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the mining sector having been identied as a pilot project for Just
Transition.

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When asked by the author during the Renewable Energy Congress ..
held in Cebu City on 25-27 September 2019 co-organized by the
Center for Empowerment, Innovation and Training on Renewable
Energy (CentRE); Patrick Patriwirawan, OIC Director of DOLE's
Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) and Arnold Grant Belver, Senior
Research Specialist of the Climate Change Commission (CCC), both
conceded that concerned agencies have yet to nish their respective
homework. They also expressed hope that these will be completed
before the year ends.

The delays, according to ILO's Enterprise Development Specialist,
Hideki Kagohashi, were partly due to the slow decision-making
processes within the inter-agency bodies as representatives to the
meetings usually didn't have decision-making powers. In fact,
Kagohashi's updates on Just Transition that he presented during a
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Focus Group Discussion organized by the CentRE with power and
transport workers unions held earlier in Quezon City remain
fragmented as he himself has yet to receive status updates from
several agencies.

And nally, the most important pillar of Just Transition, which is
social dialogue or negotiations, is best evaluated at the ground level.
However, while this aspect remains hounded by many questions, it
also needs more than just a written report but the actual activities
taking place on the ground. One-shot sectoral consultations and
workshops do not make a social dialogue.

Have actual negotiations with key stakeholders taken place which, in
turn, resulted in the formulation of common plans for action at the
workplace level or at the level of affected communities? Were actual
transition plans collectively prepared for power industry and
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transport unions or for environmental justice communities ? These
are the continuing concerns that have yet to be addressed.

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