Just recently, the Alliance of Bangsamoro for Peace and Sustainable Development, Incorporated as presently lead organization of the Maguindanao Network of Organization (MAGNETO) and People's Coalition for ARMM Reform and Transformation (People's CART) had signed an engagement with the Asia Foundation (TAF) on the project entitled "CSO's Monitoring of Transition Investment Support Plan (TISP) Projects in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The project is a year activity to be undertaken in the Province of Maguindanao. Out of the 15 main member organizations of the MAGNETO, there will be ten (10) member organizations who will participate in the monitoring activities of the network.
MAGNETO is a network organization of the People's Coalition for ARMM Reform and Transformation in the Province of Maguindanao. There are also networks of organizations in the other 4 provinces of the ARMM, as the case of Tawi-Tawi with network lead by Tarbilang Foundation and had an engagement with the Asia Foundation and other provinces, such as Ulangig Foundation in Sulo.
The project will be including activities on the formation of the monitoring team, actual field monitoring activities, meeting with the TISP Project Management Office and Concerned Implementing Agencies and submit the result into public by conducting conference at a time the project will be nearly ending. In this project, it focuses on the 4 agencies of the government, such as: (1) DSWD, (2) DPWH, (3) DOH, and (4) DA.
The project was started last August 15, 2012 and will be ending by August 15, 2013.
ABPSD EXEC ATTENDED KFI BOARD MEETING
The ABPSD CEO, Dr. Pendatun Alon Pangadil, being a member of the Board of Trustees of the Kadtuntaya Foundation, Incorporated (KFI) held May 10, 2009 at the Conference Room of the KFI Community Training and Resource Center in Cotabato City. There are six (6) members of the board who attended with the Executive Director Guiamil M. Alim as ex-officio member, who had just returned from medication in Manila and the Secretariat. The meeting was called, supposed to be conducted last January 2009, however it was canceled due to unavoidable circumstances that traversed the KFI environment, then proceed this time with several things to be decided.
Furtherance of the KFI programs was discussed and duly digested, where the project management office seek the approval of the board, hence the members of the board had no objections to the proposed activities of the foundation. Similarly, they also discussed continuity of the previous programs and projects, funded from different sources , the international funding institutions. The meeting was smoothly conducted.
ABPSD - PAD Meeting for furtherance of CIIF Partnership
The ABPSD - Partnership on Agriculture for Development is conducting a special meeting today, May 8, 2009 at the ABPSD Conference / Session Hall purposely to discuss the possible mechanism addressing the organization partnership with the Coconut Industry Investment Fund (CIIF) of the Department of Agriculture (DA). The CIIF provided already the pledged inputs for the establishment of a Coconut Nursery at Sultan Sa Barongis, Maguindanao. ABPSD in placed the nursery and expanded to other municipalities, such as Datu Odin Sinsuat, Pandag, Sultan Kudarat, Sultan Mastura and Barira, all in Maguindanao Province, including 1 in Municipality of Pikit, Province of Cotabato.
Initially, the orgnization had already launched the planting activities for few sites, and furtherance of the activities, the ABPSD-PAD is having a meeting discussing among others the following: (a) Areas to be planted per municipality, (b) CB for the coconut growers, (c) Possibilities of intercropping activities, and (d) Adoption of mechanism for planting and management of the engagement by coming days, months and even years.
ABPSD FINALIZES A CONCEPT PAPER ON LIGUASAN MARSH INTERVENTION
The ABPSD-Partnership on Environmental Governance for Development had conducted series of small group meetings purposely to conceptualize possible intervention on the environmental management of the eco-systems in the Liguasan Marsh. Forester Sanggacala A. Abdula, the In-charge of the above-named technical office of the Alliance of Bangsamoro for Peace and Sustainable Development, Inc. went to the office of Dr. Pendatun A. Pangadil, the executive director of the organization last April 29, 2009 and discussed with him the possibilities of adopting interventions for the Liguasan (Ligawasan) Marsh. Indept discussion was transpired, where the profiling of the target communities is included as component of the activities to be undertaken.
The Liguasan Marsh is a body of water located in Central Mindanao, covering part of Region XII and ARMM. It played significant roles in the cultural development in the locality, where summing-up the processes of acculturation in the past centuries, resulted in the formation of the "Sultanate of Rajah Buayan Darussalam" and even the Sultanate of Maguindanao Darussalam". Therefore, it is important that the present generation must have to do something for the preservation and reconstruction of the eco-systems within the Liguasan Marsh.
Finally, after series of discussion the group agreed for the finalization of the concept paper on the "Reconstruction of Mt. Kabalukan, a component part of Liguasan Marsh for the conservation of biodiversity in the localities , renewal of the lost socio-cultural practices among the stakeholders including initiative for eco-tourism development". From these, the Project Management Office of the Alliance of Bangsamoro for Peace and Sustaianable Development, Inc. is seeking for supports.
ABPSD representing Maguindanao in the CCare Strat Planning ...
The Executive Director / CEO of the Alliance of Bangsamoro for Peace and Sustainable Development, Inc., Dr. Pendatun Pangadil, the chairman of Maguindanao Provincial Management Committee and BOT Member of the Citizens Coalition for ARMM Electoral Reform (CCARE) and Bobby Taguntong the Program Officer of ABPSD-Partnership in Media Affairs for Development and Governance and Provincial Coordinator CCare PMC are preparing a trip to Zamboanga City attending the CCare Strategic Planning.
ABPSD at Liguasan Marsh
The Alliance of Bangsamoro for Peace and Sustainable Development, Incorporated - Partnership on Trade and Industry for Development (ABPSD-PTID) with the ABPSD Northern Ligawasan District had jointly engaged with the local residents of Ligawasan in the Municipalities of SSB and Pagalungan, Maguindanao and Pikit in Cotabato Province. Other than the usual livelihood means of the stakeholders, they are collecting shells from the marsh as their secondary means of living. In order to extend help for the residents of the Ligawasan March the organization find ways to support them.
As part of development initiative, the ABPSD-PTID worked for the market door of such items / products and fortunately one of the contacts from Cebu City responded to the initiative. From that, the ABPSD-PTID started the activity for the collectors of shells, established and adopted initial mechanism for the entrepreneurship activities. The organization in-charge saw the significance of the program as it open the windows for partnership with other market. Then, it will be followed by a return transaction or bringing some items from Cebu City to Cotabato City and nearby provinces. Both the Ligawasan Marsh stakeholders and ABPSD-PTID are optimistic for further development of the engagement.
CCARE STRATEGIC PLANNING CONFERENCE
As furtherance of the Citizens Coalition for ARMM Electoral Reform (CCARE) existence, its officers and members of the Board of Trustees will be having a strategic planning conference in Zamboanga City, this coming May 1-4, 2009. Each province from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will be represented in the activity. Significant issues will be discussed, where as an inputs to the activity, the member networks are conducting assessment survey to obtain necessary information and significant data to be presented in the conference.
The conference is generally aiming at the adoption of relevant programs for 5 to 10 years period, whereby starting to determine the development that transpired during the time when there was no CCARE yet and the presence of CCARE.
It is clearly observed that the present program of CCARE are the following: (a) Education and Information Campaign, (b) Capability Building, (c) Monitoring and Networking. All are focused on Election Reform in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Further, the activity is expecting to adopt plan of activities even beyond the elections 2010. (ABPSD'ers)
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