Access To Environmental Justice: A Capacity Assessment On The Pillars Of The Justice System
The project is entitled Development of Framework and Capacity Assessment on Environmental Justice. It is a joint project of the Supreme Court of the Philippines implemented by the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA) in cooperation with the Program Management Office (PMO). The Project is under the Fostering Democratic Governance Programme – Enhancing Access to the Pillars of Justice, a partnership between the Philippine Government, through the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The Project aims to assess the capacity of the five pillars of the justice system to execute and implement the provisions of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and the various environmental laws and develop a Sourcebook aimed to address all policy gaps and give recommendations for the effective access to Environmental Justice. There are two outputs: the (1) Capacity Assessment on the Pillars of the Justice System in Enhancing Environmental Justice; and (2) Sourcebook on Environmental Justice. This report is the capacity assessment component of the Project.
Methodology of the Report A capacity assessment provides a comprehensive perspective on the capacities critical to the achievement of a country’s development objectives. It is an analysis of desired future capacities against current capacities and offers a systematic way of gathering critical knowledge and information on capacity assets and needs. This, in turn, will help in identifying the strengths which can be used and the gaps and weaknesses that have to immediately be addressed. It can serve a number of purposes as well, such as:
- Act as a catalyst for action;
- Confirm priorities for action;
- Build political support for an agenda;
- Offer a platform for dialogue among stakeholders;
- Provide insight into operational hurdles in order to unblock a program or project;
- Provide a starting point for the formulation of capacity development responses.
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