The Bohol Provincial Annual Development Plan CY 2004

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The Bohol ProvincialAnnual Development PlanCY
2004

• A Presentation to the
• Provincial Development Council
• October 9, 2003

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LGU REPORT and DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
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I. LGU Report and Devt Framework

• LGU Situation Report
• Development Issues and Concerns
• Overall Development Framework
• Development Recommendations

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LGU SITUATION REPORT
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Sectors 1. Social Development 2. Economic
Development 3. Environmental Management 4. Develop
ment Administration 5. Infrastructure Development
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Social Development

• POPULATION
• In the 2000 Census, Bohols population was
  estimated at 1,137,268, 2nd in Central Visayas
  and 17th nationwide.
• For 2004, it is estimated at 1,236,094 and
  expected to grow at almost 2 yearly.
• Tagbilaran is still the most densely populated
  area, at 2,536/sq km.

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Social Development

• ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
• Health care facilities are concentrated in urban
  areas.
• Bohols health facilities include 33 hospitals
  and clinics
• Total bed capacity of 1,143 or 1 hospital bed per
  1,000 population (standard 1 bed per 500)
• There are also 329 Barangay Health Stations and
  48 Rural Health Units.

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Social Development

• MALNUTRITION MATERNAL/INFANT MORTALITY
• Operation Timbang showed that 30 of pre-school
  children were malnourished.
• In 2002, maternal mortality was at 1 per 10,000
  live births.
• Slight nominal increase in the Infant Mortality
  Rate, with pneumonia as a leading cause
• Life expectancy continues to improve, projected
  at 73 years by 2015.

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Social Development

• ACCESS TO EDUCATION LITERACY
• Participation rate for elementary fell to 82
  from 86 in 2001.
• Teacher-pupil ratio is now at 133 for
  Elementary, and 175 for Secondary.
• Classroom-pupil ratio is at 137 for Elementary,
  and 160 for Secondary.
• The literacy rate soared to 98 in 2000,
  attributed partly to non-formal education.

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Social Development

• ACCESS TO SAFE WATER SANITATION
• A PHO Survey in 2002 shows that 61 of families
  have access to safe water.
• 18 of households have no sanitary toilets.
• Majority of municipal and rural waterworks
  systems provide untreated water.

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Social Development

• CULTURAL ENRICHMENT AND HERITAGE
• Bohol has a rich diverse cultural heritage, as
  exemplified by
• Churches ancestral houses, archaeological
  sites, church collections and state objects
• Dances, music, theater, festivals and fiestas
• The Provincial Government continues to sustain
  efforts towards its vision of making Bohol an
  Eco-Cultural Heritage Province, Artistic Center
  and Destination.

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Economic Development

• AGRICULTURE
• Agriculture remains the biggest sector in the
  Province in terms of working population and land
  use.
• 54 of the population is dependent on
  agricultural activities.
• Approximately 33 is dependent on fishing and
  fishing-related activities.
• Major crops are coconut, rice, corn, root crops,
  banana and mango.

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Economic Development

• TRADE AND INDUSTRY
• Employment generation, technology and livelihood
  development are priority programs.
• Preferred growth areas are Eco-Cultural Tourism
  development and Agro-industrial development.
• Unemployment was at 8.9 in 2002.
• Agriculture is still the biggest employer at 54,
  services 2nd at 30, and industry 3rd at 16.

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Economic Development

• TOURISM
• Major tourism attractions
• Chocolate Hills
• Tarsier
• Dive sites
• Beaches
• Heritage structures
• Bohols history and culture
• Tourist arrivals increased to 90,403 in 2002 from
  81,040 in 2001

