The Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Organization for Migration (IOM), Mangungaya Mindanao Incorporated (MMI), Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) intensified its preparations for its community volunteers through the successful roll-out of the Community Driven Safety and Security (CDSS) Early Warning and Early Response (EWER) program that recently concluded its three (3) batches of implementation targeting the 6 Municipalities of Maguindanao Province from Mamasapano, Shariff Saydona Mustapha, South Upi, Upi, Talayan, and Datu Anggal Midtimbang at the Em Manor Hotel and Convention Center, Cotabato City starting from August 22-23, 2024, August 27-28, 2024, and August 29-30, 2024. Each batch consists of two (2) municipalities with three (3) pilot barangays from each municiaplity. The representation of the participants are from Barangay Local Government Units, Para-Social Workers, and Sectoral Representatives. The overall objective of the training aims to establish a functional and proactive community-based EWER mechanism for community resiliency and an enabling environment towards local durable solutions to conflict and displacement.
The composition of a community-based EWER mechanism requires an in-depth understanding of communities on EWER matters to gain their voluntary support and sense of ownership that will lead to the future sustainability and institutionalization of the mechanism. In preparation for the pilot implementation of the 24/7 EWER center in SPMS localities and its adjacent conflict-vulnerable communities, roll-out training for community-based volunteers and Barangay officials shall be conducted in identified most vulnerable communities in the sixteen municipalities to provide a basic understanding of how to establish community-based EWER mechanism, how it works and what are the significant role of communities, local government units and its line agencies, regional ministries, law enforcement agencies, non-state armed groups and other relevant stakeholders especially on establishing proactive coordination mechanism in preventing and/or responding to violent conflicts and its corresponding protection needs of the affected population.
One of the participants, the Barangay Chairman of Brgy. Brar, shared his experience during the program, “𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘗𝘖𝘚 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘴 𝘌𝘞𝘌𝘙 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰. 𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩.”
The CDSS EWER Roll-Out signifies MPOS’ dedication towards engaging and educating communities, ensuring that its community volunteers are well-equiped and prepared to identify, address, and mitigate early signs of conflicts for a safer and more resilient Bangsamoro.
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