Showing posts with label IMMP Corner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IMMP Corner. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The Garden City Concept: The IGaCoS Development Model





Program Components

Characteristics

> Socio-cultural


- Spiritually-enriched citizenry with a character of being God fearing, consider the benefits that that they received from the government or any donor institution as gifts and accept the hardships that they experience as part of His trials which serve as their motivation for survival.

- Dignified, value-laden and highly skilled people

- Strong sense of belonging where there is group solidarity among the people so that they are not individualistic and look out for the well-being of any group they are part of

- Traditional or conservative ways of life but able to cope up with the complexities of an urban life

- Enhanced city indigenous cultural heritage

- There are adequate services in terms of social amenities and social services and settlements

- An urban center where people are living in safe, decent and well-designed dwelling units regardless of the types of materials used with tenurial security in a sustainable environment

- Quality of urban life where there are no slums, overcrowding and congestion

- An urban center inhabited by people with enhanced core competencies and value-laden having developed an “Isla Nga Maanyag” character

- Other social-related manifestations

> Economic Aspect

- Heightened people buying capacities through sustainable sources of income (gained through government assistance and individual perseverance)

- Adequate services for economic and infrastructure support systems

- A combination of agri-based and technology-based economy and maximizing the use of human resources in keeping a vibrant economy that is micro-capital, micro trade and info-driven

- Other economic-based development manifestations

Priority Concerns

> Spiritual Enrichment

> Value Systems Enrichment

- City of Character Program (CCP) that enjoins all sectors to adopt varying worthwhile “Isla Nga Maanyag Characters that would bring pride to the people like the ff: Humility, Resourcefulness, Virtue, Initiative, Loyalty, Orderliness, Determination, Responsibility, Punctuality, Trustworthiness, Being Accommodating, etc.

> Adequacy in the provision of the instruments for human development (social, infra and economic PPAs, etc.)

Environmental Development and Management

Practicing the Neighborhood Concept: The Overall Physical Development Perspective

A development concept that provides for residences, a school, shopping facilities for goods one buys frequently (such as but not limited to grocery and drugs stores but not department stores or automobile dealers), playgrounds and small parks and with major thoroughfares serving as neighborhood boundaries.

Characteristics

> A pleasant and healthy environment

> A city that would be surrounded by a green environment with gardens set in tree-lined avenues

> Scenic landscape

- Well-maintained parks and plazas and tree parks

- Existence of garden of flowers and driftwood, birds sanctuaries, butterfly and coral gardens

- Landscaped areas at household, institution and establishment levels

> Other manifestations of a sustained environmental development process

Priority Concerns

Maintenance and improvement of existing facilities, attractions and surroundings with such priorities as follows: Hagimit Falls, Botanical Garden, Tree Parks, Puting Bato Development, Bito Development in Guilon, Bat Cave, Government Facilities, Institution/Private Establishments, Facilities, Privately-owned Facilities, Household Facilities, Other Attractions.

Good Governance

Characteristics

> An urban center where there is convergence of undertaking the instruments for human development is attained (Socio-cultural, Economic,Infrastructure, Technological, etc.)

An urban center where there is a strict observation of norms and standards in the implementation of the different instruments for human development or enabling undertakings

- Economic
- Socio-cultural
- Infrastructure
- Technological

> The new patterns of governance is being practiced from individual to organizational or institutional levels

(Transparent, Responsible and Accountable, Modern Bureaucratic Systems at work and Well-managed City Level Institutions, Community and Individual Home Organizations)

> An urban center with highly-manifested well-managed institutions (Individual to Institutional levels)

> Other related undertakings

Priority Concerns

Managing the different instruments for human development or enabling undertakings

- Economic
- Socio-cultural
- Infrastructure
- Technological
- etc.

Maintenance/Enhancement of Existing Governance Systems

- Electronic-Procurement (eProcs)
- Electronic-New Gov’t Accounting System (eNGAS)
- Electronic Legislative Tracking
- Public Service Excellence Program (PSEP)
- Public Service Ethics and Accountability (PSEA)
- etc.