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Economic Development
Tourism Clusters (Linked by Tourism
Highways) Cluster 1 Tagbilaran, Dauis,
Balicasag, Pamilacan Cluster 2 Tagbilaran,
Corella, Baclayon, Albur, Loay, Loboc, Bilar,
Carmen Cluster 3 Tagbilaran, Clarin, Inabanga,
Buenavista, Getafe, Talibon, Trinidad Cluster 4
Tagbilaran, Cortes, Maribojoc, Loon, Calape,
Tubigon, Antequera, Balilihan
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Economic Development
Cluster 5 Tagbilaran, Lila, Dimiao, Valencia,
Garcia Hernandez, Jagna, Duero Cluster 6
Agri-Tourism Cluster (Central and Northeast
Bohol Pilar to Ubay) Cluster 7 Anda Peninsula
(Tagbilaran, Guindulman, Anda, Candijay and
Mabini)
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Environment Management

• NATURAL AND LAND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
• Bohols total land area is 411,726 hectares
• 101,271 has. or 25 is forest land
• 310,455 has. or 75 is alienable land
• Almost 16 of Bohols area is under protection
  through the NIPAS System, and Environmentally
  Constrained/Critical Areas
• Total area devoted to agricultural use 184,874
  has.

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Environment Management

• BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
• Bohol has a high diversity level of plant species
  categorized as upland, mangrove, coastal areas,
  cave entrances, cultivated cropland and
  intensively used lands.
• Several plant species noted to be abundant before
  are already extinct, others are becoming rare.
• Data about Bohols fauna, on the other hand, are
  hardly available.

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Environment Management

• WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• Bohol has 2,224 springs, 59 rivers and 200
  creeks.
• There are 22 watersheds, which are primary
  sources of water for drinking and irrigation.
• MINERAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• According to the Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau,
  Bohol has large deposits of highly precious
  metals and minerals.
• There are 108 mineral quarry operators with ECCs.

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Environment Management

• COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• Bohol has a total of 624.5 has. of municipal
  waters
• 30 municipalities and 1 city are in the coastal
  areas, with 304 barangays and 72 islets
• Coral reefs have a combined area of 1,920 has.
• Mangrove areas comprise 14,502 has.

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Environment Management

• URBAN ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
• Average waste generation is at 550,000 kg/day.
• 50 of these wastes is compostable, 35 is
  recyclable and 15 remains a problem to LGUs.
• Tagbilaran and urbanizing municipalities have
  problems with pollution from tricycles, buses,
  jeepneys, and business establishments.

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Environment Management

• ECO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
• There are only a few areas identified as cultural
  minorities in the Province the Eskaya Tribe,
  the Badjaos, and the Ati Tribe.

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Development Administration

• PUBLIC FINANCE
• Of the Provincial Governments total revenue
  (P689M as of 2001), the IRA makes up 61.
• As for expenditures, Personal Services accounts
  for the bulk, at 55. MOOE follows at 31, and
  Non-office expenditures at 11.
• Economic services (agriculture and
  infrastructure) have held priority funding
  averaging at 35 of the budget, followed by
  General Public Services at 25 and Social
  Services at 19.

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Development Administration

• PUBLIC SAFETY
• Crime volume has been fluctuating, reaching a
  high of 1,114 incidents in 2002.
• The police force has a 11,317 police-population
  ratio.
• 69 barangays or 6.2 are seriously affected by
  the drug problem.
• The Province is also prone to several types of
  natural disasters. The El Niño phenomenon, for
  example, caused damage of up to P120.1M.

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Development Administration

• PUBLIC SAFETY
• From 2000 to 2002, 5 major typhoons inflicted
  significant damage on crops and agricultural
  land.
• This is continually being addressed by the
  Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council.

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Development Administration

• LOCAL GOVERNANCE
• Initiatives have been put in place to improve the
  quality of local governance
• Bohol Program Framework on Poverty Reduction
• Greater stakeholder participation, collaboration
  with the private sector
• Creation and implementation of the Environment,
  Administrative Revenue Codes
• Creation of offices to focus on specific concerns
• Strengthening of provincial bodies

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Infrastructure Development
TRANSPORTATION Road Classification by Type of
Pavement
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Infrastructure Development

• TRANSPORTATION
• 2 airlines serving Tagbilaran PAL and Asian
  Spirit
• Seaports 1 base port, 4 terminal ports, 16
  municipal fish ports and 3 private ports

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Infrastructure Development

• WATER
• 133,538 households have access to safe water (PHO
  data as of 2002).
• A significant increase over the previous years
  total of 83,444 (attributed to efforts by LGUs
  and private sector to improve water supply
  facilities)
• 2 National Irrigation Systems
• 227 Communal Irrigation Systems
• BHIP II is under way.

