Alamin: Ano nga ba ang Philippine Resilience Awards?
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00:00A prestigious award that gives pride to individuals and communities
00:04that showed their strength and resilience in the face of trials and tribulations
00:09is what we will discuss this morning.
00:12And to explain to us about the Philippine Resilience Awards,
00:16we will have the Executive Director of the National Resilience Council,
00:20Mr. Silvestre Barameda Jr.
00:23Good morning and welcome to Rise and Shine Philippines.
00:25Good morning to you too,
00:27especially to the followers of Rise and Shine Philippines.
00:31Good morning, sir.
00:32First of all, sir, please tell us about this award.
00:38The Philippine Resilience Award is an award
00:42that gives pride to our fellow Filipinos
00:46who contributed to the strength and fortification of our local communities.
00:54These are individuals from the families of women and children
00:59that we will give recognition as a model of leadership and governance
01:05and evidence-informed risk governance.
01:08They are examples and serve as an inspiration to our fellow Filipinos
01:14so that we can further address the dangers
01:19of climate change.
01:21This year, we are recognizing two categories, women and children.
01:27And we have a theme now, women and children, a strong country.
01:32This Philippine Resilience Award is a new initiative
01:38where the public and the private sector are united
01:42to complete this award and recognize our fellow Filipinos
01:46who came from the communities and contributed
01:50to the so-called resilience building.
01:54The factor of helping each other is really big
01:57to face the upcoming diseases, especially in the community-based.
02:02How can this recognition you will give help
02:07to inspire our fellow Filipinos to come together
02:11whenever a disease will come?
02:13Through the examples that our fellow Filipinos
02:18who will become what we call resilience champions,
02:22I think the inspiration to show that you can do this
02:28even if you are a small member of a small community,
02:32whether you are a woman or a child,
02:35you have the ability to contribute
02:39to a positive transformation and change
02:43within our communities.
02:46Audrey, I believe that we Filipinos are resilient
02:50when it comes to any kind of disease.
02:52But sir, what are the criteria for choosing
02:55to be included in this award?
02:58First of all, in our criteria,
03:02we are looking at leadership in governance
03:05or the ability to lead, organize,
03:08and present a solution to our fellow Filipinos.
03:12Second, we are using a science and technology-based approach
03:18and we are pursuing an evidence-based decision-making
03:24and policy-making through our programs
03:28because resilience building is not based on mere guesses.
03:34Everything that our champions do is based on evidence.
03:39Third, we are looking at the results as well as the impact.
03:43In other words, what are the contributions
03:45that influenced them to strengthen their neighbors
03:51and our fellow Filipinos.
03:54Sir, in our country, let's be archipelagic,
03:57there are places that are often hit by disasters.
04:00Are there models from the resilient local communities
04:07that can be used in those places?
04:12That's true.
04:14We are in the Pacific Ring of Fire.
04:18More than 20 typhoons hit or enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility every year.
04:25So, if we look at it,
04:27given that these natural hazards
04:31are already there,
04:35the important thing that we are looking at here
04:38is how our resilience champions strengthen their abilities
04:44to be able to support, prepare,
04:47and ensure that they do not become victims.
04:50In other words, even before they were hit,
04:53they already ensure that the foundation is strong,
04:56especially with their homes,
05:00as well as their livelihood.
05:02So, what we are saying here is that
05:04what usually happens is that they escape.
05:07They are alive, but they lost their livelihood.
05:10Our resilience champions,
05:12we look at them as an example of those who ensure
05:16that they do not have to become a victim
05:19in order to become a resilience champion.
05:22To lessen the damage
05:25that can happen to a village.
05:28But sir, just after the El Nino phenomenon,
05:31are there any people that you know
05:34that had a good response about this?
05:37We will look at those who will submit their nomination.
05:43Because in fact, this search award is through the nomination
05:47of different segments of our society.
05:50So, it could be from the government,
05:53it could be from the private sector,
05:55civil society organization,
05:57or even from the communities or small communities.
06:00So, this is open to everyone.
06:02And you can nominate your acquaintances
06:05or we saw that there were people who showed
06:09or really took action to address the issue of climate change.
06:13So, how can we answer?
06:15Is there a website or email?
06:17This is on the website of our partners.
06:21In fact, this award is led by
06:24the office of Senator Loren Legarda.
06:26We are also with the Climate Change Commission.
06:29Philippine Commission on Women.
06:31There is also the Arise Philippines
06:33or the alliance of the private sector
06:36that supports the pandemic.
06:38There is also the WinDRR,
06:40which is the Global Initiative of Women Champions.
06:44The details of our award, the criteria, etc.,
06:49and how to apply and nominate
06:51are on the website and social media page
06:54of our partners here.
06:56So, what will be the system here, sir?
06:58How will we give our recognition?
07:00We started this every year.
07:02We started with the Women's Association.
07:04This year, we did it again.
07:06And hopefully, we will really institutionalize it
07:09and we will continue to do this every year
07:11and we will get to know the different contributions
07:14made by our countrymen about this.
07:17Alright, thank you very much for sharing with us
07:20the information and details about the
07:22Philippine Resilience Award.
07:24Mr. Silvestre Barameda Jr.,
07:26Executive Director of the National Resilience Council.
07:29Once again, thank you very much, sir.
07:31Thank you very much to all of you.
07:32And good morning.