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AFP to Discuss IPSP 1st Year Assessment with Watchdog
- Created on Sunday, 27 May 2012 10:19
- Last Updated on Sunday, 27 May 2012 10:18
- Published on Sunday, 27 May 2012 10:19
- Written by PAO, AFP
CAMP GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO, Quezon City –
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in its commitment to further
increase its multi-stakeholder engagement will present the Internal
Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) Bayanihan’s first year assessment in a
two-day conference to be held at the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU)
in Quezon City, May 30-31, 2012.
The
AFP through the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, OJ3
will support this activity which will be managed and hosted by the ADMU
Department of Political Science – Working Group on Security Sector
Reform (SSR). Dubbed as “Addressing Armed Conflicts through
Collaborative Efforts: Focus on the IPSP Bayanihan,” the activity is
aimed at assessing how the different security stakeholders appreciate
the IPSP Bayanihan. It hopes to bring together local and national
government units as well as civil society groups to look into the
efforts of the military.
The two-day event also aims to discuss
the successful interventions, challenges, spaces of engagements, and
remaining things to be done to finally convince the armed groups to
abandon their violent means to institute change.
Top
military and security officials are expected to attend as resource
persons and speakers. The Secretary of the Department of National
Defense (DND), Voltaire Gazmin will discuss about locating the IPSP in
the Defense Tranformation; National Security Adviser, Sec. Cesar Garcia
will discuss about Locating the IPSP in the National Security Plan;
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, Sec. Teresita Deles will talk
about the Relevance of the IPSP in the Peace Process; Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Jesse Robredo will talk about
the Role of the AFP in the Local Government’s Security Plan; and
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Dir. Gen. Nicanor Bartolome will
discuss about the Law Enforcement and Internal Security Operations.
LtGen.
Emmanuel Bautista, Commanding General of the Philippine Army is also
invited to present an overview of the IPSP Bayanihan while MGen. Romeo
Calizo, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, J3, AFP is tasked to
state the IPSP First Year Assessment.
The
managing head of the conference, Jennifer Santiago Oreta of the ADMU
Department of Political Science – Working Group on SSR also led the so
called AFP’s IPSP Watchdog, named “Bantay Bayanihan.” Conceptualized in
September 2011, the creation of Bantay Bayanihan or “BB” started with
the initiative of the civil society organization which served as an
engagement of civil society and the AFP. It could either serve as an
alternative or complementary forum with respect to the Peace and Order
Councils and Regional Development Councils.
The
BB is envisioned to be a dialogue space that brings together civil
society organization, the academe, civilian government units whose
services have direct bearing on conflict formation and peace building,
and the AFP. It highlights issues and concerns regarding peace and
conflict dynamics in localities.
Specifically,
it aims to help create a positive atmosphere for the on-going peace
talks; create a “dialogue space” for security stakeholders to begin the
discussion on the security sector reform and development, both in the
local and national levels; and serve as venue where critical security
and development issues are raised into open public debate and to the
attention of policy makers.
With
high hopes for the success of this civilian-led forum/dialogue space,
BB has already started its ground working and was formally launched last
29 November 2011.
“This
activity implies another opportunity for the Armed Forces of the
Philippines to put into practice its whole-of-nation and
multi-stakeholder approach of winning the peace as embodied in the IPSP
Bayanihan. With the concerted efforts of the civil society
organizations, the academe, and civilian government units to monitor and
assist us in implementing the IPSP, we will be guided and therefore we
will be better and more efficient implementers of the people-centered
principles of Bayanihan,” Gen. Dellosa said.
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