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Infrastructure Development

• COMMUNICATION
• 28 telecommunication offices
• 3 major telephone (landline) companies
• 3 cellular phone companies
• 3 AM stations and 2 FM stations
• 5 weekly newspapers
• Philippine Postal Corporation 52 regular post
  offices

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Infrastructure Development
POWER AND ENERGY Capability and Demand Profile,
as of CY 2002
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DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND CONCERNS
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Social Development

• POVERTY
• Widespread poverty continues to be a problem,
  which also carries with it many other problems.
• The Provincial Government, however, continues to
  implement poverty-responsive projects under its
  Bohol Program Framework for Poverty Reduction
  (BPFPR).

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Social Development

• Rapid Population Growth
• Growing Elderly Population
• Health Nutrition
• high costs in health care
• inadequate delivery of health care services
  (inadequate facilities diagnostic equipment)

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Social Development

• Education Manpower Development
• continued emergence of illiteracy
• rampant use of prohibited drugs among high school
  students (in a DepEd study, 7 are considered
  drug addicts)
• Poor academic performance of elementary high
  school students in English, Mathematics and
  Science

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Social Development

• Social Welfare Development
• non-pursuance of legal cases in domestic violence
  child abuse
• less skills and employment opportunities for the
  elderly and disabled
• less compliance with laws for protection of
  disabled and senior citizens

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Social Development

• Cultural Enrichment Preservation
• preservation revitalization of Boholano
  cultural heritage and arts
• need to carry out major advocacy to promote
  Boholano cultural heritage and arts
• need for scholarly work to be done on many
  aspects of Boholano history
• cultural empowerment of Boholano individuals and
  communities
• improvement of social services in indigenous
  communities

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Economic Development

• Increasing agricultural productivity
• Adopting new technologies in the production of
  high-value crops
• Ensuring sustainable fish catch of small
  fishermen
• Sustaining initiatives in livestock production
  and expanding their coverage to all
  municipalities
• Ensuring the sustainability of eco-tourism

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Environment Management

• Natural and Land Resources Management
• Encroachment and degradation of critical habitats
  in protected areas
• Land pollution due to indiscriminate use of
  fertilizers, pesticides and dumping of wastes
• Illegal cutting of trees and timber poaching
• Lack of incentives to encourage tree farm
  plantations

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Environment Management

• Biodiversity Management
• Bio-prospecting and bio-safety
• Illegal collection and selling of wildlife
• Water Resource Management
• Non-systematic approach to water resource
  management
• Continued pollution and exhaustion of water
  tables and destruction of valuable aquifers

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Environment Management

• Mineral Resource Management
• Open pit mining, reducing forest and other
  vegetative cover
• Erosion from mining activities
• Quarrying activities undertaken w/o observing the
  restoration provisions under PD 1198
• Non-observance of Environmental Impact Assessment
  (EIA) System

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Environment Management

• Coastal Resource Management
• Illegal fishing activities using cyanide,
  explosives, mesh nets, etc.
• Degradation of marine environment due to
  land-based activities and pollution
• Degradation of shoreline and foreshore areas
• Entry of illegal commercial fishers from
  neighboring provinces

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Environment Management

• Urban Environment Management
• Improper waste management
• Rampant burning of waste
• Dumping of waste in unsuitable areas leading to
  contamination of water supply
• Poor monitoring of compliance to water quality
  standards by industries
• Poor enforcement of air quality regulations

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Development Administration

• Public Finance
• The need to set realistic, reasonable and
  attainable estimates of revenues
• The need to explore and venture into alternative
  or other sources of income to satisfy the
  increasing expenditures of the LGU
• The need to improve fiscal management and the
  utilization of assets and personnel to maximize
  cost efficiency

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Development Administration

• Public Safety
• The need to sustain programs and activities to
  address all types of disasters
• Lukewarm reaction to the Civil Defense Program
  from some government agencies and LGUs
• Local Disaster Coordinating Councils need to be
  strengthened.
• Modern jails and detention facilities need to be
  constructed in certain development centers of the
  Province Ubay, Carmen, Jagna and Tubigon.