Strengthening Stakeholders Management Capacities (Individual, Family and Organizational or Institutional levels)

Improved Governance Systems Formulation

Other Concerns

How Will Institutional Stakeholders Start the Program Implementation

Designing and implementation of Programs by showcasing various Best Practices in line with the Program principles at institutional levels (Pinakamaanyag nga Institution– Opisina, Barangay, Purok, Panimalay Eskwelahan, Tindahan, etc.)

How Will Individual Stakeholders Start the Program Implementation

Practicing the right values, maintaining a clean and orderly environment and management of the things that they do (at individual, family and community levels or in different workplaces)

Monday, April 27, 2009

Perspective of Isla Nga Maanyag Management Program (IMMP)

Isla Nga MaanyagManagement Program (IMMP)
Towards Becoming an Island Garden City
2005

Isla nga Maanyag Management Program is an advocacy undertaking on the holistic approach towards attaining total development for the City whose success requires the participation of all stakeholders.

It is an advocacy for:

sectoral development convergence with the various sectors ably play their roles towards the direction that they decide to pursue

stakeholders participation by practicing the principles of the program

These stakeholders include the general public (local-based, visitors and guests) non-government institutions like the business and religious sector, academic institutions, people’s organizations, government agencies, both national and local and other sectoral organizations.

Main Activities Under the Program

Advocacy Activities

Management of Best Practices

Significance of the Program


> The development integrity of the City must be sustained and make it still livable in the future as it was yesterday and is today which is the biggest responsibility of ts current generation.

> It was “very maanyag” before, it is “maanyag” today, it must be again very “maanyag” tomorrow, otherwise we deprive the future generation the opportunity to experience themselves how a “maanyag” environment looks like.

> The development of the City is the responsibility of all and should not be taken as the sole obligation of the government.

> The development of the City would be realized in the immediate future if the government, the people and other stakeholders will work together towards its attainment.

> Promotion of the City in terms of its resources (human and physical) and how to manage them.

> The Program acts as the Framework that will guide the government, the
people and other stakeholders towards attaining total development for the
Island that is anchored on the Garden City concept.

> As such, the Program advocates (through advocacy activities) for stakeholders participation and convergence of the things that they do geared towards attaining the vision for the City and manifest the same by practicing the principles (through management of best practices) that are being espoused thereof,thereby promoting the City as a place worth living for its people and at the same time make it as a tourist destination with its highly developed resources, human and physical being considered as the bottom line of its development efforts..

Essence of Development

> the end results of our undertakings is human development

> the essence of human survival is founded on environmental development and management

> the foundation of our success is good governance

Program Goal

To develop the City into an “Isla Nga Maanyag”. “As such there must be set up a development model for the City putting in place various concepts that would make the Island truly a Garden City with its dignified people taking pleasure of a scenic landscape within an atmosphere of good governance.

Program Objectives

> To educate all the stakeholders about the perspective of the Program for them to be responsive and become active partners in the implementation process.

> To advocate for the development of concepts that focus on the three main components of the program, namely; human development, environment development and management and good governance;

> To advocate for the convergence of all sectoral efforts into one dynamic context of development that will lead the City towards attaining its objectives and goals which are the foundation of its Vision; and

> To manage various sectoral practices based on the spelled out
program principles

> To promote the City as a tourist destination with its highly developed resources, human and physical being considered as the bottom line of its development thereof.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Facelifting of Kaputian District Hall




















Flower Growing

The City General Services Office staff in Barangay Mambago-B for their flower growing activities held last March 3, 2009. This is activity was undertaken as one of the activities for the 11th Island Garden City of Samal Founding Anniversary.

This activity was highlighted since Barangay Mambago-B is the adapted barangay of the CGSO in relation to Isla Nga Maanyag Managament Program.












Barangay Captain Mesa and his staff poses for a picture taking which symbolizes positive acceptance of the barangay for the extension being done by the office.

Clean-up activities in Barangay Caliclic