by Claro A. Lanipa
Pagadian
City, May 23 (PIA) – The Transition Investment Support Plan (TISP), if fully
and successfully implemented will go a long way in terms of catch-up development in the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Presidential Assistant for Muslim Concerns and
National Program Manager, TISP for ARMM Program Management Office
Undersecretary Yasmin Busran-Lao said.
In
a press conference at the sideline of the Regional Stakeholders Consultation
on Tuesday, held at the Ocean View
Hotel, this city, Usec Lao disclosed
that the TISP is the savings of eleven (11) national government agencies who
committed to invest their money in the ARMM region to support the Roadmap on Governance Reforms
crafted under the Aquino administration.
As
one of the major component of the roadmap, TISP is comprised of various
programs and projects amounting to P8.59 Billion. These programs and projects
have been strategically chosen to fast track key development initiatives and
reforms. The budget is over and above the Region’s regular budget, Lao said.
The
TISP aims to increase the reach, access and quality of essential public
services which means putting in place all basic social services; create the
enabling mechanism to promote and sustain public-private partnership in
economic development and good governance, a mechanism of implementation and
monitoring to be participated by all stakeholders, and the
institutionalization of vital governance reforms in the ARMM Regional and
Local Government Bureaucracies, to ensure that it is not only just bringing
down the economic package infrastructure but it has to be done under the
content of good governance with transparency and accountability, Usec Lao
underscored.
The
national agencies involved are as follows; Department of Agriculture
(P510-Million), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (P49,586-M),
Department of the Interior and Local Government (P1,275,790,202), Department
of Energy-National Electrification Administration (P200-M), Department of
Health (P956-M), Department of Science and Technology (P24,650-M), Department
of Transportation and Communication (P80-M), Department of Public Works and
Highways (P2,851,115-B), Department of Social Welfare and Development
(P1,971,145-B), Department of Trade and Industry (P60-M), and Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (P61,638-M) with a total amount of
Php 8,039,964,202.
An
additional of P550 Million is also available but still to be programmed.
(CAL/PIA9)
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