Minahang Bayanihan Program: The South Cotabato Small Scale Mining Initiatives Compostela Valley - Bantay Kita - Article 33 Indonesia SUBNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE Davao City, The Philippines, August 22-23, 2013

1. “MINAHANG BAYANIHAN PROGRAM”
“The South Cotabato SSM Initiatives”

2. “BAYANIHAN” is a Filipino term taken from
the word bayan, referring to a nation, town or
community. The whole term bayanihan refers
to a spirit of communal unity or effort to
achieve a particular objective.
“MINAHANG BAYANIHAN!” means mining
with the spirit of communal unity!

3. Land Area: 3,706 Sq.
Km
Capital: Koronadal City
Population: 767,255
Classification: 1st
Class
No. of LGUs :11
Political Districts: 2
Land Use:
57.4% Agriculture,
forest
41.5% Protected lands
1.1% built-up areas
Languages:
Hiligaynon, Cebuano,
Ilocano, Tagalog, T’boli,
Maguindanao

4. BRGY.KEMATU
•MCSMAI
•TMBMPC
•LEGEL SAKAM
•UMSMAI
BRGY. DESAWO
•DISSMAI
•TOLIK FAGALS

5. Environmental
Degradation?
Health and
Safety?
Socio-cultural
problems?
Policy and
Regulation?

6. ECONOMY
ENVIRONMENT
SOCIAL
SUSTAINABLE
MINING
The Minahang Bayanihan Program aims to promote sustainable SSM by RESPONDING to
current SSM issues and concerns, integrating the concept of CONVERGENCE and GOOD
GOVERNANCE

7. hared Governance
ersonnel Investment
ntegrating Technology
xecute Policies
ystem Overhaul
•S
•P
•I
•E
•S

8. “Building the Capacities on
Transparency and Governance of Small-
scale Mining Communities in South
Cotabato”
1. Strengthened the transparency and
accountability mechanisms in SSM operations
in T’boli
2. Developed and Instituionalize transparency
and accountability mechanisms through the
capability building on local public finance
management and mineral regulation.
3. Strengthened the local community in
identifying, planning and implementing social
development programs in the context of
economic and environmental sustainability

9. apacitate to Motivate
nvolve to Resolve
ct the ACTS

10. E.O. 37, Series of 2013 entitled“ AN ORDER INTENSIFYING SMALL-SCALE
MINING PERMITTING AND SAFETY REGULATION
in the province of South Cotabato”
•Notarized Oath of undertaking Small Scale Mine Safety Rules and Regulations
•Area Status Clearance certifying the applied site is not within highly critical
disaster prone area
•Tribal Resolution/Certification interposing no objection
•Section 3. SSM ID System
“No individual shall engage in any form of SSM activities without a Registered SSM
I.D. which is valid for two (2) years.”

11. 2013
TOLIK-FAGALAS SMALL SCALE MINING ASSOCIATION, INC.
2012

12. TOLIK-FAGALAS SMALL SCALE MINING ASSOCIATION, INC.
as of July 2013

13. DATU LEGAL SAKAM SMALL SCALE MINING ASSOCIATION, INC.
2012 2013

14. DATU LEGEL SAKAM CLAN SMALL SCALE MINING ASSOCIATION, INC.
As of July 2013

15. MAGUAN CLAN SMALL SCALE MINING ASSOCIATION, INC.
2012 2013

16. T’BOLI MINAHANG BAYAN MULTIPURPOSE COOPERATIVE
2012 2013

17. T’BOLI MINAHANG BAYAN MULTIPURPOSE COOPERATIVE
As of July 2013

18. UHAB-MAGUAN SMALL SCALE MINING ASSOCIATION, INC.
2012
2013

23. ederate System
roaden/expand Partnership
nter-agency cooperation

24. Positive Results and
Impacts
-Increased revenue
-Increased budget for SSM development Program
-Increased participation and involvement
-Increased/Facilitated Compliance
-Developed Social and Environmental Awareness
-Capacitated and well informed miners
-Strengthen the transparency and accountability
mechanisms in SSM operations in T’boli.

27. RESPONSIVE:
•Establishment of SSM Bayanihan Center
-Sub Office for permits processing
-Center for mining affairs
-Training Center
-DRR/CCA Response
-Monitoring Center
-Clinic
-Bunk House
-Economic enterprise (Gold buying)
-Research Center

28. Professionalize the SSM industry
-Miners Registration System
-Color coding and ID system
-Miner Insurance, savings and Micro lending assistance
-Job Security (Contract)
RESPONSIVE:

29. CONVERGENCE
-Expand Partnership (i.e., Academe, NGOs, Researchers, etc.)
-Fund pooling (Funding agencies)
GOVERNANCE
-Lobby for the review and updating of SSM ordinance
(Mine safety, ERF, Miners Registration, Closure Plans etc.)
-integrate new mining and environmental policies
(DRR/CCA, EO 79 etc.)
-Training of Enforcers

30. EVENUE GENERATING
MPACT ORIENTED
ARTICIPATORY
COLOGICAL BALANCE

31. 
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Facilitating stakeholders in recognizing the need for economic, socio-cultural and
ecological balance helps promote transparency, accountability and responsiveness.


32. Tey bong s’lamat!
Avance South
Cotabato!