Title: Restructuring Government for a Green Philippines: A Youth Dialogue Location: Categories: Child & Youth Rights Environment Human Rights Civil Society
Status:
In Progress
Timeline:
Ongoing
Description:
A Simultaneous Youth Dialogue in the Philippines to discuss the vairous options for making fundamental structural change in our government towards a green, just and sustainable Philippine society.
Background:
The Philippines is undergoing an amendment process of its Constitution. The basic recommendation is to a unicameral parliamentary and federal form of government. However there are also extra constitutional proposals for forming a Transitory Revolutionary Government (TRG). Amidst all of this, what are the views of youth and youth groups who belong to the green and environmental movements? How do we ensure that this constitutional or extra constitutional mode of change will truly lead to a federation of green states in the Philippines?
Objectives:
1) To raise the level of awareness and understanding of some 100 youth leaders from the target sites (at least 20 from each site) on the greens and sustainable development principles relating to decentralization of governance in relation to the various proposals on re-structuring the Philippine government via constitutional (e.g. charter change) or extra-constitutional (e.g. transitory revolutionary government) means;
2) To consult the members of the five (5) organizing groups who initiated this dialogue and other local youth leaders and youth groups on their views and positions on specific issues such as: a) the proposed amendments of the Philippine Constitution by the Constitutional Commission; b) the 3 modalities for charter change: peoples initiative, constituent assembly, and constitutional convention; c) the proposal for a transitory revolutionary government (TRG);
3) To advocate against the proposal for constituent assembly (con ass) as the means towards charter change among participating organizations and youth leaders in this dialogue;
Milestones:
1) A common position paper from each of these simultaneous dialogue outlining their consensus and duly signed by the participants to be circulated to media and made public;
2) A road map of action from each of the five simultaneous dialogue consisting of specific action plans and commitments by dialogue participants for the next 6months to one year to facilitate working together in tangible actions consistent with the agreed consensus position paper
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