Saturday, December 13, 2014

BTC-JICA holds Project Cycle Management Seminar-Workshops

Posted to the MILF Website (Dec 13): BTC-JICA holds Project Cycle Management Seminar-Workshops



The Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) through the Comprehensive Capacity Development Project for the Bangsamoro (CCDP-B) Bangsamoro conducted Project Cycle Management Seminar-Workshop for development practitioners on December 8-9, 2014 held at Nurussalam Hall, Al Nor Convention Center, Cotabato City.
  
Forty (40) participants from the Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute (BLMI), Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA), BTC, representatives of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and non-government organizations such as the United Youth for Peace and Development (UNYPAD), Mindanao Action for Peace and Development (MAPAD), Moro Women Development and Cultural Center (MWDECC) attended the said activity.

A Japanese expert on Human Resource Development (HRD) Mr Kazuhiro Okamoto, from IC Net Limited facilitated the seminar-workshop.

Prof. Alih Aiyub, the Project Coordinator for Institutional Organizational Building (IOB) of the CCDP-B opened the program and explained the background, purpose and objectives of the PCM before the participants.

He said that one of the main purposes of the activity is to capacitate the Bangsamoro people in preparation for the establishment the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA).

“I know you are expert in your own, and this PCM training will help in strengthening whatever skills you have”, Prof. Aiyub stressed.

He added that PCM will help in planning good project implementation and on how to achieve desired results.

Mr Okamoto emphasized that the PCM was provided to the participants for them to design a plan for their own project.

The specific objectives of this seminar-workshop are to enable the participants to: 1) Analyze problems and objectives logically; 2) Understand the Project Design Matrix (PDM), the structure of project and 3) Acquire capacity to make their own project through workshops.

The participants were able to design five (5) projects during the culminating day of the program. Their identified projects were: Farmers Inputs, Anti-Drugs Campaign in Cotabato City, Education for Children, Flood Control in Cotabato City, and Livelihood Program for the Bangsamoro.  

Mr Aliuddin Haron of the BDA thanked his co-participants for their active participations.

“This activity is very important because we were taught on how to develop our own project in our respective organizations,” Haron said.

The Chief Advisor of JICA-Cotabato Project Office, Mr Shinichi Masuda also extended his gratitude to the different organizations which joined the program.

He said, “PCM is applicable for small or big project and I hope you can use this in designing your project proposals.”

Prof. Norodin Salam, CCDP-B Project Manager closed the program.

“I am very impress with the performance of the participants. I observed that every participant was able to share his/her thoughts and views. Meaning you have now the capacity to develop your own project plan,” he said.

He said further that one will take six (6) months to learn PCM effectively.

“…But now you acquired them; the knowledge on PCM in just two days,” he said.

Prof. Salam recognized the contributions of Mr Okamoto in infusing the technology to the young Bangsamoro who are working for the development of Bangsamoro communities. He recognized the contributions of JICA for the realization of the activity.

The program according to the organizer is under the HRD component of the CCDP-B.

The CCDP-B has four components namely: HRD, Public Service Delivery and there are 20 infrastructures project which will be constructed in the conflict-affected areas in Mindanao. Other components are the IOB that will plan for strengthening of BTA, and the Bangsamoro Development Plan (BDP) by which some of its thematic areas are supported by the CCDP-B.
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