WEATHERING UNCERTAINTIES:
BUILDING A RESILIENT REGION
In just a span of two years, Western Visayas, Philippines suffered severe damages in life and properties caused by Typhoon Frank and the MV Solar 1 Oil spill tragedy.
Despite the economic growth experienced by local governments and communities during these years, these gains have been washed away by flood and rains. These calamities made the regional and local leaders realize that the global issues of climate change, the imminent rise in sea levels and the occurrence of natural and man-made disasters have placed a lot of challenges to regional and local development.
The call for resiliency post a big challenge to local and national governance to a country that needs to wrestle with issues of poverty, unmanaged population growth poor environmental management, inequitable resource management, unfavorable global challenges. Environmental degradation, resource depletion and environmentally-destructive human activities are among the identified major problems in the region and their underlying causes related to economic and governance issues.
The region’s future livability depends upon developing a more sustainable approach to ensuring environmental quality, creating social well-being and achieving enduring economic prosperity. The responsibility for shaping a sustainable future is widely spread among governments, business, social and community organizations, and the public. While some actions will be the responsibility of the government, achieving regional sustainability will require a collective regional effort.
Under the theme “Weathering Uncertainties: Building a Resilient Region,” the Western Visayas Regional Planning Summit 2009 answers the need to create a united future, drawing on many stakeholders by intentional planning, collectively forming the needed partnerships to take these plans into action.
Join us as we take on this challenge.
Hon. JERRY P. TREÑAS
Mayor, Iloilo City
Chairperson, MIGEDC
Director EVELYN P. TROMPETA
Regional Director
Department of Interior and Local Government
Director RO-ANN A. BACAL
Regional Director
National Economic and Development Authority
The Western Visayas Regional Planning Summit 2009 seeks to address the challenges of MIG and WV towards a more collaborative and creative's partnerships for planning and implementation of a resilient region. It aims to:
- Identify and arrive at consensus on the bioregional challenges of the MIG and WV region
- Share experiences in addressing sustainability and governance issues
- Foster discussion on emerging creative trends in regional planning such as disaster risk management and climate change
- Identify priority policy issues, areas of collaboration and partnership among business sector, academe, international donor agencies, organizations, national government and non-government organizations in addressing issues of sustainable development
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