About SITMo
History
The SITMo was launched in March 2000 under the auspices of the Sustainable Rural District Development Program (SRDDP) undertaken by the Philippine rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), the pioneering, oldest and biggest Philippine Non-government Organization that extended its coverage to the Province of Ifugao with funding from the NOVIB of the Netherlands.
The core of the SITMo is composed of federations and networks of peoples organizations, government, business and social institutions implementing sustainable development. Among those who have united to form the SITM are federations of Sustainable Agriculture, Environment & Natural Resources and Management practitioners, sustainable energy advocates and community health workers, communities which have bonded to ensure eco-tourism in heritage site villages, and professionals, entrepreneurs and government officials.
Congruent to and synchronized with the phasing down of the SRDDP in the province was the scaling up of SITMo operations through its members in the implementation and maintenance of the programs and projects under the SRDDP and its advocacies for its banner program for the rice terraces. Under the administration of Governor Teddy B. Baguilat, Jr. (2001-2004), when the provincial government assumed the lead responsibility from the national government for the rice terraces program, SITMo leaders and members were engaged and participated actively in the updating of the Rice Terraces Master Plan and its implementation with funding support from the National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA) and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In 2004, the PRRM also turned over to SITMo the management of the Ifugao Heritage & Community Education Center (IHCEC) located at Kiangan Municipality.
Vision and Mission
SITMo Ifugao Development Vision
Ifugao is economically developed and sustained as a world heritage sites and a world class eco-tourism destination with people who are healthy & well nourished, self sufficient, educated, globally competitive, highly skilled and God loving, living in harmony with nature & proud of their cultural identity.
SITMo’s Institutional VISION/MISSION Statement
SITMo shall be a well managed organization with competent & committed workers & core volunteers to advance the campaign for the protection & rehabilitation of the IRT, in a shared vision with other peoples & cultures of the world for a sustainable future and aims to build network of advocates & work group of the province, linked to national & international support institutions to help save the Ifugao Terraces.
About SITMo
