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Japan to sign 8 J-BIRD Projects today
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March 22, 2012: The Embassy of Japan in the Philippines had
approved eight (8) projects under the scheme Japan – Bangsamoro
Initiatives for Reconstruction and Development (J-BIRD) with the prime
intention to push forward the ongoing peace process in Mindanao.
Japanese Ambassador Toshinao Urabe will lead the Signing Ceremony for
the Project Grant Contracts to be held at the Office of the
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) in Manila tomorrow.
Local government units, government schools and nongovernment
organizations (NGOs), being the grantees, will implement the projects
that caters for social development and community empowerment in the
conflict - affected areas in Mindanao.
According to the Japan Embassy website, J-BIRD was launched in 2006
to pursue Japan's commitment to the peace process between the Government
of the Republic of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF). Since its launching, Japan has already
supported 58 grassroots projects in the total amount of 4.7 million US
dollars or about 243 million pesos.
The event will be witnessed by OPAPP Secretary Teresita “Ging”
Quintos-Deles, and Major General Dato’ Abdul Rahim Bin Mohd Yusoff, Head
of Mission of the International Monitoring Team (IMT).
Japan is a member of the International Contact Group for the Peace
Talks between the GPH and MILF, and also has two experts on
socio-economic development as contingents joining the International
Monitoring Team (IMT).
“These projects exemplify Japan's active role in the reconstruction
and development of Mindanao. In this context , Japan strongly supports
the efforts by all parties concerned to end the long - standing conflict
in Mindanao through the peace process, and strongly hopes that peace
talks between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF) will come up with negotiated and peaceful
settlement to end the decades-long armed conflict and for the people to
earn the dividends of peace.”
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