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Development Administration

• Local Governance
• Multiplicity of various law-mandated local
  councils, so that local officials find it hard to
  meet with these councils on a regular basis.
• Lack of coordination with Sangguniang Bayans
  regarding referrals of ordinances and other
  requests to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Legislative Tracking System not yet fully linked
  with Board Members Offices

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Infrastructure Development

• Existing provincial equipment can maintain only
  18 of the provincial road network per year
• Inadequate manpower for manual maintenance of
  roads and bridges
• Supply of potable water continues to be a problem
  in certain parts of the Province
• Inadequate telecommunication facilities
• Some rural areas need further expansion and
  lighting

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DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK(Overall Development
Framework and the Bohol Program Framework for
Poverty Reduction)
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Overall Development Framework
VISION Bohol is a prime eco-cultural tourism
destination and a strong agro-industrial province
in the Visayas with an empowered and self-reliant
people who are God-loving, law-abiding, proud of
their cultural heritage and committed to the
growth and protection of the environment.
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Overall Development Framework
MISSION To continuously transform its social,
economic, political and cultural life through
effective collaboration of people from sectors of
the province to achieve and sustain its vision.
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Overall Development Framework

• GOALS
• To establish the importance and contribution of
  Bohol to the Nations socio-cultural and
  political growth and economic competitive edge
• To establish sustainable eco-cultural tourism and
  agro-industrial sites in the province to
  encourage investments and employment
  opportunities
• To ensure sustainable growth in revenues from
  major industries that adhere to a sustainable
  framework for developing, utilizing and managing
  the environment and natural resources of the
  province

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Overall Development Framework

• To enrich and continuously develop the dynamic
  and creative Boholano culture in all
  municipalities and in the capital city
• To develop a well-informed citizenry in healthy
  communities, aware and proud of its competencies
  that enable them to be much more productive,
  enterprising and participative in attaining the
  vision and goals of Bohol

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Bohol Program Framework for Poverty Reduction
(BPFPR)
The Framework provides guidelines in creating
poverty-responsive policies, plans, programs and
projects. The Framework is intended to provide
both strategic direction and tactical maneuvers
for the crucial war against poverty in the
province.
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Bohol Program Framework for Poverty Reduction
(BPFPR)

• Goal to reduce poverty from 47 to 30 in 10
  years
• 2-fold Strategy
• To assist as many people as possible through
  projects and development interventions
• To stimulate economic growth in order to make
  poverty alleviation sustainable

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Bohol Program Framework for Poverty Reduction
(BPFPR)
The BPFPR was approved this year by the PDC Full
Council. It works to address poverty thru a
multi-faceted and multi-level approach. Since
poverty is a cross-sectoral problem,
poverty-responsive programs and projects should
logically be implemented by ALL sectors.
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Bohol Program Framework for Poverty Reduction
(BPFPR)
The Framework does not encourage stand-alone
projects that might result in less impact or,
even worse, duplication of efforts. It
encourages an integrated program approach for all
poverty-responsive interventions.
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Bohol Program Framework for Poverty Reduction
(BPFPR)
POLICY LEVEL
PROGRAM APPROACH
Project Implementation
Project Implementation
Project Implementation
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DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
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Social Development

• POVERTY-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
• ensure advocacy and actual service delivery to
  population groups marginalized by limited access
  to social and economic opportunities
• identify the poor and ensure that they share the
  benefits of development
• strengthen safety nets for the disabled, elderly,
  women, children and disadvantaged groups
• re-assess the socio-economic status of cultural
  minorities

