CURRENT PROJECTS

2008
Cooperative Housing Learning Series

ALTERPLAN is inviting coop practitioners and coop development officers of LGUs to participate a Seminar-Workshop on Financial Management and Partnering with LGUs in Coop Housing Development on October 8-10 at Ciudad Christhia, San Mateo, Rizal. The seminar will tackle topics on the coop housing development process, the roles of coop officers in coop housing finance and financial management, and establishing cooperative-LGU partnerships in implementing housing programs and projects.

The seminar-workshop is the second activity organized for the CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING LEARNING SERIES for 2008 that aims to provide unique opportunities for participants to exchange ideas, share experiences, and gain relevant knowledge that could contribute to the improved governance of housing cooperatives and other self-help organizations with housing projects. The series will provide LGU’s coop development officers, cooperative officers and managers with greater exposure, as well as venues to discuss critical issues and discover solutions and approaches with other stakeholders.

Please click on the icons below for the Flyer and the Registration Form. Reservations may be made by sending us your Registration Form by fax (02) 926 9082 or email (alterplan@pldtdsl.net). Please call and ask for Ninin or Glenda for any questions (02) 9269082 or (02) 4487287.

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The Learning Series was successfully launched with the conduct of the Co-op Housing Finance Generation Seminar-Workshop at the Bohol Tropics Resort in Tagbilaran City last June 26 to 28. The participants came from primary cooperatives and LGU coop development offices.

The resource persons were Arch. Sarah Redoblado, ALTERPLAN’s Executive Director who sets the tone of the seminar-workshop by discussing ”The Co-op Identity and Finance Generation for Housing“; Danny Consuegra, the General Manager of NSHC who presented his co-op’s experiences in making critical decisions focus on key concerns like financing and project location; and Prof. Elenita Mantalaba, an associate professor of the College of Cooperatives in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines who presented the financing facilities for co-operatives with housing projects. The seminar-workshop ended with each participant’s drawing up of a plan related to financing recommendations for their respective cooperatives.

February 2008 – April 2008
Comparative Case Studies of Contracted and Financing Arrangements for Usufruct in Socialized Housing Implemented by Local Governments in the National Capital Region

ALTERPLAN has been awarded a small research grant by the Philippines-Australia Land Administration and Management Project (PA-LAMP), a development project funded by the Australian Agency for International Development and administered by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to implement a study on usufruct arrangements in urban settings.

The research project seeks to contribute to greater application of usufruct as a framework for securing land tenure for socialized housing. It will highlight effective practices of usufruct that LGUs could adopt. It also aims to identify the limitations of current arrangements in providing such.

Specifically, the study will make a comparative study of contractual and financing schemes of socialized housing projects in NCR identified by LGUs as employing usufruct arrangements. The tentative list currently includes only the cities of Las Piñas, Manila, Muntinlupa, and Taguig where responsible LGU personnel were able to state that their respective local governments employ usufruct arrangements.

July 2007
Proyekto ng ALMANOVA/CB para sa Alternatibong Pabahay
(ALMANOVA/CB Alternative Housing Project)

The Alyansa ng Maralita sa Novaliches/Consultative Body (ALMANOVA/CB) is a federation of community associations in the Quezon City barangays of Sauyo and Bagbag. With a membership of more than 5,000 families, ALMANOVA/CB is preparing to face the upcoming development of Circumferential Road 5 or C5 Project, which will cut through settlements of the federation’s member organizations. In a resolution on June 30, 2007, the federation selected ALTERPLAN as its Consultant for developing the technical studies preparatory to the voluntary relocation that ALMANOVA/CB will undertake. With assistance from ALTERPLAN, the federation will continue in its negotiations with the Development Bank of the Philippines and the local government of Quezon City for the resource requirements of the alternative housing project.

July 2007 – June 2008
Building on OSY Training for Enhanced Job Security And Professionalization of the Construction Sector

ALTERPLAN is now in phase 2 of its out-of-school youth training project with Consuelo Foundation’s commitment for Building on OSY Training for Enhanced Job Security and Professionalization of the Construction Sector. This is a one-year extension of the recently completed project of ALTERPLAN in association with the Habitat for Humanity Philippines, called Building Trades Training in Conflict-Affected Areas in Mindanao. The Memorandum of Agreement for the project was signed on June 19, 2007 by the Consuelo Foundation – Philippine Branch (CFPB) and ALTERPLAN. CFPB is a foundation established to initiate, organize and maintain projects specifically aimed at the instruction, training, development, assistance and protection of the children and youth of the Philippines. The agreement is funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) through the International Youth Foundation (IYF).

The project extension seeks to continue providing quality training and links to employment for 300 out-of-school youth in Mindanao. An additional 300 out-of-school youth are expected to participate and benefit from the replication of the civil trades training activities in the Luzon and Visayas regions.

For the first time in ALTERPLAN’s training project, female trainees will be provided for in the course design. A ladderized training program will be developed for the continuing education and upgrading of skills of the OSY and other construction workers. The project will also seek to consolidate a cadre of trainers who will be capable of providing mentoring to OSY during on-the-job training, apprenticeship and initial employment. ALTERPLAN and HABITAT are discussing with other stakeholders ways of establishing and strengthening a tracking and job placement system for the training graduates.

For an article on Education and Employment Alliance Newsletter of the USAID and the International Youth Foundation, click here.