MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- More than 300 representatives from the civil society organizations (CSOs) and key government executives converged here on Monday for the first-ever Lanao del Sur People’s Consultative Assembly.
Conducted by the Lanao del Sur People’s Council with the support of the provincial government, the gathering was aimed at mapping-out productive collaboration towards a stronger CSO-government partnership for the development of the province and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) as a whole.
It was also designed to solicit reactions on the provincial government’s 7-point agenda and the ARMM’s 100-Day Reform Agenda which is anchored on three frameworks namely governance, peace and security, and socioeconomic development.
Provincial Governor Mamintal A. Adiong, Jr. said the gathering marks the start of a more challenged Maranao community in working for a positive transformation.
He said sustainability will be achieved easier with the direct and dynamic involvement of CSOs in planning, decision-making, and implementation citing participatory governance as a common denominator in the success of some advanced nation.
Lanao del Sur is the first province in the autonomous region to convene a partnership with its local government and the regional government.
The provincial governor also expressed optimism for more strengthened civil society participation in local governance, socio-economic programs, infrastructure support, and in the promotion of peace and security.
During the assembly, ARMM-OIC Governor Mujiv Hataman announced the priority agenda of his administration, which focuses on reform measures that involves consultative and open governance, convergence and partnership for socio-economic serve delivery, and coalition building for peace and development.
He also reiterated that the present governance in the ARMM is transparent and participatory in keeping with the “Daang Matuwid” advocacy of President Benigno S. Aquino III.
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