The Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA) presented the Bangsamoro Development Plan (BDP) to the members of the Joint Strategy Team (JST) on Humanitarian Response from Kachin and Northern States of Burma during the exposure and learning program on November 17, 2015 at Davao City.

Luqman Tandalong, BDA regional manager for Davao region attended the said activity.

Accordingly, he presented the main features and processes of the BDP and the key programs and good practices of BDA in providing services to Bangsamoro communities.

Tandalong shared that the JST are studying the uniqueness of the Mindanao peace process.

The delegates accordingly were interested about the operation of BDA being revolutionary organization and commended BDA for the volunteerism practice that was shown in the presentation.

He added that the attendees also appreciated the gender balance among the staff of BDA.

Said activity was organized by the Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID), a Philippines-based advocacy institution promoting human security, democratization and people-to-people solidarity. (https://www.iidnet.org/about/)