San Jose dB prepares ELA 2013-16

Local elected officials, department heads and non-government organizations came together under the tutelage of the Department of Interior and Local Government to come up with a Capacity Development Plan and Executive Legislative Agenda on October 16-18, 2013 at the Adelaide Tourist Inn.

Mayor Rony Molina on his opening message.

Mr. Darcy Bungay discussing the output of the economic sector on issues relevant to the group.

Engr. Jose Magbanua discussing the issues relevant to the physical infrastructure group.

Vice Mayor Elmer Untaran giving a closing message.

According to this document, the ELA is a planning document, covering a three-year period corresponding to the term of localelective officials that is mutually developed and agreed upon by both the executive and legislative departments of an LGU. It is an integrated plan that contains the major development thrusts and priorities of both the executive and legislative branches towards a common vision for the locality and an instrument that will prioritize responses to
multi-stakeholder needs, e.g., programs, projects, activities, legislations and capacity development programs, and put into action local development plans.

The people from the  executive and legislative branches.

On the end of the three day seminar-workshop, the participants signed a pledge of commitment towards the completion of the ELA document and the ELA implementation.

Pledge of commitment.

Pledge of commitment.

TOT on participatory risk assessment held

Fifteen selected personnel of the local government unit attended the trainors training on participatory risk assessment.

The training is part of the special project - Disaster Risk Reduction and Management-Capacity Enhancement Program (DRRM-CEP) of the Office of Civil Defense VI.

TOT participant sharing their vision of a disaster resilient community.

Another participant sharing their group's vision of a disaster resilient community.

After a two-day lecture and workshop, the trainees were sent on a fieldwork at Brgy. Catungan-Bugarot to demonstrate competencies learned from the training.

Participatory risk assessment fieldwork in Brgy. Bugarot.

Punong Barangay Pacheco presents result of institutional analysis Venn Diagram workshop to his constituents.

San Jose dB to push for gender responsive land administration and management

San Jose de Buenavista was chosen as one of the two pilot local government unit in the Philippines to implement the Strengthening Capacities for Gender Responsive Land Administration and Management, Land Tenure Improvement and Tax Administration Project.

In line with the project, a training workshop on integrating gender and development (GAD) in land administration and management (LAM) was conducted.

A gender assessment of the existing land administration policies, systems and procedures, and the Comprehensive Land Use Plan of San Jose de Buenavista was conducted which resulted to the development of short-term action plan for integrating gender in land administration and management.

The training-workshop was attended by key land administration personnel of the LGU (such as the Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator, Municipal Assessor, Municipal Treasurer, Municipal Environment and ) and national government agencies (Department of Agrarian Reform and Department of Environment and Natural Resources), GAD focal person of the LGU and NGAs, and representatives of relevant organizations.

Partners from the provincial government (Provincial Assessor's Office, Provincial Planning and Development Office) also attended the training.

The GAD project is a grant funded by the Asian Development Bank and hopes to promote equal rights of women and men to access, use and own land.

The other pilot LGU is Bayawan City, Negros Oriental.