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Project PartnersForging Land Partnerships in the PhilippinesAsian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reformand Rural Development (ANGOC)6A Malumanay St. U.P. Village, Diliman 1103 Quezon City, PhilippinesTel.: (63-2)4337653-54 Fax: (63-2)9217498Email: angoc@angoc.ngo.ph URL: www.angoc.ngo.phANGOC is a regional association of 21 national and regional networks of nongovernmentorganizations (NGOs) from 11 Asian countries actively engaged in foodsecurity, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture and rural development activities. Itsmember-networks have an effective reach of some 3,000 NGOs throughout theregion. ANGOC was founded inBangkok in February 1979, following a two-yearseries of village and national-level consultations in 10 Asian countries leading to theWorld Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (WCARRD, Rome,1979). ANGOC seeks to address the key issues related to agrarian reform,sustainable agriculture and rural development in the region.www.landcoalition.orgThe International Land Coalition is a global alliance of intergovernmental,governmental and civil-society organizations. The Land Coalition works together withthe rural poor to increase their secure access to natural resources, especially land,and enable them to participate directly in policy and decision-making processes thataffect their livelihoods at local, national, regional and international levels.PAFIDPhilippine Association for Inter-Cultural Development, Inc.71 Malakas St. U.P. Village, Diliman 1103, Quezon City, PhilippinesTel.: (63-2) Fax: (63-2)Email: pafid@zpdee.net URL: www.iapad.org/pafidPAFID today is an institution with over 140 members and a staff of 32 engaged in thedevelopment of indigenous social organizations, ancestral domain management,community-based natural resources management planning, community mapping, agroforestry,technical services, policy advocacy and others.AR NOW!The People’s Campaign for Agrarian Reform Networkc/o PhilDHRRA 59 C. Salvador St., Loyola Heights, Quezon City, PhilippinesTelefax: (63-2)4266740 Email: arnow.inc@gmail.comAR NOW! is a national coalition of 15 civil-society organizations involved in agrarianreform advocacy in The Philippines. It was established in 1997 as a response to theneed to distribute private agricultural lands under the government's ComprehensiveAgrarian Reform Programme (CARP) which was passed in 1988. Many agrarian reformadvocates looked at the poor performance of land distribution and saw the imperative ofpursuing agrarian reform beyond the first 10 years of CARP implementation. Consensusformed around the urgency for a national campaign that would seek to revive agrarianreform and rural development in the national agenda.