Wednesday, July 15, 2015

MILF: World Bank facilitates Development Planning Workshop for MILF Camp Commanders

Posted to the MILF Website (Jul 16): World Bank facilitates Development Planning Workshop for MILF Camp Commanders

MILF commanders, government, military and agriculture officials attended the Area Development Planning workshop aimed to convert the camps into peaceful and productive communities. Photo by OPAPP

MILF commanders, government, military and agriculture officials attended the Area Development Planning workshop aimed to convert the camps into peaceful and productive communities. Photo by OPAPP

The World Bank facilitated three-day training workshop for camp commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on how to start and implement development at the Front’s six camps in Maguindanao and Lanao provinces and convert them into a peaceful and productive communities.

The workshop was held from July 9-11, 2015 at Em Manor Hotel, Cotabato City.

Government, military and agriculture officials also attended the training workshop.

The training was facilitated by Roberto Tordecilla of the World Bank and engineer Nasser Sinarimbo.

The participants will jointly formulate priority development plans at the six camps after the workshop.

These areas include the former MILF camp Abubakar as-Siddique, Camp Badre, and Camp Omar ibn al-Khattab in Maguindanao; Camp Rajamuda in North Cotabato and Maguindanao; Camp Bilal in Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur, and Camp Busrah Somiorang in Lanao del Sur.

The camps were identified and acknowledged in 1999, during the term of former President Joseph Estrada, in order to facilitate the observance of the 1997 ceasefire agreement. In 2000, however, Estrada declared all-out war against the MILF that forced the latter to abandon the camps.

Former Agriculture Secretary and government peace panel member Senen Bacani briefed participants on the basic of development planning.

Bacani urged participants to identify quick-response projects that would address the needs of the communities such as electricity, water supply system, infrastructure and livelihood projects.

“These efforts should continue because we are all Filipinos and we should provide assistance to those who need help,” Bacani said.

Mohamad Saleh, MILF task force camp transformation coordinator thanked the government for its commitment to achieve genuine peace and development in Mindanao.

http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/new/item/487-world-bank-facilitates-development-planning-workshop-for-milf-camp-commanders

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