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The ACT for Peace Programme follows a two-pronged approach to peacebuilding and conflict transformation. The first is centered on grassroots peacebuilding efforts guided by the PDC Development Framework. The second strategy is facilitating an enhanced enabling environment at the middle and top-level arenas where appropriate policy and institutional support are enlisted from government, civil society and the private sector. At the core of each level is the horizontal and vertical peace constituency building involving key stakeholders and duty holders from government, civil society and the private sector.1. PDC DevelopmentCentral to the Programme’s grassroots peacebuilding efforts is building local peace constituencies within the Peace and Development Communities (PDCs) at the same time enhancing their capacities to become models for local peacebuilding and conflict transformation efforts among other post-conflict, conflict-affected and conflict-vulnerable areas. The aim is building a critical mass who will push for reform agenda at the middle and top-level leaderships engaging government, civil society and the private sectors. With local capacities built and peace constituency broadened, they shall influence and assert their counterparts at the middle and even at the top-level arena to become accountable and responsible to their local constituencies. Components 1, 2 and 3 direct their concerted efforts in the achievement of such through the Six Stages of PDC Development Framework. 2. Enhancing the Enabling Environment for Peacebuilding and Conflict TransformationThe enabling environment strategy focuses on establishing and strengthening the peace “platforms” and “infrastructures” at the middle and top-level arenas by engaging the local government units, government agencies, non-government organizations, civil society and the private sector. Among these “peace infrastructures” are local Peace and Development Committees or Technical Working Groups, Peace and Development Advocates’ Leagues/Alliances, and other mechanisms for coordination and program delivery at the local, regional, sub-national and national levels. At the core of this strategy is building stakeholders and duty holders’ capacity to apply and mainstream peacebuilding values, processes and approaches paralleled by constituency building among these key institutions to generate institutional and policy support to local peacebuilding initiatives. This strategy’s main objective is to develop a positive policy environment conducive to peacebuilding and conflict transformation in Southern Philippines. The critical roles and collaboration among the academe, media, civil society, private sector and the religious sectors are also significant in enhancing the enabling environment for peace and development. Through participatory engagement of these sectors, peace networks are established to help government become more able, accountable and responsible to their local peace constituencies. The interventions under Components 4 and 5 are directed towards carrying out these complementary efforts. |