RDC XI Communicator Fourth Quarter 2013 by National Economic and Development Authority Regional Office XI

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Rdc xi Launches the Updated Davao Regional Development Plan, 2014–2016

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The Updated Davao Regional Development Plan, 2014–2016

DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK The Updated Davao Regional Development Plan, 2014–2016 Davao Nominees win outstanding volunteer awards

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The Regional Development Council XI Conducts Forum on Public Higher Education Reforms

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PROJECT UPDATE Batutu RIS

2013 SOV National Winners • Arvin O. Marabiles • Volunteer Service Provider

RDC XI hosts 2-day Communication and Advocacy Planning Workshop for the Updated Davao Regional Development Plan, 2014–2016

This issue of the RDC XI Communicator presents the salient features of the Updated Davao Regional Development Plan, 2014–2016. Its Development Framework and the summaries of each 10 chapters are featured in pages 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, and 12.

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RDC XI LAUNCHES THE UPDATED DAVAO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, 2014–2016 RIBBON CUTTING. The Updated Regional Development Plan, 2014-2016 was formally opened to the public through the ribbon cutting ceremony led by NEDA DDG Margarita R. Songco and Acting RDC XI Chair and NEDA XI Director Maria Lourdes D. Lim together with the local government units witnessed by the region’s development partners both from the government and the private sector.

DAVAO CITY—About two hundred-fifty development stakeholders convened at the SMX Convention Center in Davao City on 13 December 2013 to witness the launching of the Updated Davao Regional Development Plan (RDP), 2014–2016, and its accompanying documents, the Revalidated Regional Development Investment Program (RRDIP) and the Updated RDP-Results Matrices (RM). NEDA Deputy Director General Margarita R. Songco graced the occasion and delivered the Keynote Message in behalf of Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan. Among the attendees were the region’s local chief executives, key government agencies, civil society organizations, academe, business groups and private sector representatives. Aimed at promoting awareness on Davao Region’s socioeconomic directions in the next three years, the event was highlighted by an audio-visual presentation of the Plan’s salient features, messages of support by local chief executives and the signing of a pledge of support by key development stakeholders. The event culminated in the unveiling of the Plan documents led by DDG Songco and Acting RDC XI Chair and NEDA XI Director Maria Lourdes Lim. A press conference was facilitated by PIA Asst. Secretary Efren Elbanbuena. This activity is expected to create a ripple effect on stakeholder support and advocacies for the successful implementation of the Plan. Carrying the slogan “PRO Davao,” the Updated Plan shall chart Davao Region’s development until 2016 and pave the way for the attainment of the Region’s vision as the Nation’s Rising Global Frontier. PRO Davao stands for Productivity, Resiliency, Opportunities—Driving... Accelerating Ventures and Accords... Onwards 2016. The Davao Regional Updated RDP, 2014– 2016, was approved by the RDC XI in June 2013 – the current and improved version of the RDP, 2011–2016, in consideration of new and emerging developments and challenges in the region. (Felicidad M. Rabe) UPDATED RDP. The Updated RDP of Davao Region which comes in 10 Chapters spells out the region’s direction toward attaining its vision to become the nation’s Rising Global Frontier.

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PRESS CONFERENCE. At center, DDG Margarita R. Songco gladly answers question raised from the media during the press conference, as Governor Corazon N. Malanyaon of Davao Oriental (right) and Director Maria Lourdes D. Lim (left) look on.

PRO Davao. The Updated RDP of Davao Region carries the slogan “PRO Davao” which stands for Productivity, Resiliency, Opportunities— Driving… Accelerating Ventures and Accords… Onwards 2016.

LAUNCHING EVENT. The launching of the Updated RDP of Davao Region promotes awareness to regional stakeholders on the socio-economic directions of Davao Region as embodied in the Updated RDP.

PLEDGE OF COMMITMENT. Governor Corazon N. Malanyaon of Davao Oriental pledging her support to the Updated Plan.

GAINING SUPPORT. Development partners joined the launching event to show support for the successful implementation of the Updated Plan.

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POSE FOR POSTERITY. (L to R) Assistant Commander Roberto D. Domines of AFP 10th ID, Director Maria Lourdes D. Lim , Governor Corazon N. Malanyaon and DDG Margarita R. Songco pose for posterity during the launching of the Updated RDP.

RDC XI COMMUNICATOR The Updated Davao Regional Development Plan, 2014–2016

DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK Stable Natural Resource Base

RISING GLOBAL FRONTIER

Stable Security Environment

Sustained High & Inclusive Growth

Reformed Governance Science, Technology & Innovation (STI)Driven Economy Improved Quality, Adequacy & Accessibility of Infrastructure Facilities & Services

High Level of FAMILY INCOME Increased Competitiveness of Industry & Services Sectors

More Productive & Competitive Agriculture & Fishery Sectors

Healthy and Skilled Human Capital

Improved Resilience Against Disaster, Climate Change & Conflict

Strategic Outcomes

High Growth in PRODUCTIVITY

Abundant LIVELIHOOD Opportunities Inclusive Growth Preconditions

Revised Regional Development Framework Davao Region is envisioned as the nation’s Rising Global Frontier, with the overall goal of sustained high and inclusive growth by 2016. Guided by the Regional Development Plan, the region’s goal can be achieved by significantly increasing the competitiveness of the region’s industries so that they are able to cope with the rapidly liberalizing global economy; building and nurturing a healthy and skilled human capital that is able to grab the more expansive opportunities that would result from the region’s inclusive growth strategies; ensuring more productive and competitive agriculture and fishery sectors to improve food security levels; improving the resilience of communities so that they are able to avoid or reemerge from disasters, live with climate change and overcome conflicts; and upping the levels of family income as a result of abundant livelihood opportunities and high growth in productivity; all these under a regime of reformed governance in all sectors, at all levels, and by providing a stable security environment, stable natural resource base, a science, technology and innovation (STI) driven-economy and improved quality, adequacy and accessibility of infrastructure facilities and services. This updated overall framework for Davao Region’s development for the period 2014–2016 shall unify and guide all efforts to achieve the desired development outcomes in the next three years.

