DAP, JICA to implement Mng’t Development Program for the Bangsamoro

From the Philippine Information Agency (Jan 4): DAP, JICA to implement Mng’t Development Program for the Bangsamoro

The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is implementing the Management Development Program (MDP) for the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA). Under JICA’s program on Capacity Building for Community Development in Conflict-Affected Areas in Mindanao (CD-CAAM), DAP will implement MDP to BDA’s Board of Directors, central and regional managers, and key officers of the Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute (BLMI).

Last June 2012, JICA sought the DAP’s assistance for the capacity development of the BDA. This led to a consultation workshop facilitated by DAP in August. And on November 13, 2012, an agreement was signed between JICA and DAP for the implementation of the MDP for BDA.

According to DAP the program includes courses that range from leadership and organization management to governance and development. In a press release, DAP said that the project’s initial implementation started last November 2012 and will run up until March 2013.

The 2001 Tripoli Agreement between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front led to the creation of Bangsamoro Development Agency. BDA is mandated to determine, lead and manage the relief, rehabilitation and development projects in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao.

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=2121357274500