Philippines

The Solutions for Marine and Coastal Resilience in the Coral Triangle (SOMACORE) Programme, implemented by GIZ, facilitated an operational planning workshop in Quezon City, Philippines to finalize its 2026- 2027 Philippine Operational Workplan.

German Parliamentary State Secretary Johann Saathoff from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ) recently visited the Philippines. He met with Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda, Department of Finance Secretary Frederick Go and Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Maria Andrelita Austria to affirm Germany’s continued support in the country.

The cities of Bacolod and Caloocan partnered for a hands-on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Learning Exchange, exploring how local demonstration sites can support safer e-waste collection, recycling, and policy alignment.

The Mindanao TRANSCEND Partners’ Forum aimed to bring together national government, regional agencies, and local government officials to align government initiatives with planned interventions, explore synergies across key focus areas, and ensure that project interventions are grounded in local context and realities.

PAG-USWAG was more than an event — it was a celebration of people, partnerships, and the powerful journey of coffee from the highlands to our homes. Serving as both Project Coffee++’s Closing Program on the GIZ-side, and the official launch on the partners’ side, the gathering marked a meaningful milestone in the shared mission to uplift Filipino coffee farmers and strengthen the local coffee industry.

Partners of the GIZ-implemented Project “Management and Conservation
of Blue Carbon Ecosystems (MACBLUE),” the Ministry of Environment and Climate
Change, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the
Pacific Community (SPC), and GIZ gathered in Suva to mark the successful completion of MACBLUE in Fiji.

Coffee farmers in Maragusan, Davao de Oro, took a big step toward climate resilience with the completion of a Climate Smart Agriculture Training of Trainers last September 4–5, 2025. The two-day activity was made possible through the support of the Model Cooperative Network (MCN) and the GIZ SPADe Programme, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union (EU).

Key government agencies and partners gathered for the Final Internal Validation Meeting of the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Blue Carbon Policy Roadmap on August 15, 2025 at the Climate Change Development Authority (CCDA) in Port Moresby. The roadmap reflects months of collaboration and a shared commitment to climate resilience, biodiversity, and sustainable coastal livelihoods.

The inaugural session of Tales from the Triangle: A Talanoa Series on Marine Conservation was held on July 30, 2025, convening over 70 participants from government agencies, non-government organizations, civil society, academia, and development partners across the Coral Triangle. Supported by the German Federal Government via the International Climate Initiative (IKI), through the Solutions for Marine and Coastal Resilience (SOMACORE) in the Coral Triangle Programme, the webinar series fosters inclusive, transboundary dialogue grounded in the Pacific concept of talanoa—a process of open, respectful, and participatory exchange.