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The Updated Davao Regional

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Macroeconomic Management INTRODUCTION This chapter focuses on the macroeconomic behavior of the Davao Region economy and how it affects other vital sectors of the regional economy. It discusses how labor productivity, investments, exports, employment, and family income and its distribution can directly affect the capacity of the regional economy to sustain high and inclusive economic growth. It analyzes the binding constraints to inclusive growth such as the slower reduction in poverty incidence, unsustained high economic growth levels, and unsustained high productivity growth levels. The strategic framework of this chapter builds on the major development strategies such as the Strengthening of the Industry Clustering Approach and Agro-Industrial Development, partly in response to the challenge of the full ASEAN integration. Alongside, the support to enterprises, particularly those in the SMEs and agriindustries should be sustained.

GOAL

The goal is to achieve high, sustained and inclusive growth. This goal is broken down into the objectives of sustained high productivity growth levels and faster growth in employment levels. To realize inclusive growth, sound macroeconomic policy must be accompanied by measures to improve productivity and create new opportunities for full employment and efficient allocation of resources.

OBJECTIVES • High productivity growth levels sustained • Faster growth in employment levels achieved • Priority industry clusters strengthened • Agri-industrial development pursued • Technologies in industries promoted and innovations institutionalized

TARGETS • Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) to grow by 8.7% in 2016 • Gross Value Added (GVA) for Industry to grow fastest at 9.7% to be spurred by the manufacturing and construction subsectors • GVA for Services to grow by 8.0% with Real Estate, Renting and Business subsectors leading the growth by 17% in 2016 • Employment rate to reach 98.2% and Underemployment at 15% by 2016 • Labor productivity to grow by 6.0% in 2016 • Total investments to reach P29 billion by 2016, with 10% annual growth rate • Annual average family income to grow by 30% by 2016 • Family income of the poorest population to grow annually by 9.4% • Poverty incidence to be reduced to only 22.3% by 2016

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES • Strengthening Davao Region’s priority industry clusters • Promotion of technologies in industries and institutionalization of innovations that build the capacity of the region’s human resource in the conduct of Research and Development • Pursuit of Agri-industrial development

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Modern and Competitive Agriculture INTRODUCTION The Region’s Agriculture, Hunting, Fishery and Forestry (AHFF) Sector provides food and vital raw materials for the economy as well as safe and high quality agricultural products to both local and international markets. It serves its markets in a way that is not harmful to the environment, protects the natural resource base and improves the social and economic well-being of farmers and fisherfolk. Rising productivity and efficiency in the sector are critical in maintaining the affordability of food and in achieving inclusive growth and poverty reduction in the Region.

POLICY AGENDA Passage of the National Land Use Act (NaLUA) Full implementation of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) Maximization of AgriAgra Law for financing Push for the continued implementation of the Organic Farming Act

GOAL More productive, globally competitive and climate-resilient agri-fishery sector

OBJECTIVES • Improved food security • Increased production and labor productivity • Increased resilience to climate change risks and external shocks • Improved agricultural governance

TARGETS • By 2016, GVA-AFF shall have grown 5 percent from 0.2 percent in 2010 • Rice sufficiency level shall have increased from 49 percent in 2012 to 63 percent in 2016 • Labor productivity in the agriculture sector shall have increased by 4 percent or from PhP60,000 in 2011 to PhP64,000 in 2016 • Income of farm households shall have increased from PhP101,673 annually in 2002–2003 to at least within poverty threshold in rural areas • National budget allocation for the Region’s agri-fishery sector shall have reached PhP2.1 Billion by 2016 and Provincial LGU budget allocations for agricultural services are equal or more than 25 percent of their total budgets

STRATEGIES • Accelerate agro-industrialization by promoting efficient and well-developed value chains to encourage growth in agri-business and expand job opportunities • Pursue competitiveness-related measures and increase capacities for export trade to reduce trade barriers • Pursue massive investment in infrastructure and logistics • Reduce vulnerability to climate change risks • Improve institutional support

MAJOR PAPs • National Rice/Corn Development Program (includes SIP, post-harvest facilities and RDE) • High Value Crops Development Program (includes RDC and modernization of quarantine laboratory) • Livestock and Poultry Development (includes RDE and post-harvest facilities) • National Fisheries Development Program (includes mangrove rehabilitation) • Improvement of Davao and Sta. Cruz Fishport Complexes • Rehabilitation of mangrove areas and conservation of marine parks • Establishment of agro-eco zones, e.g. Davao Food Exchange Complex and Agri-Pinoy Trading Center • Development of Road Maps of Priority Agriculture Products (Banana, Coconut, Seaweeds/Bangus, Cacao, Wood, Oil Palm, Rice, Durian, Abaca, Coffee, and Rubber)

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Competitive Industry and Services Sectors INTRODUCTION The Industry and Services sectors are the main driving forces for the Region’s accelerated growth. These sectors account for the Region’s transformation from being predominantly agricultural to a strategic regional agro-industrial and knowledge economy of the country.

GOAL Increased global competitiveness of the Industry and Services Sectors

OBJECTIVES • To attract and generate more investments for the full development of the Region’s Industry and Services sectors, particularly in the processing of the Region’s raw agricultural produce and valuable mineral resources • To improve the Region’s business environment • To increase productivity in the Region’s Industry and Services sectors • To expand the support base of the industry and services on ICT, research and development, marketing, trading, infrastructure and logistics facilities, human resource and financing facilities • To enhance the welfare of the Region’s consumers

TARGETS POLICY AGENDA Continuing advocacy on the lowering of shipping costs Push for the full implementation of Executive Order No. 79, series of 2012, “Institutionalizing and Implementing Reforms in the Philippine Mining Sector”

Establishment of satellite PPP centers in the region Review of the BMBE Law

• Sustain an average growth in the Gross Value Added for Industry of 8 to 9 percent • Sustain an average growth in the Gross Value Added for Services of 7 to 8 percent • Sustain growth in private investments, especially for the Region’s 17 priority industries • Sustain the increase in the Region’s productivity levels • Increase visitor arrivals and tourist receipts by an annual average of 10 percent

Strategies • Scale-up the implementation of the Industry Clustering Strategy for the priority industries • Pursuit of agro-industrial development, particularly the strengthening of the Manufacturing Subsector • Level-up trade, marketing and tourism promotion • Investment and Trade Promotion and Facilitation Strategies - Reduce the cost of doing business and improve the business support environment - Develop and upgrade industrial outputs and services to global standards - Build good image and strengthen international relations - Increase adoption rate for online marketing, e-commerce and ICT- enabled automation - Improve MSMEs’ access to financing • Improve infrastructure and logistics facilities • Upgrade standards/services of tourism facilities • Pursue ecotourism development • Establishment of a BSP-accredited gold buying station in mining areas • Create an enabling environment to mainstream DRR/CCA in industry and services sectors

