๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐| The Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS), in collaboration with the Support to Bangsamoro Transition (SUBATRA) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), successfully concluded a five-day writeshop from November 12-16, 2024, at the Paragon Hotel and Restaurant, Cotabato City.
The primary objective of this initiative was to develop a comprehensive framework for recognizing and incentivizing Early Warning and Early Response (EWER) volunteers, as well as to draft a detailed Manual of Operations for the EWER Center.
Atty. Al-Rashid L. Balt, MPOS Director-General, a key figure in the initiative, highlighted the importance of the EWER center as a crucial hub for addressing peace and order concerns within the region. He emphasized the need to support EWER volunteers, stating, โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ.โ
The first two days were dedicated to crafting meticulous criteria for recognizing and incentivizing EWER volunteers. Participants engaged in insightful discussions and workshops to develop a robust framework for assessing and rewarding the invaluable contributions of these community heroes.
Ms. Bai Ali Mallen of SUBATRA reiterated the organizationโs commitment to supporting BARMMโs mandate for peace and development, emphasizing their role in ensuring the EWER center reaches its full potential as a tool for addressing community concerns.
Mr. Datu Marohomsar A. Gaya, a key contributor to the EWER structure formulation, expressed his enthusiasm for the center, describing it as a groundbreaking development for Maguindanao. He noted, โ๐๐ฆโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ-๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด.โ
The subsequent three days focused on drafting the EWER centerโs Manual of Operations, a crucial document that will guide its establishment and operations. Key topics included the centerโs purpose, policy framework, intervention strategies, data management protocols, operational requirements, and a robust Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) system.
Mr. Datusikie Ampilan provided valuable insights into BARMMโs conflict situation and the Conflict Reporting System (CRS), emphasizing the importance of data management and systematic reporting in fostering peace.
The event concluded with expressions of gratitude from Mr. Datu Marohomsar Gaya to all participants and partners, recognizing their dedication and the significant progress made. He stated, โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌโ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.โ
This initiative represents a significant step forward in institutionalizing EWER systems to proactively promote peace and address conflicts. With the continued support of SUBATRA, UNOPS, Nonviolent Peaceforce, Magungaya Mindanao Incorporated, and other stakeholders, BARMM is poised to achieve its goal of a safer and more secure future.
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