At least 17 poor and conflict-afflicted barangays in selected towns in the four provinces of region 12 will benefit from Pres. Benigno Aquino’s PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) Program, the Dept. of Agriculture 12 announced Saturday.
The PAMANA is the national government's program and framework for peace and development which is implemented among conflict-affected communities covered by the existing peace agreements.
To effectively implement the projects, a planning workshop and consultative meeting was recently conducted in
DA-12 regional executive director Amalia Jayag-Datukan said PAMANA is a peace-building initiative of the government in conflict areas and has received less program interventions.
“It will be implemented in identified local government units (LGUs) in the region where each area will receive development programs according to the residents’ specific needs," Datukan said, adding that PAMANA will allocate funds for these projects thru the national agencies like the DA, Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of Interior and Local Government Unit, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Health, Department of National Defense and other involved agencies and LGUs.
Datukan identified the beneficiary communities as villages in the towns of Arakan, Banisilan, Carmen, Kabacan, Matalam, Midsayap and Pikit in North Cotabato; Glan, Maasim and Malapatan in Sarangani; Lake Sebu and T’boli towns in South Cotabato and; towns of Bagumbayan, Isulan, Kalamansig, Lebaj and Palimbang in Sultan Kudarat.
The identified projects include farm-to-market roads, post-harvest facilities, livestock dispersal, warehouses, multi-purpose buildings, water systems, livelihood projects, health centers, school building, evacuation or peace centers, other community infrastructure and other social services.
PAMANA program also aims to reduce poverty and vulnerability in conflict-affected areas through sustainable rural development, community infrastructure and focused delivery of social services.
It also aims to improve governance through partnerships with national and local institutions, building capacities for governance, and enhancement of transparency and accountability mechanisms.
A complementary track to peace negotiations, the program’s main strategy is to bring back government to PAMANA areas, ensuring that the communities benefit from improved delivery of basic social services and are served by responsive, transparent and accountable government units thru the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP) and in coordination with its partner government agencies.
The project is also being implemented in other conflict communities, mostly in Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur where the government forces and Moro rebels figured in years of armed conflict.
Now that a peace negotiation is underway and is almost complete, the OPAPP, through PAMANA, is all out in the implementation of various peace and development projects.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=516265
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