The following 2009 Operational
Directives shall serve as guide for the Sectoral Heads of the Land
Tenure Improvement (LTI), Agrarian Justice Delivery (AJD), Program
Beneficiaries Development (PBD), Finance, Management and Administration
(FMA), and Policy, Planning and External Affairs (PPEA) in the crafting
of their specific sectoral directives and quantitative and quantitative
targets.
I.
LAND TENURE IMPROVEMENT
Defer
the processing of Compulsory Acquisition (CA) including those
landholdings in the pipeline, and survey activities for lands under
CA until further notice;
Process workable landholdings under Voluntary Offer to Sell (VOS)
and Voluntary Land Transfer (VLT);
Finish all balances in Land Acquisition and Distribution (LAD) such
as Operation Land Transfer (OLT) under P.D. No. 27, Distributed But
Not Yet Documented (DNYD), Land Information System (LADIS),
Subdivision and Redocumentation of Collective CLOA;
Full
implementation of ARB Profiling; and
Complete Inventory of CARP Scope Balance.
II. AGRARIAN JUSTICE DELIVERY
A.
AGRARIAN LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Prioritize LAD-related, ageing, and flashpoint cases involving
bigger hectarages and more ARBs in the resolution/disposition of
agrarian cases;
Strengthen linkages between and among Legal, DARAB and Operations
Group to avoid recurrence of legal problems on LAD;
Utilize aggressively alternative dispute resolution to reduce
conflicts maturing into court cases; and
Maintain Zero Balance/ no pending case at the end of the year.
B.
ADJUDICATION OF CASES
Speed-up resolution of DARAB cases by prioritizing cases, automation
of database, and other relevant means;
Finalize the proposed amendment of DARAB Rules of Procedures; and
Continue the aggressive utilization of mediation and conciliation
and other alternative dispute resolution scheme to prevent disputes
to become full blown cases.
III. PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES
DEVELOPMENT
Integrate and harmonize all agribusiness initiatives/projects
implemented by various offices within the department
Operationalize the ARC Cluster Development Strategy;
Pursue differentiated/area-specific need-based interventions
approach according to ARC level of development and modality to
include areas not covered by the ARC clusters;
Increase membership base of partner ARB organizations by 10%;
Broaden the implementation of credit and microfinance programs to
support productivity and income enhancements, and particularly in
Region X and ARMM in support to the President’s directive on
pro-poor employment program
Expand, scale-up and/or intensify operations of existing competitive
and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in agrarian reform
areas;
Generate 100,000 additional jobs out of the agribusiness ventures,
enterprise related projects and physical infrastructure in agrarian
reform areas;
Intensify efforts to expand and increase access of basic social
services;
Establish new partnerships (local and foreign) to expand PBD reach;
and
Intensify PBD implementations in the provinces with 80-90% LAD
completion.
IV. MANAGING THE PUBLIC
Establish strong linkages through networking with various civil
society groups, women’s groups and other agencies;
Strengthen the existing mechanism instituted by the Department e.g.
Quick Response Operations (QRO) and Public Assistance and Complaints
Coordinating Unit (PACCU);
Maximize the use of the DAR website in sharing and disseminating
data, information and advocacy campaign on CARP; and
Intensify the promotion to the public the construction and
completion of physical infrastructure projects by putting-up
signboards indicating that they are nationally-funded projects under
the President Arroyo’s administration.
Strengthen the existing Gender-based Connectivity with the Public
and the other activities already instituted in the Department
V. MANAGING THE BUREAUCRACY
Establish and operationalize the CARP Integrated Database System and
undertake the following activities within the next six months:
Firm up the LAD Balance categorized according to land
size, mode of acquisition, crop type, etc;
Parallel implementation of the Field Operations File
(FO Files) and LAD Integrated Database Management System (LAD-IMS);
Continue the inventory of Approved Survey Plans of
previously acquired and distributed lands;
Reconcile the data in the data in the EP/CLOA IS with
the official reported data on LAD (with Field Operations Office and
Planning Service)
Continue the profiling of ARBs; and
Full operation of the Legal Case Monitoring System
Review and align accordingly the work load status of the three major
programs (LTI, PBD and AJD) vis-à-vis the structure and staff
complement of provinces with 80-90% completed LAD to intensify PBD
implementation;
Temporarily held in
the abeyance the rationalization efforts of the Department pending
results of the Congress deliberations of the CARP bill
Observe utmost
commitment, efficiency and integrity in the performance of our
assigned duties and responsibilities in keeping with the Code of
Conduct for the Officials and Employees of DAR (MC 10, Series of
2007);
Enjoin the unified
support of the rank and file for the passage of the CARP Bill,
setting aside personal interests and associations’ divergent
opinions and ideals;
Strengthen the
existing mechanism instituted by the Department relative to
Gender-Responsive Bureaucracy Management; and
Adhere to
non-interference policy on Union-related matters.
