Land Watch Philippines Workshop, 24-25 January 2008 Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City   Participants to a Land Watch Meeting held in the Philippines last 24-25 January 2008 adopted a program for advocacy detailing inter-sectoral action plans to promote access by basic sectors in the country to land, water and other natural resources.   The Land Watch Philippines Intersectoral Meeting on Land and Water Access of the Rural Poor was jointly organized by ANGOC and the Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA), the two country focal points for Land Watch in the Philippines.   Besides presenting the Strategy Statement, the meeting sought to validate the Philippines Country Strategy Paper. The members of Land Watch Asia had earlier agreed to prepare strategy paper for each country that would serve as a tool to enhance the land campaigns of civil society advocates for access to land. In particular, the Country Strategy Paper for the Philippines is designed to: (a) review the policy and legal environment on access to land and tenurial security; (b) assess past contributions and current efforts of different sectors (government, the private sector, donors, social movements and civil society) to address land issues; and (c) identify opportunities, challenges and strategies in effectively addressing issues and gaps and in advancing access to land and tenurial security of disadvantaged land dependent users.   The Philippines Country Strategy Paper was prepared by a working group.