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| A provincial economic forum is led by Plan International and members of the Subcommittee on Business and Livelihood of the Task Force Bangon Marawi to discuss the sustainability of the economic progress of Lanao del Sur province. (Michael John Paclar/PIA-10/Lanao del Sur) |
MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur (PIA)--Highlighting the rise of the economic status of the province of Lanao del Sur brought about by the reduction of its poverty incidence in 2021, the international non-government organization Plan International through its Marawi Response Project (MRP) alongside the provincial government, and other development partners and humanitarian organizations now eye for the sustainability of the said economic progress.
Intending to thoroughly tackle the concern, a provincial economic forum was recently spearheaded to convene members of the Task Force Bangon Marawi’s (TFBM’s) Subcommittee on Business and Livelihood and pitch in feasible ideas for the sustainability of the economic progress of the province which shall then be integrated to the existing sustainability plan of the subcommittee.
Plan International MRP Economic Development Leader Lauro Tito Ilagan said they are primarily bringing in appropriate organizations involved in humanitarian efforts and programs that are engaged in the rehabilitation of Marawi City to solicit solutions to maintain the reduction of the province's poverty incidence and still move forward even when the partner donors and organizations of the province will no longer be around.
“It is basically the input session as well as we are going to be identifying, brainstorming to come up with ways on how we can specifically do that… That is why we are doing this now because we want to share to them this particular good news, try to dissect and understand how that happened, and come up with ways on how the province can have a lasting kind of improvement,” he said.
Ilagan stressed that Plan International has already been periodically conducting a similar initiative of magnifying the economic status of the province with other development partners and humanitarian organizations under the TFBM’s Subcommittee on Business and Livelihood.
As such, he conveyed that the recent forum was not the first to have been held as in October 2021, they have already gathered the same target participants to come up with a sustainability plan and specific formula for the creation of programs and activities specifically for IDP enterprises in Lanao del Sur.
Ilagan also stressed that the prior convention has not anticipated the development of the province in its economy where it managed to lift itself from the list of top 10 poorest provinces of the country, thus, the need for another economic forum to factor in this situation.
With the event, the economic development leader expressed his happiness and optimism that they may be able to keep the betterment the province of Lanao del Sur deserves.
“We are very thankful to the donor community, particularly members of the Mindanao humanitarian team Lanao cluster for enthusiastically participating in this process. We hope that this will have very significant outputs that we can use and eventually present to the Task Force Bangon Marawi’s Subcommittee on Business and Livelihood. This will translate eventually to a plan of action for all of us moving forward,” he said. (CRG/PIA-10/Lanao del Sur)
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