provisions in its administration under the The Katarungang Pambarangay in a primer form, for clarity and easy understanding.
PRIMER ON KATARUNGANG PAMBARANGAY LAW
Atty. Roland Dennis G. Molina, KAISAHAN
June 2002, 39 pages
Price: Php20.00
This primer provides easy understanding in popular form of the salient features of Katarungang Pambarangay Law: Katarungang Pambarangay (Nature, Objectives and Legal Bases); Lupon and Pangkat ( Composition, Functions and Constitution) ; The Parties; Jurisdiction and Venue; Dispute Resolution Processes; Indigenous Cultural Communities; Execution and Support Mechanisms.
POLICY ADVOCACY HANDBOOK
KAISAHAN Policy Research and Advocacy Unit
July 2002, 157 pages
Price: Php250.00
This Handbook covers seven areas. The first part deals with understanding the concepts of issues, policy and advocacy. The second part offers SIAD-COCO-BREAD as a framework for doing advocacy. The third part explores the policy arena consisting of the legal framework, political realities, stakeholders, and potential entry points for advocacy. The fourth part consists of tips on strategies and constraints in policy advocacy. The fifth part discusses planning, monitoring and evaluating skills such as defining the issue, power mapping, research and writing, and guide for drafting ordinances. Finally, this Handbook also highlights at the last part selected claim-making stories written by NGO partners under the CAPP-SIAD.
SAMA-SAMANG PAGSULONG NG KAUNLARAN SA KANAYUNAN BDP-PRA (2nd edition)
KAISAHAN
1998, 137 pages
Price: Php250.00
This book promotes the involvement of the people in the Local Development Planning Process through Participatory Rural Appraisal. The book discusses the following topics: Barangay Development Planning: Annual Investment Plan; Annual Operation Plan (AOP) Participatory BDP Legal Bases, and local development bodies. The book also elaborates on the nature, powers and composition of Barangay as well Sustainable Development as a strategy. A complete set of tools on the conduct of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) as a strategy to formulating the Barangay Development Plan (BDP) is discussed in the latter part of the book.
PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT:
A Guide to NGO-PO Partnership with Local Governments
Tom S. Villarin
1996, 201 pages
Price: Php170.00
The book is a condensation of the salient provisions of the LGC of 1991 that emphasize how the private sector, particularly the NGOs and POs, may actualize their participative role in the development of local communities and in understanding the dynamics of the democratization of power at the local level.
MANWAL PARA SA PARALEGAL PANG-AGRARYO (Ika-3 Edisyon)
PESANTEch
1999, 277 pages
Price: Php300.00
This manual serves as a guidebook on substantive and procedural laws. It aims to help farmers understand their rights and obligations as agrarian reform beneficiaries and to help them protect their tenurial status or secure ownership of the lands.
KAISAHAN @ 15:
Pag alala, Pagkilala at Pagsulong ng mga Aning Tagumpay sa Repormang Agraryo
KAISAHAN
2006
The publication looks back at the fifteen (15) years of efforts, struggles and successes of Kaisahan and examines its role in the ARRD community in conducting consultations through empowerment of stakeholders and advocacy and networking with POs and NGOs. Kaisahan established itself as an NGO that promotes ARRD both at the national and local levels. Kaisahan has been operating with three (3) themes: land tenure improvement; local governance; and Area-Specific Development Assistance (ASDA) initially in Agusan del Sur, Misamis Oriental and Negros Occidental. Kaisahan also plays the role of initiator and facilitator in advocacy and coalition building. Democratic participation in governance (DPG) through mainstreaming of Barangay Development Planning through Participatory Resource Appraisal (BDP-PRA) became the major strategy in ASDA operationalization. Kaisahan has gone through a serious rethinking of strategies to integrate gender concerns in its programs, focused-area work, legal and paralegal program and promotion of BDP-PRA to improve accountability and transparency in local governance. Lastly the book gave salute to institutional partners, networks and family who have shared the pains and gains of fifteen years with Kaisahan.
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