ROMELO ASTRONOMIA
MEDIATOR/MENTOR/TRAINER
Skills / Expertise
•Conflict Mapping•
•EDRMP Strategy Development•
•Mediation
•Facilitating Healing and Reconciliation Process•
•Designing a Conflict Management System•
•Systematic processes and techniques in mediation, conciliation or facilitation of dispute resolution processes•
•Community-based mediation and conflict resolution in environmentally-critical areas•
•Capacity building of legal officers•
Professional Experiences
Freelance Mediator/Trainer • 2016 - present
Private law practitioner working with environmental NGOs Provided legal advice and support, reviews legislation and drafts position papers for the following environmental non-governmental organizations: Ecological Solid Waste (EcoWaste) Coalition of the Philippines and Earth Island Institute (EII)-Philippines
City/Municipality Coordinator • Local Poverty Reduction Action Team (LPRAT) – DILG Region VI • 2013 - 2016
LPRAT spearheads the formulation and monitoring of the Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan (LPRAP)
Freelance Mediator/Trainer • 2009 - 2012
Regional Coordinator for Visayas • Mediators Network for Sustainable Peace (MedNet) Inc. • November 2005 - 2008
Training Officer Brgy. Justice Service System Project, Merciphil Development Foundation, Iloilo City • April 2000 – January 2003
Program Director • Agrarian Center for Transformation and Development, Inc. Iloilo City• April 1995 – March 1999
National Staff • PEACE Foundation, Inc.
Quezon City- Area Assignment: Cebu • March 1993 – March 1995
Lead Trainer • PEACE Panay Development Center
Iloilo City • January 1992 – February 1993
Community Organizer • People’s Social Formation Center, Inc. Roxas City, Capiz • January 1991 – December 1991
Experience in Mediation
Settlers’ Ejectment Case • 1997 • Building Peace: Best Mediation Practices in Filipino Communities, A Compendium of Nine Community Mediation Cases
Other related experiences or Achievements:
Training & Education
Facilitated Basic Mediation Trainings
Eastern Visayas Basic Mediation Training • August 7-11,2017 • Handmaids of The Lord, San Damiano Retreat House, Palo Leyte
Bachelor of Science in Sociology • March 1994 • Non-Traditional Studies Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Sta. Mesa, Manila
Bachelor of Science in Architecture • March 1991• University of San Agustin