MILF: BLMI-BDA held 4-Day Capacity Building Program on Leadership and Management

From the MILF Website (Jan 23): BLMI-BDA held 4-Day Capacity Building Program on Leadership and Management

The Bangsamro Leadership and Management Institute (BLMI) and Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA) successfully culminated its 4-Day Training for Capacity Building on Leadership and Management on January 13-16.2013 held at BLMI Training Center at Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao for females participants. The first batch was conducted on December 23-26.2012 held at the same venue with male participants. Mixed participants in activities are prohibited by Islam the reason why a separate schedule for women was set.

The 4-day activity was facilitated by the BLMI Steering Committee members headed by Mike Abdula, Head of BLMI Training Division. The 20 Participants came from Davao, General Santos, Lanao, North Cotabato and Maguindanao Province.

Among the primordial objectives of the seminar were to enhance and capacitate the participants and hone them as prospective leaders and managers where the development of the Bangsamoro Region is the utmost concern of every Bangsamoro including other sectors in Mindanao and Sulu. The speakers from the BLMI imparted to the participants essentials of leadership and management; its methodologies and application based on both secular and Islamic perspectives that suits to the situation in the Bangsamoro.

Participant form North Cotabato, Norhanie Ugalingan stressed, “We are thankful for having this kind of training for women where it strengthens our obligations and organizations, and I am also hoping that this endeavor shall happen again to enable us in upholding our Islamic Faith, that I may internalize and apply the imparted knowledge firstly to ourselves and family. I am very grateful to the people and organizations behind this noble undertaking and to the BLMI facilitators for the job well done.

On the 3rd of the training, Mohagher Iqbal, MILF Chief Negotiator and Brother Al Camlian, MILF Peace panel member arrived and gave brief inspirational messages to the participants and challenged them to continuously exert noble efforts for the betterment of their families and the Bangsamoro people and society. “Women have played very crucial roles in the course of history and human struggle”, Sheikh Mahmod Ahmad, BLMI Executive Director emphasized.

The activity was funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), one of the leading International Non-Government Organizations (NGO) that helps alleviate the welfare of people in armed-conflict (affected areas).

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