OPAPP, AFP and ARMM plan for 2016 PAMANA

Cotabato City - The Autonomous Regional Government (ARG) headed by Regional Governor Mujiv S. Hataman after an initial meeting with Secretary Teresita Quintos Deles of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have agreed to a technical meeting on Joint Planning on CD-CSM Implementation in ARMM.

Aside from the OPAPP and AFP, the joint planning this week will also be attended by ARMM line and local agencies such as the DAF-ARMM, DPWH-ARMM, DepEd-ARMM, DOLE-ARMM, ORG-IPMO, RDI-ARMM, BFAR and BME.

In this activity, there will be updates on the MNLF Peace Table, presentation and discussion on areas to be covered; profiling and classification of CSM areas; presentation of projects for confidence building activities (Mapping of Resources); breakout session and discussion on implementing arrangements and next steps.

In the ARMM, the newly-created Integrated Project Management Office (IPMO) will serve as portfolio manager for the ORG-PAMANA Program.

IPMO head designated

ARMM Executive Secretary Atty Laisa M. Alamia designates Assistant Secretary Noor Mohammad Saada as Regional Director of the Integrated Project Management Office. A/Sec Saada is relieved of his duties in DepEd-ARMM per Memorandum Order 438, issued July 2, 2015.

As the Regional Director, A/Sec Saada shall be lead in the design and development new projects to be proposed for approval of the Regional Governor as well as those ordered by the latter; lead in the delivery and management of General Appropriations Act (GAA)-funded local projects; provide leadership in the daily operations and management of the IPMO in line with its stated mandates; align project management with the principles set in the EO 019, s. 2015 and commonly-accepted standard practices in community development and project management; supervise the provincial Quality Assurance Teams (QATs) and Municipal Action Teams (MATs) and that these teams are aligned with established project deliverables, management standards and protocols; and align office operations with established government rules and regulations.