MAJOR PAPs • Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development - Shared Service Facility (SSF) • National Industry Clustering • Streamlining of Business Permits and Licensing System • Philippine Business Registry and Business Name Registration

• Tourism Marketing and Promotions Program • Tourism Skills Training/Capacity Building Program • Davao Food Exchange Complex • Various DPWH-DOT convergence projects on roads leading to TDAs

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Strategic and Sustainable Infrastructure INTRODUCTION The development of strategic and sustainable infrastructure provides support facilities and services to the industry, services and agriculture sectors, as well as improves access to social goods and services in Davao Region. An efficient infrastructure facility enhances the physical and economic linkage of production areas and their markets, thereby reducing transaction costs and creates value added for producers and consumers. Upgrading the quality of infrastructure facilities in the Region shall also open up and afford better opportunities for the local producers to access global trade linkages, supply chains and distribution systems of goods and services, especially with the ASEAN economic integration in CY 2015. Infrastructure facilities and services are not only for the attainment of economic growth but also contribute to poverty reduction.

POLICY AGENDA Passage of a Bill Creating the Davao International Airport Authority Policy advocacy on the amendment of the Clean Air Act to support waste-toenergy technology

GOAL Quality, adequacy and accessibility of infrastructure facilities and services enhanced

OBJECTIVES

• Internal circulation, mobility and external linkages enhanced • Access to water supply facilities increased • Irrigation services expanded • Sufficiency and reliability of power improved and household energization rate increased • Access to information and communication facilities and technologies intensified • Access to education and health facilities increased • Availability of critical facilities that mitigate impacts of floods, landslides, sea level rise and storm surges improved

TARGETS • Enhancing internal circulation, mobility and external linkages • Improving access to water supply facilities • Expanding irrigation services • Improving sufficiency and reliability of power and increasing household energization rate • Improving access to information and communication technology • Improving education and health facilities

STRATEGIES • Pursue strategic infrastructure planning and invest massively in construction and installation of sustainable facilities in the transport, power, water supply, irrigation, ICT, and social infrastructure • Integrate appropriate adaptation and mitigation technologies that will provide or produce DRR-CCA-responsive infrastructure facilities, level-up trade, marketing and tourism promotion • Design and implement infrastructure facilities that reduce (if not eliminate) gender issues and achieve gender equality results • Aggressive promotion of the PPP scheme to increase the construction/ provision of critical infrastructure facilities

MAJOR PAPs • Improvement/Expansion of Davao Sasa Port • Installation of new secondary surveillance radar (SSR) and a new Doppler Very High Omni-Directional Range (DVOR) at Davao International Airport • Upgrading of water supply facilities to expand coverage areas particularly in Davao del Sur • Implementation of the Sitio Energization Program • Installation of broadband network in rural communities • Improvement of facilities in Government hospitals • Construction of major flood and landslide protection structures as well as facilities to mitigate the impact of sea level rise and storm surge

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RDC XI COMMUNICATOR Davao Nominees Win Outstanding Volunteer Awards Acknowledging the spirit of “Volunteerism” as an important approach towards the development of this nation, the government once again organized the annual Search for Outstanding Volunteers (SOV). For this year, two among the awardees are from Davao Region. Mr. Arvin O. Marabiles is one of the awardees named for the Adult Individual Category and the Volunteer Service Provider (VSP) for the Not-for-Profit Category. The 2013 SOV awarding ceremony which culminated the year-long nationwide search for exceptional volunteer individuals and groups took place at the Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila, Ortigas Center, Quezon City on 13 December 2013. The Search is spearheaded by the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) in cooperation with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Regional Offices, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao - Regional Planning and Development Office (ARMM-RPDO), and the National Volunteer Month Steering Committee (NVM-SC). NEDA XI Regional Director and Acting Chairperson of the Regional Development Council (RDC) XI, Maria Lourdes D. Lim, bared that the RDC XI’s Social Development Committee has constituted the SOV Regional Search Committee to undertake the selection of Davao Region’s nominees to the 2013 Search. Director Lim shared that the Search intends to acknowledge and emphasize the exemplary accomplishments and commitment to service of Filipino volunteers in building strong communities in the country through volunteerism. In Davao Region, the search is being spearheaded by the NEDA Regional Office XI serving as Chairperson of the 2013 SOV Regional Search Committee, she added. Following the selection process in September 2013, the RDC XI endorsed to the SOV National Search Committee through the PNVSCA the nomination of Mr. Arvin O. Marabiles and Dr. Helen A. Anajao as Davao Region’s official entries to the Individual Adult Category of the Search. The Davao Light and Power Company and the Volunteer Service Provider were also nominated as Davao Region’s Official Entries to the Corporate Organization Category and Non-Profit Organization Category, respectively. The Compostela Emergency Response Team was also endorsed for special citation. Mr. Marabiles of Davao City is the president and founder of the Saint Francis Xavier Trabungco Mountaineering Club Search and Rescue Group, also known as SFX TRABMOC, a volunteer emergency response group based in Davao City which he organized in 2006. Dr. Helen O. Anajao is a medical doctor whose untiring commitment and dedication to health and community development has uplifted poor communities in Panabo City, which has earned for her the recognition as 2013 Outstanding Panaboan and Davao Region’s Outstanding Volunteer for two consecutive years. Her major accomplishment is the spearheading of the establishment of the Gawad Kalinga (GK) Project on a land donated by her own family in Barangay Nanyo, Panabo City, where she facilitated the construction of 42 houses, chapel, guest house, multi-purpose hall and day care center. The Volunteer Service Provider (VSP) is composed of students from the San Pedro College in Davao City, a cause-oriented, non-departmental volunteer organization, which is geared toward enhancing volunteerism and expanding social responsibility among 300 member students for the good of the community. The VSP empowers the youth for truth and development by enhancing their leadership skills through workshops, seminars, activities and trainings and conducting activities contributory to the general welfare and betterment of life for its partner communities through programs on health, literacy and environmental protection. The Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) is a Davao-based Filipino electricity company and the third largest privately owned electric utility in the Philippines as of 2012. As part of its corporate social responsibility, the DLPC has been engaging in volunteer activities for twenty (20) years, whereby its top management, rank and file and field crew provide voluntary manpower and resources to various programs, projects and activities. COERT or the Compostela Emergency Response Team was organized in 2009 in the Municipality of Compostela by the MDRRMC. Cases handled by the team include medical emergencies, accidents, injuries, landslides and flood evacuation. During the onslaught of Typhoon Pablo in December 2012, CoERT went around low-lying barangays and forced the residents to evacuate from their homes against their will, even as the weather initially appeared calm. Had it not been for CoERT’s timely call for evacuation, the casualties could have been much higher. A special citation is given to COERT for its extraordinary volunteerism and heroism. Director Lim also disclosed that the NVM Honorary Chair Mr. Efren G. Peñaflorida, who is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Dynamic Teen Company, SOV National Awardee for 2008, and CNN Hero of the Year for 2009, presented the awards along with Assistant Deputy Director General of NEDA-Regional Development Office, ADG Kenneth V. Tanate representing NEDA Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning Arsenio M. Balisacan, and PNVSCA Executive Director Joselito C. de Vera.

