Formulation of guidelines and operational principles for the implementation of community-based micro-hydro power projects based on experiential learnings and lessons

Traditional Knowledge:Objectives of the project are:· To research, collect, collate and document traditional knowledge of the Talaandig peoples of Portulin;· To popularize research results through the development, production and broadcast of a documentary film to be called Kulturanhong Kasikas sa Kinaiyahan (Whispers of Culture for the Environment)· To translate into local vernaculars the Malaysia TK Documentation workshop results in CD form· To conduct TK documentation workshop for NGO/PO partners to increase appreciation and capacities for TK documentation· To establish a culturally-designed center as an education center and a repository of traditional knowledge Mindanao RE ConferenceObjectives of the project are:· Raise the level of awareness and achievements in community-based renewable energy systems (CBRES) by assessing key lessons in the completed and ongoing CBRES projects of SIBAT in Luzon and YAMOG in the Visayas and Mindanao.· Hold a one-day writeshop on concept proposal development on CBRES;· Exchange of learnings and experiences between and among POs/communities with completed/ongoing renewable energy projects;· Strengthen local capacity to respond to the increasing needs and growing interest of grassroots groups to engage in community-based renewable energy projects;