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The Partnership for Clean Air (PCA) is a multi-sector network in the Philippines with organizational members from government, civil society, academic institutions and private sector. PCA’s mission is to promote air quality management as a multi-stakeholder effort in the Philippines. PCA facilitates air quality activities of members and stakeholders. It was launched in June 2001 and incorporated as a non-stock, non-profit corporation in November 2003.
PCA Brochure
The CAI-Asia Center, its Country Network and partners prepared Country Reports which provide an overview of air quality status, challenges and achievements in managing air quality and the stakeholders involved in clean air efforts.
The Country Network will focus its efforts to implement the activities in the integrated AQM model described in detail in the CAI-Asia Strategy 2010-2012. Similarly, activities in the Philippines are within the scope and priorities of CAI-Asia as described in the same strategy document. Project activities for the Philippines will be part of and in support of the CAI-Asia Center’s two flagship programs: the Air Quality Program and the Transport Program.
The objective in 2009 would be to
- Strengthen a Country Network of air quality stakeholders (with links to climate change, energy, and transport), building on existing networks.
- Develop project proposals, with strong support from the CAI-Asia Center, and participate in CAI-Asia activities under and in support of the Air Quality Program and Transport Program.
- Strengthen further collaboration between the Philippines Country Network and CAI-Asia Center.
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In March 2009 the Country Networks gathered information from stakeholders on the priority AQM needs of the country. The needs for AQM assistance can be summarized into these main areas: air quality monitoring and impact assessment, policy and road map development and implementation, capacity building, awareness raising, and increasing stakeholder involvement in policy-making and implementation.
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Envirofit International retrofit program reaches Metro Manila
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Following successful retrofit campaigns in Vigan, Puerto Princesa, and Tuguegarao, international non-profit organization Envirofit International has recently agreed to focus on reducing air pollution in Metro Manila through the conversion of 240 two-stroke tricycle units in Mandaluyong City. Read more
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Breaking Barriers to the Adoption of Clean Air Technologies
The CAI-Asia Center, Partnership for Clean Air (CAI-Asia’s Country Network in the Philippines), and the Philippine Business for the Environment engaged representatives from the private sector, government agencies, academe, and NGOs in a discussion on "Breaking Barriers
to the Adoption of Clean Air Technologies" held on 20 March in Manila as a side event to the Eco Products International Fair 2009. The activity aimed to identify the barriers hindering the introduction and adoption of clean air technologies in the Philippines. The participants recommended that the Clean Air Act be amended to include incentives for the introduction and adoption of clean air technologies, better enforcement of the law, better dissemination of information about clean air technologies, among others. The primary author of the Philippine
Clean Air Act, former Congressman Neric Acosta, participated in the roundtable. The roundtable discussion is part of the Ligtas Hangin ("save the air") campaign which celebrates the 10th anniversary of the promulgation of the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999.
Cleaning Up 2-Stroke Tricycles in Metro Manila
On 2 March 2009, the Mayor of Mandaluyong City, the Partnership for Clean Air (PCA) (the Country Network of the CAI-Asia Center), Envirofit Philippines, the Mandaluyong Federation of Tricycle Associates, and the Rizal Technological University - Kawani Multi-purpose Cooperative signed a memorandum of agreement to retrofit 240 2-stroke tricycles with direct-injection technology this year. With the support of the Philippine Institute of Petroleum (PIP), PCA agreed to subsidize approximately PhP 2.6 M for the retrofitting of the 2-stroke tricycles in Mandaluyong City, while Envirofit will focus on ensuring the success of the project and demonstrate direct injection technology.
 | Seated from left: Rene Pineda (PCA), Manny Biona (Don Bosco), Mandaluyong Mayor Benhur Abalos, David Williams (Envirofit),
Isaias Mendoza (Rizal Tech. University), Dioscoro Libardo (Mandaluyong Federation of Tricycles Assoc.)
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In addition to providing and installing direct fuel-injection kits, Envirofit will work with the Don Bosco Technical College to validate the impact of this technology on reducing emissions and fuel consumption. If successful, this project may lead to city-wide legislation that will mandate the use of the Envirofit retrofit kit, ultimately eliminating two-stroke tricycle engines 2010. The City of Mandaluyong is the first city in Metro Manila that issued an ordinance that bans 2-stroke tricycles after 2010. The cost of the direct fuel-injection kits will be paid back by the tricycle drivers through a micro-financing scheme administered by a local cooperative agency. The recouped payment will be used to retrofit additional 2-stroke tricycles in the future. Mayor Benhur Abalos encouraged his constituents to support this initiative. "Everyone should move in order to solve the growing problem of air pollution. It is important that we succeed in this project, so that we may inspire our neighboring cities to follow our lead, and do their part in helping solve this problem once and for all."
"The retrofit campaign in Mandaluyong City marks our first major efforts in Metro Manila," says David Williams, Director of Sales and Product Development of Envirofit. "We are optimistic that, with everyone’s support, this project will help guarantee that future generations will be able to enjoy clean, healthy, and breathable air."
Partnership for Clean Air drafts Citizen Suit guidelines
The Partnership for Clean Air (PCA), CAI-Asia Center's local network in the Philippines, submitted for approval the final draft department administrative orders to the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in April 2008. Once approved, these administrative orders would encourage citizens to file suits against owners of smoke-belching vehicles, industries exceeding emission standards, and public officials not performing their duties under the Philippine Clean Air Act.
PCA worked closely with staff of DOTC, DENR, and their attached agencies in drafting of the administrative orders. PCA received funding from the World Bank for this project. USAID's Energy and Clean Air Program supported consultation meetings with stakeholders and awareness raising events on the citizen suit. Various organizations such as the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the Metro Manila Anti Smoke Belching Units Association, and the member organizations of PCA (e.g., Earth Day Network, Air and Waste Management Association-Philippine Section, Federation of Philippine Industries, MIRIAM Environmental Studies Institute, Manila Observatory, Philippine Business for the Environment, Bantay Kalikasan, Petroleum Institute of the Philippines) actively supported the project. For more information about the project, please contact PCA's President, Fr. Dan McNamara at daniel@observatory.ph or frdirdan@yahoo.com.
Related documents:
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Partnership for Clean Air E-Newsletter
PCA E-Newsletter
Country Page
Philippines
Ms. Victoria M. Segovia
Country Network Coordinator
Partnership for Clean Air
Tel: +63 2 395 2843 & 45
Fax: +63 2 395 2846
Email: pcacoordinator(at)gmail(dot)com
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