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The awarding ceremony highlights the annual National Volunteer Month celebration every December. Director Lim said. The Search for Outstanding Volunteers is both a recognition platform and advocacy medium of the government to promote and sustain volunteerism as a strategy for community development and nation-building. Since 2001, the SOV has recognized 109 individuals and volunteer organizations, thus bringing to the fore many years of outstanding practices and inspiring stories that changed the lives of many people and communities.

2013 SOV National Winners

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TRABMOC receives three (3) to five (5) calls every day.

ARVIN O. MARABILES Nature of Volunteer Service: Emergency Rescue Arvin O. Marabiles is the president and founder of the Saint Francis Xavier Trabungco Mountaineering Club Search and Rescue Group (SFX TRABMOC) based in Davao City. In 1997, while working as a welder and pipe fitter at the Davao City Water District, a cave-in occurred and he was buried more than 10 feet underground. He would have died if not for his helmet where trapped air allowed him to breathe and for the good handedness of volunteers who unearthed him. Five years later, in 2002, Mr. Marabiles decided to pay the volunteers back for saving his life. He returned to the Philippines from London where he had worked as a forklift operator. He established SFX TRABMOC, first as a mountaineering group. Using his savings from his high-paying job in the United Kingdom, he bought the necessary rescue equipment which allowed SFX TRABMOC to transform into an emergency response group. As the lone emergency response team in Northern Davao, SFX

Mr. Marabiles is described as a hands-on leader. He personally assists the Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) in search and rescue operations, especially in giving of first aid to accident victims and in responding to floods, fires, and landslides. He and his group played a big role in the rescue of flash flood victims in Pangi, Davao City in 2011. Arvin served beyond his turf when he joined the search, rescue, and retrieval operations in the aftermath of Typhoon Pablo, when he and his group went to New Bataan to assist the DRRMC in December 2012. Members of SFX TRABMOC admire Mr. Marabiles for his dedication to the group. He has donated his personal resources to fund the rescue equipment and activities, provided meals and uniforms to some of the members, and opened his residence as SFX TRABMOC headquarters.

Volunteer Service Provider (VSP) is a cause-oriented, non-departmental volunteer organization of San Pedro College, which is geared on enhancing the students’ social awareness and advocacy towards community service. VSP members live the motto—“For Love and Service” by becoming young catalysts of change though actualizing social responsibility. Current membership is approximately 300 students from different course disciplines.

VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROVIDER (VSP)

Volunteer Services Given: Community Development

Volunteerism takes the form of inter-dependent programs on health, literacy and environmental protection. To date, VSP has implemented 24 community projects. It has conducted several medical missions, tree planting and clean-up activities, and community services in different communities in the Davao Region. Examples of VSP’s projects are the DOMES (Developing Ocean’s Man-made Eco-friendly Shelters), KANDILA (Kindling Altruism for Nurturing Development by Initiating Livelihood Alternative), HOUSE (House Open to Usher Students’ Education), SPCians CARE (Committing to the Advocacy of Retrenching Energy) and FLUSH (For the Love of Ultimate Hygiene and Sanitation). Networking and linkages with the beneficiaries of volunteer assistance are established using 2 approaches: (a) request of partner organizations which need the collaborative response of VSP, and (b) initiative projects of the organization, itself, to chosen communities. For 5 years, VSP has proved its worth of keeping the flame of social responsibility and volunteerism ablaze through its interdependent programs on health, literacy and environmental protection. VSP activities have lasting impact not only on the beneficiary communities but also on the student members themselves. The organization’s projects contribute to the general welfare and betterment of life for the partner communities and, at the same time, empower the youth for community services and leadership as future leaders of the nation.

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Science, Technology and Innovation INTRODUCTION Science, technology and innovation have been considered a key driver to economic growth as it is a major support to the Modern and Competitive Agriculture & Fishery Sector, as well as to the Competitive Industry and Services Sector. It is relied upon to boost productivity of industries, introduce new valueadding technologies for efficiency, as well as develop capacities to help the productive sectors compete in a knowledge-based global economy. Resulting productive practices are seen to generate better-paying jobs and raise living standards, ultimately contributing to the reduction of poverty.

POLICY AGENDA Push for the creation of S&T/R&D committees at the regional, provincial, city and municipal levels to support STI efforts region-wide Lobby for the establishment of advance programs for integrated science and math in provincial high schools

GOAL The region shall be developed into a Science and Technology-based and Innovation-driven economy

OBJECTIVES • Increased appreciation for science, technology and innovation in schools, workplaces, and business establishments • Enhanced responsiveness of research products to market needs • Increased R&D technology adoption and innovation by small farmers/fisherfolks and industries • Increased S&T infrastructure and human capital investments

TARGETS • Increase R&D expenditure from 0.11% in 2009 to 0.40% of GRDP in 2016 • Increase the average number of R&D human resource from 181 per 1 million population in 2009 to 500 per 1 million population in 2016 • Increase the number of S&T scholars for secondary level from 355 in 2012 to 540 in 2016 and for tertiary level from 180 in 2012 to 210 in 2016 • 85% adoption and commercialization of technologies developed • 100% of SUCs and private HEIs utilizing the RDRA for the research requirements of students and faculty • 100% of R&D Consortia strengthened and maintained

