Organizational Aspects of the Philippine Environmental and Social Assessment Network, Inc'

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Organizational Aspects of thePhilippine
Environmental and Social Assessment Network, Inc.

• Dr. Zosimo E. Lee
• Dean
• College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
• University of the Philippines, Diliman

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Vision of the Network

• PESAN, Inc. is an association of environmental
  and social assessment practitioners dedicated to
  the promotion of ethical practices, technical
  competency, and professional standards in
  environmental and social assessments through open
  sharing and exchange of information

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Main Purposes of the Network

• To promote and contribute to the local and global
  practice of environmental and social assessment
  towards sustainable development.

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Main Purposes of the Network

• To promote research and consultative practices
  which identify and address the full environmental
  and social impacts of strategies, policies,
  plans, programs, and projects.
• To promote and encourage a high standard of
  practice amongst members of the Network and
  others using impact assessment methods, in
  accordance with the Code of Ethics.
• To foster solidarity and attend to the interests
  of the members relating to their practice within
  the Networks capacity

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Specific purposes

• To promote the development of environmental and
  social assessment theory and methods.
• To promote environmental and social assessment
  that recognizes and accommodates different social
  and cultural values, including those of
  indigenous peoples.
• To undertake or encourage initiatives, consistent
  with other objects, powers and resources of the
  Network, to promote or advance the protection of
  the environment.

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Area Coverage of the Network

• National Coverage

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Membership in the Network

• Includes all environmental and social assessment
  practitioners, individual and institutional.

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Activities of the Network

• Publish periodic (semi- annual) newsletter
• Establish and maintain a communication network
  including web site and an email list, to link
  members of the Network through Knowledge
  Development Centers, academe, etc.
• Hold conferences for practitioners and other
  interested people on aspects of ESA theory and
  practice

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Activities of the Network

• Organize training and professional development
  activities
• Promote confederation of ESA practitioners and
  encourage and support their activities
• Advocate conduct of ESA for strategies,
  policies, plans, programs and projects.

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Activities of the Network

• Develop a library and/or other media resources
• Promote the practice of peer review
• Maintain and update a data bank of individual and
  institutional practitioners.
• Provide expertise, services, or assistance as
  requested.
• Participate in international activities.

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Ethical Guidelines of Network

• Commit themselves to principles of rationality,
  justice, and sustainable development.
• Demonstrate a concern for the social and
  environmental effects of development and policy
  decisions.
• Consider the effects of development, program and
  policy decisions on all sectors of the community,
  with reference to relevant (especially social and
  environmental) characteristics.
• Be committed to the empowerment of all people,
  including indigenous people and those who are
  disadvantaged, to influence the development,
  policy and program decisions which affect them.

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PESAN, Inc. Membership Forms

• http//web.kssp.upd.edu.ph/eis/links.html