NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN ANDA

  • Saturday, 04 July 2009 08:26
  • Written by Administrator

Dr. Nepomucena Buot (right), vice president of Bohol Local Development Foundation (BLDF), sat down with representatives of  several People’s Organizations (Badiang Fisherfolks Association, Bacong Women’s Association, Candabong Farmers Association) to thresh out common problems met in developing tour destinations in a recent workshop under the Community-Managed Eco-Cultural Tourism (CoMET) Project. BLDF implements the project with assistance from the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP). Mayor Paulino Amper pledged support to the POs in their efforts to develop ecological and cultural assets as means of cultural revival and livelihood in the municipality.

ECO-CULTURAL TOURISM PLANNING IN ALBURQUERQUE

  • Thursday, 02 July 2009 09:59
  • Written by Administrator

 
Mayor Cirilo P. Jalad welcomed participants during the recent workshop which prepared the Five-Year Eco-Cultural Tourism (ECT) Plan for Albur. The plan seeks to develop unique products from traditional livelihood in the seven other barangays not covered by the Community-Managed Tourism Project. The project, which ended June 30, was implemented in three barangays (Ponong, Basacdacu, Sta. Felomena) by the Bohol Local Development Foundation (BLDF) under the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP). Albur is known for indigenous products such as calamay, brooms and place mats made from the buri palm. Pottery and rock salt making will be given technical assistance in terms of promotion and marketing, as well as product design, starting the first year of the plan. The Municipal LGU will make the Interpretive and Tourism Information Center fully operational during the plan period to ensure full support to all 11 barangays in carrying out their ECT projects as part of overall poverty reduction efforts in the municipality. For its part, BLDF has included Albur among the nine municipalities where it will implement a new microfinance project, according to its president, Dr. Nestor M. Pestelos.

COMMUNITY-MANAGED TOURISM IN ANDA

  • Saturday, 20 June 2009 08:00
  • Written by Administrator

 
Aida Bisaya, municipal planning and development coordinator in Anda, explains to the officers of people’s organizations their responsibility to manage tour destinations in their respective communities during a recent planning workshop. She heads the Municipal Poverty Reduction Action Team (MPRAT) which provides technical assistance and policy support to local initiatives in eco-cultural tourism. Mayor Paulino Amper has directed the MPRAT to visit all the existing and potential ecological and cultural tourism sites and determine needed government support to enable people’s organizations to make them viable social enterprises. The Bohol Local Development Foundation (BLDF) will continue to provide support despite the phase-out of assistance from the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP) by the end of this month.

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