STRATEGIES • Enhancing curricular offerings on science and technology subjects/courses • Accelerating S&T Human Resource Development • Strengthening of a policy framework and support to S&T through volunteerism and linkages among government, the academe, the business sector and civil society • Promoting technologies in industries and institutional innovations that build the capacity of the region’s human resource in the conduct of R&D/STI (including requirements for DRR-CCA) • Upgrading standards of S&T systems and services for the development of globallycompetitive products • Employing public-private partnership in enhancing the region’s S&T infrastructure. • Encouraging media and corporate CSR programs to promote science, technology and innovation consciousness among the region’s constituents. • Promoting on-line “live-ex” or livelihood exchange portal for products and services • Strengthening the technical infrastructure and increasing the technical expertise of the country’s regulatory agencies • Promoting R&D Technical Cooperation

MAJOR PAPs

• Scholarship program grants for elementary and secondary levels, graduate, undergraduate and bridging program • Value Chain Analysis on the Priority Industry Clusters • Davao Branding Program • Techno-Gabay Program • Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) • Nationwide Operational Assessment Hazards (NOAH) Project • Technology Innovation and Packaging Development Center

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Good Governance INTRODUCTION In pursuit of the President’s Social Contract with the Filipino people, the Government shall continue to implement reforms in governance. Foremost is to transform the Government into an instrument for transparent, accountable and participatory governance. As catalyst to transformation, good governance shall provide a conducive environment in Davao Region that shall lead to the achievement of economic growth, job creation, and reduction of poverty. This Chapter shall focus on addressing traditional and emerging challenges to achieving High and Inclusive Growth Sustained Through Reformed Governance.

POLICY AGENDA Passage of comprehensive Local Investment and Revenue Codes by all LGUs Inclusion of civil society participation in LGPMS.

GOAL In pursuit of the Government’s plan to promote economic growth, fight poverty and uphold governance, the following strategic framework is geared toward achieving the goal of High and Inclusive Growth Sustained through Reformed Governance

OBJECTIVES • State compliance of service delivery improved • Transparency and accountability in government services adhered

TARGETS • All NGAs’ expenditure rates are 100 percent of total budgets annually • LGPMS development index to increase from Level 2 in 2009 to Level 5 in 2016 with CSO participation • LGPMS performance scale to increase from Level 4 in 2011 to Level 5 annually with CSO participation • LGUs’ reliance on IRA is reduced to 40 percent by 2016 • All LGUs spend at least 20 percent for social services and 30 percent for economic development • Locally sourced revenues to increase by 50 percent by 2016 • LGUs adopting streamlined BPLS to increase from 31 to 49 LGUs in 2016 • ALL NGAs conferred with Transparency Seal by 2016 • All NGAs/LGUs/GOCCs are fully compliant with ARTA Law by 2016

STRATEGIES Strengthening the linkage between planning, investment programming, budgeting disbursement and accounting Enhancing Public-Private Partnership Advancing LGUs’ preparedness to adapt to and reduce risks associated with disasters and climate change by integrating DRR development plans and programs Adoption of transparency measures by making information publicly accessible Advancing competitiveness and businessfriendly government

MAJOR PAPs • Performance Measurement and Awards and Incentives Program • Economic growth and competitiveness programs • Capability enhancement trainings for DRR-CCA • Surveys for certifying compliance with Transparency Seal, PhilGeps, and ARTA • Annual development plans approved by Sanggunians

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Human Resource Development INTRODUCTION The Region’s thrust on human resource development is to invest in people as a means to higher incomes in pursuit of inclusive growth. To achieve this objective, the current Plan focuses on building the capacities of the labor force through improved levels of education, health, nutrition and housing services; strengthened linkages between supply and demand for labor; and accelerated adoption of science and technology. Corollary to this is the Region’s high priority on contributing to the nation’s achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. After two years of plan implementation, however, much still remains to be done to hone the potentials of the human resource and uplift the people’s welfare.

POLICY AGENDA Establishment of the Davao Regional State University System Establishment of Barangay Nutrition Scholar Academy Review and Amendment of the Roxas Law

GOAL Productive Capacity and Global Competitiveness of the Human Resource Enhanced

OBJECTIVES • Access to and Quality of Health and Nutrition Services Enhanced • Access to and Quality of Education and Training Improved • Access to Shelter Security Expanded • Linkages between Supply and Demand for Labor Strengthened • Adoption of Science, Technology and Innovation for Human Resource Development Accelerated

TARGETS • Maternal mortality rate decreased from 90 to 45 deaths per 100,000 live births • Infant mortality rate decreased from 10 to 5 per 1,000 live births • Under-5 mortality rate decreased from 13.6 percent to 9.0 percent • Net enrolment ratio in secondary education increased from 43.4 percent to 71 percent • Completion rate in elementary education increased from 56.2 percent to 86 percent • Total housing needs decreased from 67,911 units to 30,132 units • Number of jobseekers placed in local employment increased from 43,804 to 62,085 • SUCs and private HEIs utilizing the unified regional development research agenda reached 100 percent in 2016

STRATEGIES • Universalize access to appropriate, affordable and comprehensive health services • Adopt innovative approaches to improve quality of and access to education • Facilitate access to affordable and appropriate housing services • Align education and human resource skills to demands of priority industries and international markets • Adopt science, technology and innovation to human resource development in schools, businesses and workplaces

MAJOR PAPs • • • • • • •

Health financing programs Maternal health programs Child health and nutrition programs Job fairs and placement programs LGU skills registry system Career guidance and advocacy programs Utilization of the Regional Development Research Agenda • Typology and mapping of higher education institutions

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Peace and Development INTRODUCTION Peace and development—two sides of the same coin. Peace could not be attained without development, and development would not be possible without peace. This Chapter deals with Davao Region’s peace and development thrusts for 2014–2016. Discussion shall involve efforts and strategies on peacebuilding, maintaining law and order, developing resilient communities and improving the criminal justice administration system in the region.

