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Forging a Partnership with LMP

In 2005, the consolidation phase of the Programme, UDP launched an advocacy campaign for a national policy on sustainable upland development that recognizes the significance of the uplands and stipulates the necessary steps to protect and rehabilitate the same .

The SUD Model was then presented to various audiences including government officials, non-government organization representatives, and the academe, as an imperative to save the Philippine uplands.

A keen interest was generated from the League of Municipalities of the Philippines or LMP. In line with its thrusts on poverty alleviation, environmental protection and effective local governance, the LMP imbibed the principles of the SUD Model and decided to advocate for a national policy on and replication of sustainable upland development.

In November 2005 during the LMP's 15th General Assembly held in Manila, the LMP passed a resolution requesting President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for the issuance of a national sustainable upland development policy and strategy to address the continuing poverty in the uplands and deterioration of watersheds.

SUD Policy Advocacy in UDP's Extension Period

Cognizant of the potential impact of the SUD Model implementation and the requirement to mainstream the same into the present Philippine government systems, the UDP was afforded by the Government of the Philippines and the European Union an extension period of 18 months from January 2006 until June 2007.

Accordingly, UDP devoted its extension period primarily for mainstreaming efforts.

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