COTABATO CITY – “This initiative of gathering us to a dialogue by Good Wednesday Group for Peace is commendable especially in providing the Army a third eye, looking into our programs under the Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) that needs to be improved. But at the same time, I see this as very challenging because the AFP is only one part of the whole structure of IPSP.”
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In this presentation and subsequent panel discussion, I shall refer to the term “role of civil societies” as the function or responsibility of the other stakeholders outside government and business. Dictionary.com’s 21st Century Lexicon defines civil society as 1) the aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest interests and will of citizens or 2) individuals and organizations in a society which are independent of the government. It is also referred to as a “third sector,” distinct from government and business.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Belgian visitors belonging to an international organization calling itself 11-11-11 visited Balay Mindanaw early in June and sat with some Sendong survivors and their support groups from civil society organizations to map out plans and programs on how to further help the survivors as well as make the communities resilient to the impact of climate change-induced and man-made disasters.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Five barangays hit by Tropical Storm Washi (local name: Sendong) underwent a workshop on disaster risk reduction and resiliency management in the last week of May organized by the Balay Mindanao Group (BMG) of NGOs in an effort to train the barangay folks how to respond to natural disasters induced by climate change.