The Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA)-National Program
Management Office has explained Wednesday that a national convergence structure
identifies the communities that will be given projects under this program,
following multi-sector and inter-agency consultations on the ground.
“The PAMANA program uses a convergence approach in
identifying beneficiaries,” said Asec. Howard B. Cafugauan of the Office of the
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) in response to reports
following the budget hearing in the Senate appropriations committee last
Monday.
OPAPP performs oversight functions in the implementation of
the program, as provided for in the annual General Appropriations Act from 2012
up to the present.
The GAA 2015 provides that “The Office of the Presidential
Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) shall monitor the implementation of the
PAMANA Project by the ARMM, CHED, DA, DOE, DENR, DILG, DSWD, DPWH, NCIP, NEA,
NIA, PhilHealth and shall submit a consolidated quarterly monitoring report of
projects and the PAMANA Fund utilization, to the Office of the President, the
House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance.”
OPAPP's oversight functions covers facilitation of program
planning from ground up and monitoring of project implementation while actual
implementation is undertaken by national government agencies and have tapped
local governments as implementing partners.
OPAPP Undersecretary and Executive Director Luisito G.
Montalbo said the agency welcomes the interest and concern of Senator Enrile at
the second budget hearing of OPAPP in the Senate. He said it was an indication
of the legislators' engagement in the peace process.
“We welcome and appreciate the interest of the honorable
senator in the PAMANA program. This is what we have always hoped and
encouraged, that they be involved in the peace process and its success. We want
them to understand how the system works,” Montalbo said.
Under the Philippine Development Plan 2011 to 2016, PAMANA
is identified as a priority program of the national government in peace
building and socio-economic development. It serves as the government’s
convergence program and framework for peace and development interventions in
conflict-vulnerable areas and serves as the “complementary track” to peace
negotiations.
The program builds both physical and social infrastructures
for conflict-affected and conflict-vulnerable areas at the regional, provincial
and barangay levels.
With regards the proposed PAMANA budget for 2016, Cafugauan
said the resources needed for the implementation of PAMANA projects took into
consideration the schedule of the upcoming 2016 national elections but ensuring
it could fulfill the requirement of the beneficiary-communities.
“For the FY 2016 PAMANA Budget, consideration was given to
the election period when a ban on the implementation of projects will be
applied. As such, it was proposed for PAMANA to focus on livelihood, social
protection and basic services. The priority road projects were where endorsed
to the DPWH for implementation” he said.
“For the ARMM, the increase is due to the allocation for the
Humanitarian and Development Assistance Program amounting to P2.934 Billion
proposed by the Office of the Regional Governor which focuses on the
implementation of access and community infrastructure, water and sanitation,
livelihood and social services for families displaced by conflict in
Maguindanao,” Cafugauan added.
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