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Social Development

• POVERTY-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
• continue with programs to build more schools,
  assign more teachers in rural areas, and reduce
  illiteracy especially in barangays
• use the SEF to uplift the status of locally hired
  teachers and provide scholarship grants to
  children from poor families
• strengthen linkages with foreign medical missions
  to provide medical services to rural areas

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Social Development

• HEALTH NUTRITION
• improve the general health condition of Bohols
  population through health programs and activities
• promote environmental health
• provision of sanitary water-sealed toilets to
  households
• reduce the number of households with doubtful
  sources of drinking water
• upgrade the quality of existing health facilities
• monitor status of health projects to provide
  early diagnosis and treatment

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Social Development

• improve basic services such as nutrition,
  especially among children
• prioritize health in LGU programs, and promote
  health education and advocacy
• fully implement the Environmental Sanitation Code

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Social Development

• SOCIAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENT
• continue assistance to distressed and displaced
  individuals, the aged, and other welfare groups
• catalyze income-producing ventures to reduce
  poverty incidence
• keep track of social problems brought by economic
  growth and tourism
• conduct researches on domestic violence and child
  abuse
• monitor entertainment pubs in urban and tourism
  centers

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Social Development

• CULTURAL ENRICHMENT PRESERVATION
• stimulate creative cultural action at all fronts,
  representing the best and most genuine Bohol
  expression drawn from Boholano history, ecology
  and culture
• promote awareness of Boholano and Filipino
  culture, arts and heritage
• build a stronger partnership among cultural
  agencies, government and other sectors

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Economic Development

• POVERTY-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
• assist farmers to achieve high productivity thru
  greater access to cost-effective technologies,
  more markets for their produce, and credit
  facilities
• support the consolidation of small-sized farms
  into larger production units to increase
  efficiency and productivity
• protect near-shore resources for small fishers
  against encroachment by commercial fishers
• technology support to livelihood activities

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Economic Development

• POVERTY-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
• promote Bohol as an eco-tourism destination to
  stimulate economic growth and provide direct cash
  benefits to local communities
• These benefits can in turn be channeled to
  improve nutrition, food security, housing, and
  ultimately raise the standard of living in rural
  areas.

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Economic Development

• AGRICULTURE
• Support provincial and national programs with
  high potential for attaining self-sufficiency in
  rice at the household level
• Extend technical support to rural-based
  organizations
• Promote the use of productivity-enhancing and
  cost-reducing technologies
• Develop innovative credit schemes
• Strengthen the Bantay Dagat Program

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Economic Development

• AGRICULTURE
• Encourage fish farming rather than fish hunting
• Facilitate linkages with financial and other line
  agencies for livelihood assistance
• Strengthen and empower farm entrepreneurs in
  implementing sustainable livelihood projects

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Economic Development

• TRADE AND INDUSTRY
• Continue implementing the following programs
• Export Development
• Promotion and Marketing
• Investment Promotion
• Establishment of Ecozones (in Ubay and Panglao)
• Livelihood and Technology Development
• Employment and Placement
• Integrate all livelihood and enterprise
  development efforts thru collaboration and
  partnership among stakeholders

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Economic Development

• TOURISM
• Encourage the development of more tourism
  products
• Enhance networking with tourism industry players
  for smoother, more effective attainment of common
  ends
• Participate in Tourism Exhibitions and Fairs
• Continually assess and evaluate tour
  destinations, new and old

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Environment Management

• POVERTY-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
• recognize the conflict between short-term
  economic gains and the long-term interest to
  conserve natural resources
• minimize and ultimately eliminate
  counter-productive and anti-ecological practices
• provide alternative livelihood that weans people
  away from destructive practices

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Environment Management

• NATURAL LAND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
• Preserve the diversity of Bohols flora and fauna
• Ensure that river easements, buffer zones and
  landscape assemblies and all provisions of the
  NIPAS Act are implemented
• Protect critical watersheds
• Strengthen involvement of PAMB members
• Promote Bohol Tree Enterprise Program (BTEP)
• Fully implement Community-based Reforestation
  Program