POLICY AGENDA Enactment of PNP Reorganization Law Amnesty of rebel returnees with criminal cases Amendment of the AFP Modernization/ Development Program Review RA 9344 PNP Modernization Program

GOAL The overarching goal of Davao Region is to achieve peace and development by 2016

OBJECTIVES • Peace and order improved • Safer and more secure environment Conducive to regional development created and sustained • Security Sector reformed and modernized

TARGETS • Reduce crime volume by 5 percent annually • Increase crime solution efficiency rate to 41.75% by 2016 • Liberation of all barangays from CNN affectation by 2016 • Reduce number of insurgents by 80% in 2016 • Reduce number of atrocities perpetrated by insurgents by 90% in 2016 • Establish 1,932 schools adopting peace concepts by 2016 • All LGUs to undergo conflict sensitive and peace promotive planning processes

STRATEGIES • Maximum deployment of police personnel in strategic areas • Dismantle organizations lending support to insurgents thru PDOP thereby providing political stability in these communities • Protection of children’s rights in situations of armed conflict • Reform and modernize the Security Sector • Resolve cases speedily by hiring more judges and prosecutors, building halls of justice • Unclog court dockets by strengthening the lupon system, strengthening intervention/diversion program for CICL • Converge efforts in the delivery of economic and social services • Strengthen R/LPOCs as mechanisms for local peace-building activities • Recommend amnesty for rebel returnees with criminal cases • Promote professionalism among uniformed personnel by institutionalizing checks and balances at the lowest level of the services • Create mechanism to address concerns on missing persons

MAJOR PAPs • NGAs/LGUs’ support to PAMANA • Construction of halls of justice • Establishment of center for integration/ diversion of CICL • Establish Missing Persons Unit in the PNP XI • Strengthening of alternative dispute resolution • Conduct of CSPP for LGUs/POCs • Conduct of Community Peace Dialogues

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Sustainable Environment and Natural Resources INTRODUCTION Pursuing socioeconomic growth while at the same time maintaining the integrity of the environment and natural resources remain a major challenge not only for Davao Region but of the entire country as well. Given the added pressures brought about by the impacts of climate change and disasters, increasing population, rapid urbanization spread, negative externalities of development, among others, maintaining balance in the ecosystem is all the more imperative. This Chapter provides for Davao Region’s directions towards achieving inclusive growth and poverty reduction by way of ensuring good environmental quality and sustainable use of natural resources and improving the resilience of institutions and communities on disaster risks and climate change.

POLICY AGENDA Full implementation of the no habitation policy in geohazard areas Strengthen enforcement of the policy on open access to foreshore areas Address management issues in the Diwalwal Mineral Reservation Area

GOAL Stable natural resources base and improved environment quality

OBJECTIVES Natural resources conserved, protected and rehabilitated Good environmental quality ensured Resiliency of institutions and communities to disaster risks and climate change impacts strengthened

TARGETS • Increased forestland cover from 11 percent in 2010 to 18 percent in 2016 • Completed land survey by 2016 • Increased protected areas (PAs) under NIPAS from 9 to 11 or a combined area of 22,083 hectares in 2010 to 139,837 hectares in 2016 for improved biodiversity (terrestrial, inland water, coastal and marine) and ecosystem services • Water Quality Index maintained within standards • Air Quality Index maintained within standards • Zero lives lost and reduced damage to property due to natural disasters, environmental and human-induced hazards and hydro-meteorological events

STRATEGIES • Improve Enforcement of Environmental Laws and Policies at the National and Local levels • Strengthen the Capacities of NGAs, LGUs and Communities on ENR Management and DRR/CCA • Ensure sustainable utilization and management of natural resources such as forests/watersheds, land, minerals, water bodies, and other important ecosystems • Establishment of reliable database and improvement of research and development initiatives for the environment and natural resources sector • Harness opportunities under the PublicPrivate Partnership (PPP) for the Environment and Natural Resources Sector • Prevent the desertification and further expansion of land degradation • Completion and implementation of Marine Protected Area (MPA) Management Plans

MAJOR PAPs • • • • • •

National Greening Program Land Management Services Mineral Lands Administration Biodiversity Conservation Program Coastal and Marine Resources Management Environmental Management and Pollution Control • Capability-building programs for LGUs and NGAs on Environmental Laws and Policies and on DRR and CCA

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Social Protection for Inclusive Growth INTRODUCTION Social protection for inclusive growth facilitates the formulation of policies, plans and programs envisioned to reduce poverty and vulnerability by promoting efficient labor markets, diminishing people’s exposure to risks, and enhancing the capacity of the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged groups to manage economic and social risks. Strategic priority activities on the improvement of land tenure of farmers and indigenous cultural communities/ indigenous peoples (ICCs/IPs), enhancing support services to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) and ICCs/IPs, expanding livelihood and microfinance opportunities for the poor, repatriated OFWs, improvement of social welfare for the poor and disadvantaged sectors, and resettlement of informal settlers shall be intensified.

POLICY AGENDA Review of RA 9344, also known as the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 Pursue implementation of BP 344, also known as the Accessibility Law Promote volunteerism across sectors

GOAL To make growth inclusive, especially among the poor, the vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, for them to manage economic and social risks

OBJECTIVES Preferential access of the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged to social welfare and development services provided Livelihood and microfinance opportunities for the poor, marginalized farmers/fisherfolk and disadvantaged groups expanded Land tenure of farmers and ICCs/IPs improved Support services to ARBs enhanced Housing needs and slum upgrading for informal settlers and urban poor addressed

TARGETS • 100% of targeted household beneficiaries are served under 4Ps/CCT • 100% of targeted barangays and households are covered by KALAHI-CIDSS • 100% enrolment of poor families in government’s social security schemes • 100% of targeted beneficiaries provided with livelihood assistance • Distribute 100% (24,045 ha) of the remaining CARP lands by 2016 • Fully cover the targeted 18,505 CARP beneficiaries from 2013–2016 • Increase percentage of distribution of ancestral domain lands from 72% to 100% • Increase the number of housing sites developed for resettlement/relocation programs by 15 sites annually

STRATEGIES • Strengthen community-managed interventions for highly vulnerable individuals • Provide livelihood opportunities and access to micro-financing • Fast track the distribution of Certificates of Ancestral Domain Titles (CADTs) with due regard to the entitlements of the IPs/ICCs • Fast track acquisition and ensure a more equitable distribution of CARP lands, with due regard to the entitlements of duty holders • Enhance shelter security of the urban poor

MAJOR PAPs

• Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) • Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens • Supplemental Feeding Program (SFP) • Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) • National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) • Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) for Local Government Units • Cash for Work (CFW) Program • Social Amelioration Program (SAP) • Special livelihood and vocational training programs for PWDs • Formulation of Provincial/Local Shelter Code

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Main Photo (left to right): CHED XI Regional Director Raul C. Alvarez, Jr., CHED Commissioner Ruperto S. Sangalang, RDC XI Acting Chairperson and NEDA XI Regional Director Maria Lourdes D. Lim, Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo P. del Rosario, Compostela Valley 1st District Congresswoman Maria Carmen S. Zamora. Inset (right): CHED Commissioner Sangalang sharing on “Accelerating the DRSUS”; (bottom left) Multi-stakeholder forum participants

