Proposed long-term institutional setting

The proposed long term institutional setting of this strategy will align with the Manila Bay Sustainable Development Masterplan and Climate Responsive Integrated Master Plan for Pampanga River Basin, which means that any plans/projects will be recommended to the Manila Bay Development Commission which will check the plans and will analyse and propose for funding solutions.

Proposed long term institutional set-up

The organizational structure of the proposed set-up in figure above is shown in in detail in Appendix 5. The ABB-BP is an existing grouping of the ten towns, municipalities, and two provinces which cover most of the project site.

  • The North Manila Bay Flood Protection Strategy will provide the basis for the ABB-BP to request for projects and plans. The first projects and plans will be based on direct implementation of some of the plans proposed in this strategy. After some projects have been executed based on this strategy new plans/projects can be developed. The ABB-BP will also make sure that all local stakeholders, such as fisherfolks, are included in the decision making.

  • The ABB-BP has a lack of mandate and resources.

    • The mandate of the ABB-BP has to be updated to make decisions on which projects within its constituency will be recommended for execution. This is only possible if the ABB-BP is still active after the 2022 elections. Otherwise, there needs to be a new/other institutes that represents all LGU’s in the North Manila Bay area.

    • The ABB-BP currently does not have the funding or resources to make these decisions. Provincial funds or other supporting funds are available according to the Integrated Coastal Management Act (EO533) [60]. These funds will need to be requested, in which this strategy can act as a basis.

    • With the supporting funds, the ABB-BP can request or further develop projects and put in the requests with the Manila Bay Development Commission.

  • The proposed Manila Bay Development Commission is responsible for funding and coordination of the project.

  • For execution, the ABB-BP will champion the project with external technical guidance support and provide a long-term sustainability and maintenance plan.