[{"bbox": [81, 145, 1145, 1527], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td></td><td>Change in senior management or erratic staff turnover in targeted Government Agencies and LGUs preventing effective uptake of capacity building efforts</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>Collaborate with League of Cities of the Philippines to ensure continued engagement from the network of LGUs.<br/>Agree with LGUs on their long-term commitment and the allocation of a counterpart team with technical and resource staff in charge of coordination of support and dissemination of knowledge and information to other LGU departments.</td></tr><tr><td>4. Legality and regulatory aspects</td><td>Foreign ownership regulations hamper the uptake of technology and knowledge transfer from possible international business partners.</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td><td>Ensure the early involvement of the Board of Investment and Philippine Economic Zone Authority (in charge for the Special Economic Zones), both addressing investment incentives for domestic and foreign companies in the Philippines. Foreign ownership rules have been eased for geothermal and waste to energy technology to 100%, which can be further expanded to other sectors. Foreign companies located in export-oriented Special Economic Zones (SEZs) can own 100%.</td></tr><tr><td>5. Market risk aspects</td><td>Lack of response or passive action from industry to genuinely address plastic waste problems in the value chain.</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td><td>An important industry sector (fast moving consumer goods, in collaboration with waste repurposing businesses of several kind) jointly with the government has agreed on a Zero Waste to Nature roadmap which builds the basic understanding of an agreed way forward, especially with the support of the Fast-moving consumer goods (FCMG) industry (plastics packaging for food beverages) which accounts for 70% of the amounts ending up in the environment.</td></tr><tr><td>6. Communication and information/ Gender equality/ inclusiveness</td><td>Unorganised informal waste sector (where women participation is high) fails to effectively participate in dialogue with public and private sector actors.</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>Wherever available include the representatives of women groups, for example at Metro Manila Barangay level (Women's Balikatan Movement in Manila formed the waste pickers and itinerant buyers' co-operatives called the Linis Ganda programme 23. Today, there are co-operatives in each of the 17 cities and towns that comprise Metro Manila).</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [84, 1619, 470, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "23 https://globalrec.org/law-report/philippines/"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1679, 1141, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 14 of 31"}]