by Claro A. Lanipa
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Pagadian
City, May 24 (PIA) – The Department of the Interior and Local Government
(DILG) has invited 65 Civil Society Organization (CSO) representatives from all
over the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for the Regional Stakeholders Consultation held at
Ocean View Hotel, this city on May 22-23, 2012.
The
consultation aims to increase awareness of key stakeholders, particularly
CSOs, on the ARMM Roadmap and Transition Support Plan, generate consensus
from CSOs on their role in the implementation of the TISP and agree on
workplan and terms of engagement among CSOs, implementing agencies and the
Program Management Office with regard to the TISP.
It
can be recalled, the Aquino administration has crafted a Roadmap for
Governance Reforms to demonstrate its commitment by realizing sustainable
progress and development in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
One
of the major component of this roadmap is the Transition Investment Support
Plan (TISP) which comprises various programs and projects amounting to more
than P8.59 billion sourced-out from the savings of 11 national government
agencies.
Presidential
Assistant for Muslim Concerns and National Program Manager, TISP for ARMM
Program Management Office Undersecretary Yasmin Busran-Lao said the roadmap
focuses on eigth (8) key action and reform points: (1) improvement of basic services
delivery; (2) creating an enabling environment for public and private
partnership towards equitable growth; (3) Stepping up peace and order
initiatives for sustained growth and development; (4) performing and
strengthening bureaucratic reforms; (5) cleaning up of the electoral process
and ensuring peace in the region; (6) ensuring good governance benchmarks in
ARMM; (7) fully engaging CSOs and POs in governance; and (8) maximizing the
potential of ARMM.
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