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Environment Management

• BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
• Enforce wildlife laws and the conservation of
  biodiversity resources
• Establish wildlife corridors
• WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• Establish river bank stabilization thru
  tree-planting w/in the 40-meter environmental
  protection zone
• Adopt appropriate waste management systems
• Promote awareness on sustainable water resource
  use and management
• Formulate Comprehensive Karst Management Plan

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Environment Management

• MINERAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• Restore quarried areas
• Increase revenue generation and collection of
  proper taxes on materials extraction
• Strictly implement EIA System
• Establish law enforcement teams at municipal and
  barangay levels
• Establish database for Mineral Resource
  Information and Management System

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Environment Management

• COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• Promote sustainable development of coastal and
  marine resources
• Ensure implementation of Municipal Coastal
  Resource Management Plans
• Develop sustainable and environment-friendly
  aquaculture
• Establish marine and fish sanctuaries and
  strictly implement buffer zone areas
• Strictly enforce coast laws, rules and regulations

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Environment Management

• URBAN ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
• Promote waste segregation, reduction and
  recycling
• Protect underground, surface and sea water from
  contamination
• Fully implement the Ecological Solid Waste
  Management Act
• Strictly implement existing laws and ordinances
  related to waste management
• Establish a vehicle emission system coordinate
  with LTO re vehicle emission monitoring

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Environment Management

• IN GENERAL
• Fully implement the Bohol Environment Code
• Implement the following programs
• Climate Change Awareness Program
• Environmental Management System
• Waste Minimization
• Energy Conservation
• Reduction of Carbon Emissions
• Watershed Management

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Development Administration

• POVERTY-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
• Cut down bureaucratic red tape to facilitate
  access of people to services
• Implement electronic bidding for bulk purchases
• Establish a Financial Management Information
  System
• Maintain a Geographic Information System land use
  planning, minimum basic needs mapping, poverty
  mapping, environmental monitoring and mapping of
  socio-economic data

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Development Administration

• PUBLIC FINANCE
• Set realistic, reasonable and attainable
  estimates of revenues
• Tap more sources of income and explore
  alternative non-tax sources of revenue
• Intensify tax collection
• Cut down on expenditures through austerity
  measures
• Computerize financial systems
• Data computerization of assessment records

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Development Administration

• PUBLIC SAFETY
• Advocacy on justice, peace and order
• Community-related efforts and strong coordination
  among the government, NGOs, and private sector
• Alertness and security consciousness
• Strengthen Local Disaster Coordinating Councils,
  Local Peace and Order Councils

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Development Administration

• LOCAL GOVERNANCE
• Enhance participatory mechanisms to enhance
  coordination among all units involved in local
  governance (LGUs, NGAs, POs, Private Sector)
• Develop, strengthen, and support Human Resource
  development programs
• Embark on an integrated program to enhance
  effective legislation

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Infrastructure Development

• POVERTY-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
• Complement planned Mega-projects with
  farm-to-market roads to benefit farmers and rural
  villages directly
• Promote greater access of farmers and other rural
  dwellers to development inputs and markets

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Infrastructure Development

• IN GENERAL
• Infrastructure development, with emphasis on
  Tourism Highways of the Province
• Implement Bohol Circumferential Road Project
  (BCRP) Phase II
• Upgrade gravel roads to asphalt or concrete
• Improve equipment fleet to cope with road
  maintenance needs
• Develop a Drainage Master Plan for Tagbilaran
• Promote water resource conservation

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Infrastructure Development

• Regulate extraction of ground water
• Install modern irrigation facilities to deliver
  timely and adequate irrigation
• Provide access thru farm-to-market roads for
  agricultural produce
• Encourage expansion of coverage areas by
  telecommunication providers
• Encourage improvement of services by private
  power distributors
• Implement Anti-Pilferage Law

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Thank you.