The Regional Development Council XI Conducts Forum on Public Higher Education Reforms The Regional Development Council XI, in partnership with the Commission on Higher Education XI, conducted a multi-stakeholder forum on Public Higher Education Reforms at the Pinnacle Hotel and Suites, Davao City on October 18, 2013. The forum, with the theme, “Moving Towards the White Paper on Amalgamation… Accelerating Davao Region’s Amalgamation Initiatives,” is one of many efforts that the Regional Development Council XI undertakes to raise a broad-based platform for understanding and bringing consensus to a flagship policy and program in Davao Region’s development agenda. According to RDC XI Acting Chair Maria Lourdes D. Lim, the activity is among the recent public fora conducted by the Council on public higher education reforms. Sometime in November last year, the forum on the National Blueprint for Restructuring Public Higher Education Institutions was also conducted, highlighting the national government’s policy on amalgamation. She said that Davao Region has pioneered this amalgamation effort in the country with the proposed establishment of the Davao Regional State University System or DRSUS, with the other Regions now following suit. The event was graced by CHED Commissioner Ruperto S. Sanggalang who put emphasis on working together in moving forward and accelerating the implementation of the Davao Regional State University System. Echoing the President’s directive on pursuing amalgamation as a key national policy, he said, “there is no turning back on amalgamation.” He stressed that this direction is focused on providing “access to quality higher education.” He further urged the stakeholders to work in synergy as the Region takes its course towards the best arrangements for its amalgamated system. Likewise, CHED XI Director Raul C. Alvarez, Jr. who shared updates on the higher education reforms, highlighted the needed improvements in public higher education in the country so that its human resource can compete locally and internationally. He said that with the projected financial savings of amalgamation, more funds can be channeled for providing better facilities and scholarships for the students. Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo P. del Rosario, prominent author of the laws that created the University of Southeastern Philippines and the Davao del Norte State College, shared that he believes amalgamation is “the way to go” to address higher education issues on access and quality, as well as to prevent mushrooming of HEIs which is apparent in other regions. For her part, Congresswoman Maria Carmen S. Zamora shared the

passage of the law creating the Compostela Valley State College (CVSC), which she has sponsored. She was pleased to learn that CVSC is included in the proposed DRSUS, but commented that the CVSC should first be operationalized to give it a legal personality, to allow it to be part of the DRSUS. The open forum generated relevant questions, comments, and suggestions and reflected the diverse concerns of the Region’s higher education stakeholders. These included, among others, issues on the structural implications of amalgamation, loss of identity of the SUCs, and displacement of students and faculty. Some expressed on the highly viable benefits of the amalgamation, including raising the standards and quality of HEIs and SUCs, reduction of costs, and making Davao Region fully prepared for ASEAN Integration by 2015. Chair Lim informed that the RDC XI DRSUS Special Planning Committee is coming up with some amendments on the proposed House Bill on the DRSUS based on the new developments, such as the creation of the CVSC as well as the LUCs joining the regional amalgamation process, and the concerns raised by stakeholders in the past two years. The Committee is also engaging stakeholders, and even consultants and experts, in the conduct of pre-amalgamation activities such as the profiling of SUCs, formulation of the DRSUS Manual of Operations, Strategic Plan, and ICT Integration Plan, Harmonization of Curricula, and faculty and staff development which is targeted to be completed by year-end or early next year. She then urged the participants to provide more inputs on the amalgamation process that the Region is undertaking, saying that discussions and consultations are still ongoing on this amalgamation initiative of Davao Region. The forum was attended by almost eighty stakeholders from all over the region. Majority of the attendees represented Davao Region’s State University and Colleges, local state colleges, private Higher Education Institutions, and national government agencies. Also in attendance were representatives of the Region’s Congressional Representatives and local government units, including Digos City Mayor Joseph Peñas and Pantukan Mayor Roberto Yugo. Some student leaders also participated. The Davao Regional State University System is a flagship policy and program of the Regional Development Council XI and is laid out in the Davao Regional Development Plan, 2011–2016, and in its updated document, 2014–2016. (JB Tomas H. Busque IV)

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CAP Workshop (clockwise from top left): NEDA XI Dir. Lim presenting the workshop overview, PIA XI Dir. Elbanbuena discussing about communication planning, participants during group work session on slogan crafting, and Prof. Escano discussing the processes in communication and advocacy.

RDC XI hosts 2-day Communication and Advocacy Planning Workshop for the Updated Davao Regional Development Plan, 2014–2016 The Regional Development Council XI, through its Secretariat, the NEDA Regional Office XI, hosted and facilitated a two-day Communication and Advocacy Planning Workshop on the Updated Regional Development Plan, 2014–2016, of Davao Region on November 20–21, 2013 at the NEDARDC XI Center, Bangkal, Davao City. The workshop was attended by some forty-five delegates from all over the Region. Delegates were composed of representatives of Provincial/City Information Offices and information officers of National Government Agencies who are members of RDC XI’s communication and advocacy arm, the Communication for Development Network (C4DNet), and the RDC XI Secretariat. Spearheading the workshop is RDC XI Acting Chairperson and NEDA XI Regional Director Maria Lourdes D. Lim. Acting Chair Lim welcomed the participants and advocates of Davao Region’s development and provided an overview of the activity, as well as the framework and general directions for Strategic Communication in support to the implementation of the Updated Philippine and the Davao Regional Development Plans, for the period 2014–2016. Chair Lim said “advocacy activities shall be undertaken to the extent possible in order to reach our stakeholders at the local level.” She said that the activity was expected to produce an enhanced Communication and Advocacy Plan for the Updated RDP which outlines advocacy activities and appropriate communication strategies, as well as core messages for advocating the Regional Development Plan. Director Lim further said that implementation of the Philippine and Davao Region Development Plans “requires involvement of stakeholders within and outside of government. Communication has to take place before people can get fully involved. People need to be aware, gain knowledge of, appreciate and believe, and ultimately support or do what is written in the Plan. In other words, we want people to own—or invest in —the Plan to attain inclusive growth.”

