Oroquieta City – With a vision of One Oroquieta: Development and Progress, City Mayor Jason Almonte together with his City Administrator, Engr. Arecio Casing Jr attended last September 22, 2010 DILG organized first ever Capacity Development Forum and Exposition in Cagayan de Oro City.
With its theme: “Creating Synergy in Local governance” the duo was able to plan out what should be the city 5 to 10 years from now. Oroquieta City is capable in its proposed plans and projects that benefits Oroquietanons, given an ample time of visioning and advocating changes with an adaptation of information and modern technology.
It may be recalled that with his father now Congressman of the 1st District where the city belongs, City mayor Jason P. Almonte opted to follow and finished what his father had started. With the former City Mayor’s agenda J.O.R.G.E. Oroquieta City as the new administration has lay down its objectives and mission, City mayor Almonte moves as it forwards the agenda J.O.R.G.E with innovation to be more realistic in running the local government.
In the said CAPDEV Expo 2010, more or less three hundred participants from various sectors in Northern Mindanao joined the first-ever Capacity Development Expo (CapDev Expo) last September 22 at the Grand Caprice Restaurant in Limketkai Center.
CapDev Expo is organized by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Northern Mindanao in coordination with the Multi-Stakeholders Advisory Committee (MSAC) members of the Local Governance Resource Center(LGRC).
Centered on its theme “Creating Synergy in Local Governance,” the CapDev Expo, becomes a venue for information sharing and strengthening linkages for good local governance.
In the 2010 exposition, The Regional Capacity Development Agenda was presented to the various stakeholders in local governance during the activity, as agreed during the MSAC meeting last August 27, service providers from the government, NGOs, private sector and the academe has given their time to present their appropriate respective programs and services that will address the gaps identified in the CapDev Agenda of the local government units.
DILG Secretary Jessie Robredo who was to speak before the participants did not arrive because of previous commitment, However DILG-10, Regional Director Loreto T. Bhagwani said that the activity hopes to concretize DILG and other government agencies, NGOs and private sector participation for joint efforts at maximizing service delivery with the assistance of civil society organizations and volunteer groups.
Meanwhile, Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno who attended as a speaker, shares his vision of the province, “Misamis Oriental 2010 moves onwards”.
In an interview, City Mayor Almonte said that, with the CapDev Expo experience, Oroquieta City has all the opportunity to finds means and ways to fulfill his administration agenda for the betterment of the city and Oroquietanons.
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