The International Alert, with the support of World Bank, has
launched Tuesday the Bangsamoro Conflict Monitoring System (BCMS) -- a
comprehensive online data platform about conflicts in the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Through www.bcms-philippines.info, anyone can access data
such as number and kinds of conflicts, where these conflicts took place, their
causes and costs, and the implications of these on policy via computer or
mobile devices.
World Bank senior social development specialist Matt
Stephens, in a briefing at the World Bank Manila office in Taguig City
Among the data that can be provided by the BCMS include
number of incidents by provinces, by month, by causes, and by data sources;
human cost by provinces; conflict manifestations; and rido or clan feuding
incidents by provinces.
Data available were captured from 2011 up to present with
two data sources including the Philippine National Police (PNP) and reliable
media outfits.
“The BCMS helps us to understand where violent conflict is
happening, why, who is involved and what the human and economic costs are. This
information deepens our understanding of the dynamics of conflict in the
Bangsamoro areas,” said World Bank Country Director Motoo Konishi.
“It will help policymakers in government, civil society, and
the development community to make smarter decisions to target resources to
communities that need them most, to design projects that are
conflict-sensitive, and to better monitor the results on security and peace
building,” Konishi added.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=747362
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