$480,000 grant for Luzon and Visayas.Byline: Gilbert Felongco, Correspondent Manila: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNDP Unión Nacional para la Democracia y el Progreso (National Union for Democracy and Progress) ) has extended a $480,000 (Dh1.7 billion) grant to the Philippines, to finance development projects what will better enable residents in the islands of Luzon and Visayas to cope with the effects of the insurgent INSURGENT. One who is concerned in an insurrection. He differs from a rebel in this, that rebel is always understood in a bad sense, or one who unjustly opposes the constituted authorities; insurgent may be one who justly opposes the tyranny of constituted authorities. conflict. The development projects, which include the construction of schools and provision for training of farmers among others, will greatly enhance the peace-building efforts of the UNDP and the government, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Avelino Razon said. He said the projects are expected to be completed by 2011 and is a joint effort of the UNDP's Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Programme (CPPBP) and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP OPAPP Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (Phillipines) ). "The projects are anchored on components such as policy and programme development, capacity building and community empowerment," Razon said. The projects include studies on peace building, a peace journalism Peace Journalism is a form of journalism that frames stories in a way that encourages conflict analysis and a non-violent response. Peace journalism aims to shed light on structural and cultural causes of violence, as they bear upon the lives of people in a conflict arena, workshop, healing and reconciliation seminars for social workers dealing with former rebels, training on sustainable agriculture for farmers in Samar and construction of high school buildings in Central Philippines Iloilo. The CPPBP is one of four of the government's collaborative programmes with the UNDP and is being implemented by OPAPP. The CPPBP hopes to draw grassroots participation in peace building and human security in development processes. Al Nisr Publishing Al Nisr Publishing is a company based in Dubai, UAE. The company is a part of Al Tayer Group. It was established in 1985 by Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Abdullah Al Rostamani and Juma Al Majid. It employs 1,050 people and has branches in Manilla, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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