Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) Training Guidebook for Local Enumerators and Facilitators: As applied in the context of Indigenous Peoples and Migrant Settlers in the Philippines

From 2018 to 2021, ANGOC and XSF, through the Secure Access to Land and Resources (SALaR) Project of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), implemented the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) in the context of indigenous peoples and migrant settlers in Bukidnon, Philippines. The STDM is a land tool and information system that documents and recognizes “people to land” relationships independent of the level of formality or legality.

This training guidebook serves to assist local enumerators and community facilitators in the implementation of STDM and participatory enumeration under the SALaR project. It contains the key concepts of STDM and participatory enumeration, an overview of the training course for enumerators and accompanying modules, the application of technical devices and software, conduct of participatory validation of data generated, and awarding of certificates of customary land occupancy. Other civil society organizations may also use this guidebook as a reference in replicating or scaling up on the SALaR initiative, or in the conduct of similar activities.

Founded in 1979, ANGOC is a regional association of national and regional networks of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia, actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, participatory governance, and rural development.