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Providing vital inputs for the workshop, PIA XI Regional Director Efren F. Elbanbuena delivered a presentation on “Planning a Communication Campaign.” Director Elbanbuena shared the PIA’s experiences and best practices in delivering the messages of the Government to the public. He added that the PIA has regular media conferences and activities that aim to enhance the relationship of the Government with the citizens, project a working Government, as well as keep the public fully informed of the programs, activities, and projects of the Government. Professor Ma. Teresa Escano of the University of the Philippines Mindanao College of Humanities served as a resource speaker. She discussed the processes and dynamics of communication planning, particularly on the ROPE (Research, Objectives, Programming, and Evaluation) process, which ultimately leads to the crafting of a Communication Plan. Other presentations were delivered during the workshop, including an overview of the updated Davao Regional Development Plan, the processes of Knowledge Generation and Research Publication, and Issue Management. The workshop actively engaged the participants through several group work activities which produced core messages, themes, and slogans for all ten chapters of the RDP that were aggregated into four themes: Economic Development, Social Development, Infrastructure Development, and Governance and Peace. The workshop also determined the fitting media channels or mediums to deliver the Plan to the right audience and have the most impact. Communication issues as well as proactive approaches were also identified by the participants. The final output was a set of activities integrated into a Communication and Advocacy Plan which will bring the Updated RDP, its vision, goals, and targets to the people of Davao Region for the next three years. (JB Tomas H. Busque IV)

PROJECT UPDATE

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The Rehabilitation of Batutu River Irrigation System (RIS), located in the municipalities of Compostela and New Bataan in Compostela Valley Province, is one of the components of the Participatory Irrigation Development Project (PIDP) funded through a loan from the World Bank. Total project cost is P320.578 Million. The project is undertaken in three contract packages. Civil works for Packages 1 and 2 started in 19 June 2013 with an actual physical accomplishment of 25.3 percent and 24.3 percent, respectively, as of 31 December 2013. The contract for Package 3, with a duration of 354 calendar days, took effect on 26 September 2013 with the receipt of the Notice to Proceed by the contractor. Actual physical accomplishment of Contract Package 3 is 6.10 percent as of 31 December 2013. The irrigation facility shall serve existing 2,500 farmer-beneficiaries from 14 Irrigators’ Associations (IAs) and an additional 500 farmerbeneficiaries from 3 IAs. The target farmer-beneficiaries are also Typhoon Pablo victims. The total service area is 4,547 hectares (2,700 ha rehabilitation, 569 ha restoration, 1,278 ha new) of rice fields and a small area planted with bananas. The project prioritizes the employment of local labor (both unskilled and skilled) and has hired around 185 local people. Vol. 5 • Issue 3 • Fourth Quarter 2013

Confirming the newly selected RDC XI sectoral committee chairs and co-chairs for the Term 2013–2016, as follows: • EDC XI: Dir. Marizon S. Loreto, Chairperson and Ms. Mary Ann M. Montemayor, Co-Chairperson; • SDC XI: Dr. Anthony C. Sales, Chairperson and Ms. Dolores R. Alegarbes, Co-Chairperson; • MFC XI: Dir. Joffrey M. Suyao, Chairperson and Atty. Samuel R. Matunog, Co-Chairperson; • IDC XI: Vice-Gov Manuel E. Zamora, Chairperson and Mr. Jose Venancio P. Batiquin, Co-Chairperson; • DAC XI: DILG XI Regional Director, Chairperson and Ms. Corazon Mae M. Baylon, Co-Chairperson

RDC XI Resolution No. 43, Series of 2013

Designating Special Non-Voting Members (SNVMs) to RDC XI for the Term 2013–2016

RDC XI Resolution No. 44, Series of 2013

Urging Agency Regional Offices, Local Government Units (LGUs), State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) in Davao Region to Undertake Stringent Evaluation of Academic Qualifications of Personnel for Prospective Recruitment and Promotion

RDC XI Resolution No. 47, Series of 2013 Approving the Inclusion of the Department of Agrarian Reform and the Association of Presidents of Schools and Colleges and Universities in Region XI to SDC XI Membership and Delisting of the Mindanao Science and Technology Centrum, Coordinating Council of Private Educational Association, and Mindanao Working Group on Reproductive Health, Gender and Sexuality

RDC XI Resolution No. 48, Series of 2013 Approving the Inclusion of the Guidelines on the Norms of Attendance in the RDC XI Manual of Operations as Bases for the Delisting of Sectoral Committee Members

Approving the Guidelines for the Formulation of the Davao Region FY 2015 Annual Investment Program

RDC XI Resolution No. 49, Series of 2013

RDC XI Resolution No. 45, Series of 2013

Endorsing the conduct of the Communication and Advocacy Planning Workshop

Authorizing the Acting RDC XI Chairperson Director Maria Lourdes D. Lim to Enter into a Memorandum of Agreement and Sign Other Documents Relative to the Procurement of Four-Wheel Drive Service Vehicle for this Council to be Funded from the Accrued Financial Benefit of Davao Region as Host to Power Generating Plants Pursuant to Department of Energy - Energy Regulation No. 1-94

RDC XI Resolution No. 50, Series of 2013 Enjoining Agency Regional Offices, Local Government Units, and the Private Sector Representatives of the Regional Development Council XI to Support Efforts on the Relief Operations for Typhoon “Yolanda” Victims

(RDC XI Communicator Fourth Quarter 2013)

RDC XI Resolution No. 42, Series of 2013

RDC XI Resolution No. 46, Series of 2013

RDC XI Resolutions passed for the period October to December 2013

RDC XI No. 41, Series of 2013 RDC XI Resolution Confirming Dr. Sherlina Manos-Hao and Fe Arobo as PSRs COMMUNICATOR for the Term 2013–2016

This bulletin is published by the RDC XI Secretariat, NEDA Regional Office XI, in coordination with the members and cooperating agencies of RDC XI. This serves as an outlet for the general advocacy activities of RDC XI. We welcome your contributions, comments and suggestions. Please send them to RDC XI Communicator, NEDA-RDC XI Center, Km. 7, Bangkal, Davao City or e-mail us at nedaroxi@nedaxi.net, website via url: http//:rdc.nro11.neda.gov.ph

Editor in Chief RD Maria Lourdes D. Lim Associate Editor Mae Ester T. Guiamadel Managing Editors

Catherine A. Laguesma • Miguel S. Herrera III Priscilla R. Sonido • Concepcion C. Anaud • Mario M. Realista

Contributors

Marivic C. Natividad • Alana O. San Pedro Felicidad M. Rabe • Mia Glenda Aracid Maria Lourdes Cynthia T. Misola • Rowena M. Dañgo Jade C. Abadia • Melchor L. Sevilla Jerene Managbanag • Grace L. Magalona • JB Tomas H. Busque IV

Circulation Staff

JB Tomas H. Busque IV • Rolly Madronero