Japanese Embassy officials and officers of the Bangsamoro
Development Agency (BDA) will turn over Friday “The Project for the
Construction of a Training Center for Bangsamoro” in Barangay Datu Balabaran, Cotabato City
Officials of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),
Malaysian-led International Monitoring Team and Cotabato
City government officials are also
expected to grace the event, part of the rehabilitation and reconstruction of
conflict affected communities in Mindanao as
part of the government peace process with the MILF.
The training center was constructed through the support of
Japanese Embassy under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security
Projects (GGP) with the objective of providing venue for training and sharing
of technical skills participated by number of Bangsamoro professionals through
various courses/fellowships in different fields of specialization.
Dr. Saffrullah M. Dipatuan, BDA chairperson, said the agency
considers the training center as headquarters for capacity building for
Bangsamoro.
“BDA as development arm of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF), through various programs and projects is expected in developing
capacity of its members and community stakeholders and professionals in hope to
be contributory to the anticipated Bangsamoro government,” Dipatuan stated.
He added that through the training center, more trainings
will be conducted to develop capacities that can offer the Bangsamoro with a
pool of trained professionals ready to be mobilized in serving the Bangsamoro
people.
"We hope that this training center will be a venue for
such activities geared towards developing a pool of Bangsamoro professionals
with enhanced knowledge and skills on project management, facilitation of
community development works, and community mobilization,” Dipatuan added.
Specifically, the training center is expected to provide
venue for (1) echo training by trained BDA staff to other BDA staff and
volunteers both at the Central Management Office and Regional Managements
Offices, 2) BDA Capacity Building Plan implementation to capacitate BDA (as a
learning institution) and other BDA partners and stakeholders, and 3) strategic
and tactical sessions, and intellectual exchanges among partners (both from
local and International agencies).
Constructed with a budget of Php 4,754,793.00, the training
center is a three-storey building designed to accommodate 80 individuals in its
conference room at the third floor; there are four rooms with 16 units of
double-decked beds at the second floor ready to accommodate participants for
live-in events; a kitchen and dining area, a lobby, a bedroom and an office
room situated at the ground floor.
BDA and Japan Embassy partnership through GGP and Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) started in 2006.
JICA is currently supporting the BDA for the Community
Development in Conflict Affected Areas in Mindanao
(CD-CAAM) Project and the Phase II of the Bangsamoro Development Plan (BDP).
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