STEP stands for Sustainable Technologies and Entrepreneurial
Permaculture Program. This six-year project in Isabela
involves:

• Isabela, a province in the Northern Philippines, as program site and co-implementor
• Antwerp, a province in Belgium, as program co-funder
• Cabiokid, a foundation with a permaculture development site in Nueva Ecija,  as program coordinator in the Philippines

STEP will use permaculture to address the problems of poverty
and environmental degradation in Isabela. It aims to spur entrepreneurial activities
in the province using ecologically apt technologies.



Key Projects
STEP is a multi-layered program with projects conceptualized and evolved at community level. At the end of the program, it is envisioned that –

• 7 learning resource centers and 6 satellite centers have become permaculture and livelihood showcases in Isabela
• There is actual trading, bartering and selling through the Organic Highway project
• There is a wide catalogue of locally grown, designed and manufactured products
• Isabela has a province wide travel and access network for low footprint impact travellers

Key Result Areas
STEP is at its heart, a human resource development program, aimed at assisting participants develop greater awareness of themselves and their environment and using this to transform their lives and locales. The key result areas for achieving this are:  

• Creation of greater awareness, knowledge and skills among the local population on ways and means to protect, exploit and sustain the natural wealth of the province
• Coaching of beneficiaries in the adaptation of permaculture principles at individual and community level
• Application of permaculture principles in establishing simple, feasible and nature-based livelihood opportunities
• Generation of employment opportunities based on entrepreneurial skills developed and propagated 

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