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| Donor |
European Commission |
| Project Code |
ASIA/2003/004-980 |
| Name of Project |
Access to Justice for the Poor |
| Implementing Agency |
Department of Social Welfare and Development. Other institutions involved: Supreme Court, Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Justice, Philippine National Police, and Alternative Legal Groups (NGOs) |
| Funding |
Grant |
| Total Funding |
2,438,000 |
| Grant/Loan |
1,850,000 |
| GoP Counterpart |
588,000 |
| Start Date |
12 August 2004 |
| Completion Date |
August 2008 |
| Project Location |
Mindanao (Sultan Kudarat and Lanao del Norte), Visayas (Capiz) and Luzon (Oriental Mindoro and Camarines Sur) |
| Beneficiaries |
Rural communities in general and poor women and children in selected project areas (36 municipalities and 360 Barangays) |
| Sector |
Good governance |
| European Consultant |
Altair Asesores |
| Project Background/Rationale |
The Government of the Philippines declared its firm commitment to judicial reform in order to address the public perception of a slow and elitist dispensation of justice in the MTDP 2001-2004. The Supreme Court of the Philippines is implementing a comprehensive judicial reform (2001 2006) the Action Programme for Judicial Reform (APJR) financed by the GoP and a series of donors. The APJR has six components: Judicial Systems Development, Institutions Development, Human Resource Development, Reform Support Systems Development (this includes the information and communication function of the Court), Institutional integrity development and Access to justice for the poor. The present project was consulted with a wide range of governmental, judicial Supreme Court- and civil society institutions, the direct beneficiaries as represented by selected barangays as well as EU Member States and other donors. |
| Project Objective |
To improve access to justice for the poor by increasing their knowledge about basic rights and the judicial system, and through the creation of an enabling, supportive environment to this effect within the Barangay Justice System (BJS), the Judiciary, and the Police. |
| Project Components |
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Decentralisation
of the Information Education and Communication IEC Function of the Justice
System at (36) Municipal Court
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Strengthening of the Barangay
Justice System in 1,080 Barangays through training programmes for Lupon
members and women, and the setting-up of Legal Information Desks for women
and children
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Institutional development of Law
Enforcement agencies (DoJ and PNP) and the Judiciary through training of
Police officers and judges in 36 municipalities
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Legal reform through
advocacy on laws to promote the rights of women and children
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| For further Information Please Contact |
Ms.
Eva Pastrana
Telephone (63 2) 859 5141
Fax (63 2) 859 5100
Email: Eva.PASTRANA-GUTIERREZ@cec.eu.int
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