1999

DA-DAR-DENR Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 01 series of 1999
Development and Operationalization of a Common Framework for the Sustainable Rural Development

DA-DAR-DENR JMC No. 01 series of 2004
Piloting of convergence sites for the implementation and operationalization of the NCI-SRD program
Guidelines for the Operational of the Reactivated DA-DAR-DENR Convergence Program towards Sustainable Rural Development

2004
2005

GIZ The Environment and Rural Development Program (EnRD) Phase 1
Partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to strengthen the capacity of the local government to promote rural development and sustainable use of natural resources

Island- wide DA-DAR-DENR Convergence Program Orientation and Planning Workshop
Primacy of LGUs are recognized
Identification of agribusiness areas

DA-DAR-DENR JMC No. 01 series of 2006
Effective implementation of the Convergence Initiative towards Sustainable Rural Development pursuant to JMC No. 1 series of 2004

2006
2007

Sustainable Upland Development Executive Order (EO) 606 series of 2007
Formalized through the JMC No. 1 series of 1999 and strengthened by another issuance of JMC No. 1 series of 2006: “Adoption of the Guide for Implementation on DA-DAR-DENR Convergence Initiatives towards Sustainable Rural Development”

GIZ The Environment and Rural Development Program (EnRD) Phase 2
Partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to strengthen the capacity of the local government to promote rural development and sustainable use of natural resources

2009
2010

Joint Memorandum Circular for the Enhanced NCI
Sustaining agribusiness investment, and adoption of watershed and ecosystem management approach

Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016
NCI-SRD as a strategy to contribute to inclusive growth and poverty reduction in the countryside

2011 Resolution on TWG along Ecosystem
Formally created and organized the three (3) TWG along Ecosystem namely (i) Forestry and Upland Development (ii) Sustainable Lowland Agriculture, and (iii) Coastal and Marine Resources Management

2011 NCI-SRD and DILG Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
An opportunity for expanding the focus of NCI-SRD intervention which includes DILG-LGUs-LED site specific projects on agribusiness and agri- tourism as well as renewable energy and climate change adaption

National Greening Program EO 26
NCI-SRD to develop interventions in accordance to the reduction of poverty, promotion of food security, environmental stability and biodiversity conservation, and enhancement of climate change mitigation and adaption measures, and serve as an oversight committee to ensure that the program is implemented

2011
2012

Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Program 2012- 2017
Efficiency through convergence and knowledge management
Proposal for NCI-SRD bill

Scholarship for Masters in Public Management Major in Rural Development (MPM-RD)
Aims to form a pool of ethical and transformational rural development leaders from the DA-DAR-DENR

Balik Probinsya Program (BPP)
Aims to create new sustainable and productive communities through securing tenure and livelihood of existing forest occupant and informal settler families, along the provision of various community development interventions

NCI-SRD and DND MOA
DND has signified its intention and willingness to develop selected military reservations to productive use in support of the National Greening Program and poverty reduction efforts of the government

2013
2014

Memorandum Order No. 70
NCI-SRD under Office of the Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization oversight functions

DA-DAR-DENR-DILG JAO No. 01 series of 2015
Inclusion of DILG in the NCI-SRD and creation of three (3) ecosystems Technical Working Groups (TWGs)

National Greening Program Executive Order EO 193

Coverage of all the remaining unproductive, denuded, and degraded forestlands and its period of implementation from 2016- 2018

2015
2017

Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022
Chapter 8. Expanding Economic Opportunities in Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries
“Complement strategic efforts with environmental and governance strategies continue to pursue the National Convergence initiative using ridge to reef approach”.

1 Convergence Area established with CADP

NCI-SRD Resolution No. 11 Series of 2018
NCI-SRD Roadmap 2018-2030

NCI-SRD Resolution No. 12 Series of 2018
NCI-SRD National Capacity Development Plan 2018-2022

NCI-SRD Resolution No. 7 Series of 2018
NCI-SRD CADP Manual of Operations

8 Convergence Areas established with CADP

2018
2019

5 Convergence Areas established with CADP

Memorandum of Agreement with Department of National Defense
Developing bamboo plantation inside FMMR in accordance with the policy to pursue sustainable development for poverty reduction, food security, biodiversity conservation, and climate change adaptation

Joint Resolution No. 12 Series of 2019
NCI-SRD Strategic Communication Plan 2021-2025

Memorandum of Agreement with Department of Social Welfare and Development
Implementation of Sustainable Livelihood Program in Convergence Areas

4 Convergence Areas established with CADP

Joint Resolution No. 7 Series of 2020
NCI-SRD Strategy Framework

House Bill No. 8005
Approval of the NCS-SRD Bill in the third and final reading of the Lower House

2020
2021

2 Convergence Areas established with CADP

Joint Resolution No. 1 Series of 2021
NCI-SRD Management Information System

3 new Convergence Areas

CADP Manual of Operations 2022

Joint Memorandum Order Institutionalizing Agrobiodiversity within the NCI-SRD
Framework


Central Antique Convergence Area Success Story
an AVP

Catalyst: Transforming Communities through Sustainable Rural Development
a coffee table book

2022
2023

2 new Convergence Areas

Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) on the Revised Guidelines for the Masters in Public
Management Major in Rural Development (MPM-RD) Scholarship Program


Position paper for the National Convergence Strategy for Sustainable Rural Development
(NCS-SRD) Bill


Memorandum of Agreement of the Ayala District Convergence Area

Resolution No. 9, series of 2023:
Quality Management System for the Creation and Approval of a CADP

Resolution No. 11, series of 2023:
NCI-SRD Social Media Guidelines

NCI-SRD Roadmap 2018-2030 2nd edition

NCI-SRD National Capacity Development Plan FY 2024-2028

NCI-SRD AFF Enterprise Cluster and Business Plan Preparation Facilitators’ Guide Modules 1-4

Resolution No. 12, series of 2023:
updated NCI-SRD Strategy Framework