By Rene V. Carbayas, PIA
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan, Feb 5 (PIA) -- Local chief executives from the five municipalities of the western part of Basilan Island forged an alliance to spur peace and development in the area.
At the recent consultation meeting with municipal executive officials and partners in Lantawan, the concept of Western Basilan Alliance (WBA) as a development platform was presented.
Noor M. Saada, Project Manager of the Modeling Inter-LGU Alliance in Basilan (MILAB) project said that the consultation is second in a series to inform and mobilize support for the WBA. The Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarrollo (Spanish Agency for International Development) AECID-funded MILAB Project and how this will support the WBA as a development platform was also introduced.
More importantly, the consultation aimed at familiarizing participants with the WBA priorities on fisheries, agriculture, environment, peace and order, governance, education, health and eco-tourism.
“The idea of WBA came from the mayors. They have this realization that there is a misconception that Basilan is always in conflict. They would like to demontrate and correct the misconception that not all the areas in Basilan are in conflict, and that a portion of Basilan is ready to jumpstart development because it is relatively peaceful,” Saada said.
He explained that forging an alliance is significant in order to project a bigger impacting project that would entice donor agencies. He added that rather than plan for development in just one town, many donors would be encouraged to support if more areas are covered by their projects.
The Institute of Autonomy and Governance (IAG) leads in the implementation of the MILAB project that intends to support the institutionalization of WBA as an inter-LGU model in the pursuit of common local development agenda.
The 18-month MILAB project intends to capacitate the five towns belonging to the western part of Basilan, namely: Lantawan, Maluso, Hadji Muhtamad, Sumisip, and Tabuan Lasa to undertake and move forward the WBA.
During the meeting the participants were grouped into the six components: fisheries, agriculture, peace and security, good governance, critical social services, and eco-tourism. Various programs and projects were identified that each town may compliment and for possible cooperation and funding.
Meanwhile, Maluso Mayor Hanie A. Bud said that the WBA is a product of brainstorming among local chief executives of the five towns and other support group, who after being enlightened by similar models of cooperation and alliance, decided to form the WBA.
“One unique in western Basilan, aside from the fact that we are relatively peaceful, is the feature of multi-cultural community in the different towns, which we find common and unique to us, and which for us is advantageous,” Mayor Bud explained when asked why the idea of a WBA.
The IAG revealed that Governor Hadjiman “Jim” Hataman-Salliman is really pushing the LGUs and stakeholders on the need to be actively engaged, emphasizing WBA is not a project from the outside, but a culmination of conversations with partners on how to maximize the relative peace and order now at hand in the Western seaboard communities of the province. (ALT/RVC/PIA9-Basilan)
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan, Feb 5 (PIA) -- Local chief executives from the five municipalities of the western part of Basilan Island forged an alliance to spur peace and development in the area.
At the recent consultation meeting with municipal executive officials and partners in Lantawan, the concept of Western Basilan Alliance (WBA) as a development platform was presented.
Noor M. Saada, Project Manager of the Modeling Inter-LGU Alliance in Basilan (MILAB) project said that the consultation is second in a series to inform and mobilize support for the WBA. The Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarrollo (Spanish Agency for International Development) AECID-funded MILAB Project and how this will support the WBA as a development platform was also introduced.
More importantly, the consultation aimed at familiarizing participants with the WBA priorities on fisheries, agriculture, environment, peace and order, governance, education, health and eco-tourism.
“The idea of WBA came from the mayors. They have this realization that there is a misconception that Basilan is always in conflict. They would like to demontrate and correct the misconception that not all the areas in Basilan are in conflict, and that a portion of Basilan is ready to jumpstart development because it is relatively peaceful,” Saada said.
He explained that forging an alliance is significant in order to project a bigger impacting project that would entice donor agencies. He added that rather than plan for development in just one town, many donors would be encouraged to support if more areas are covered by their projects.
The Institute of Autonomy and Governance (IAG) leads in the implementation of the MILAB project that intends to support the institutionalization of WBA as an inter-LGU model in the pursuit of common local development agenda.
The 18-month MILAB project intends to capacitate the five towns belonging to the western part of Basilan, namely: Lantawan, Maluso, Hadji Muhtamad, Sumisip, and Tabuan Lasa to undertake and move forward the WBA.
During the meeting the participants were grouped into the six components: fisheries, agriculture, peace and security, good governance, critical social services, and eco-tourism. Various programs and projects were identified that each town may compliment and for possible cooperation and funding.
Meanwhile, Maluso Mayor Hanie A. Bud said that the WBA is a product of brainstorming among local chief executives of the five towns and other support group, who after being enlightened by similar models of cooperation and alliance, decided to form the WBA.
“One unique in western Basilan, aside from the fact that we are relatively peaceful, is the feature of multi-cultural community in the different towns, which we find common and unique to us, and which for us is advantageous,” Mayor Bud explained when asked why the idea of a WBA.
The IAG revealed that Governor Hadjiman “Jim” Hataman-Salliman is really pushing the LGUs and stakeholders on the need to be actively engaged, emphasizing WBA is not a project from the outside, but a culmination of conversations with partners on how to maximize the relative peace and order now at hand in the Western seaboard communities of the province. (ALT/RVC/PIA9-Basilan)
Reference: http://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1004726
This article was also published in Mindanao Daily, February 6, 2018, in Cagayan de Oro City, page 2.
This article was also published in Mindanao Daily, February 6, 2018, in Cagayan de Oro City, page 2.
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