Innovation Support Fund

LAMP2 provides for the establishment of a grant fund from the Australian Government to the total of $1.5 million AUD, to encourage provinces and municipalities to become actively engaged in initiating process of land administration and management reform and improved delivery of land related services.

The specific objectives of the Innovations Support Fund (ISF) facility is to support and promote activities and programs that :

Introduce focused interventions, innovations and new processes developed in LAMP to select LGUs

Improve governance, transparency and efficiencies in basic land administration and management service delivery, specifically in land tenure security, land valuations, land titling and land records management.

Strengthen local inter-agency cooperation, convergence, service integration and partnership of key stakeholders in land administration and management services and functions, particularly, the establishment and operations of a One-Stop-Shop facility for land administration and management services.

Enhancement of local institutional accountability, capacities, performance and participation of land administration and management services.

Support and strengthen local land administration and management policy, advocacy, instructional and administrative reform initiatives.

The ISF program shall commence in July 2006 and operate for two and a half years, ending in December 2008.

Involvement in ISF shall be based on a competitive submission of proposals. Proposals are open from all levels of governments (province, city and/or municipality).

The ISF is a mechanism and unit built-in under the Project Management Component of LAMP2. ISF operates within the directions and objectives of LAMP2 with the National Steering Committee for LAMP2 being the over-all policy guidance and decision making body for the ISF facility. A management team provides over-all administrative supervision and guidance of the ISF facility. The ISF management team includes the Executive Director of LAMP, the Team Leader for Technical Assistance and the ISF Manager.

A Grant and Awards committee for ISF shall be established to serve as a review and approving body for the ISF facility. This committee shall be composed of one representative from each of the LAMP2 implementing agencies (DENR/ LMB, DOF/ BLGF, and DOJ/LRA); one representative from each of the League of Cities and Municipalities; one representative from the LAMP2 Project Coordination Office and the ISF manager (as a non-voting member). The DENR Representative shall serve as chair of this committee with the DOJ representative as co-chair.

Guiding principles of the Innovations Support Fund

All applications and the implementation of the ISF grant shall be based on the guiding principles of innovations, partnership and co-operation, demand driven, and results based and accountability.

ISF - What is on offer ?

A total of ten (10) Small Grants each amounting to between 500,000 – 750,000 Php and five (5) Programmatic Grants of between 5-7 Million PHP shall be awarded to LGUs and local partner(s).

More details can be found on eligibility, how to apply and the approval process for ISF.

What support is being provided to ISF applicants ?

Through LAMP technical assistance shall be offered in the areas of project proposal preparation and design, preparation and planning works with the LGUs and local partner(s). The technical assistance is being provided to interested LGUs and local partners to ensure the good practices in land administration and management, as developed and implemented in LAMP1 are able to be transferred to the LGUs and local partner(s).