Friday, January 29, 2016

Free WiFi project in public areas in selected regions eyed under DILG-PAMANA

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 29): Free WiFi project in public areas in selected regions eyed under DILG-PAMANA

Free WiFi internet access in public places in selected regions is among the pipeline projects under the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) program this year.

PAMANA is the national government’s convergence program that extends development interventions to isolated, hard-to-reach and conflict-affected communities, ensuring that they are not left behind.

“Internet access has become a multi-sectoral need. It cuts across ages and backgrounds in life – from young students to workers. Providing free WiFi internet access democratizes access to information and interconnectivity and opens doors for opportunities,” said DILG Secretary Mel Senen S. Sarmiento on Friday.

He said that the minute details of the project are being ironed out together with other initiatives under DILG-PAMANA this 2016.

“Among eligible projects are those that are anchored on the goal of high-impact regional and sub-regional economic integration, connectivity and development.

These projects may include infrastructure and non- infrastructure projects that would involve: connectivity systems; basic services for economic development; agricultural services and industry investments; economic investments in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao and Indigenous People (IP) Areas; and disaster-preparedness, environmental and climate change adaptation interventions.

According to the DILG-PAMANA Project Management Office, the targeted regions for the free WiFi project are Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), V, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, and XIII.

The project will be in cooperation with the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO).

DILG-PAMANA’s contribution to the whole PAMANA project of the government is providing targeted interventions and adopting strategies and approaches to improve local government institution capacities, in view of fostering sub-regional development, reducing poverty, and promoting peace and social cohesion in conflict-affected and conflict-vulnerable areas.

With a number of national line agencies as implementing partners, PAMANA remains as the government’s flagship program for conflict-vulnerable and conflict-affected areas in the country — covering all existing peace tables and agreements.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=851871

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