TWG meeting for BDA Tahderiyyah Program conducted
Key program staff of Tahderiyyah Program (TP) implemented by the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA) together with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) convened for the technical working group (TWG) meeting held on January 11, 2016 at Bangsamoro Development Center in Cotabato (BDCC), MB Tamontaka, Cotabato City.
According to Julie Maliga, TP program coordinator, it aimed to address all necessary concerns from previous activities which should be identified and to have agreements for the future activities.
She also added that part of the meeting was the discussions on the protocol of how the UNICEF and BDA should communicate which each other as far as the program is concerned.
Engr. Windel Diangcalan, BDA deputy executive director also attended the said meeting and took chance to introduce the newly appointed staff like Prof. Hashim Manticayan as program operation division head and Abdulmaguid Salidatan as human resource division head.
Manticayan was the regional manager of BDA central Mindanao region while Salidatan was the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer of Tahderiyyah Program.
During an interview, Maliga also stated that they (TP) were surprised for the new appointment of their M&E officer.
“We are surprised when Engr. Diangcalan introduced Mr. Salidatan as new HRD head during the meeting. Alhamdu lillah (thank God), he will be handling the HRD which I believe a big division of BDA”, Maliga stated.
She ended that nevertheless, Salidatan is a big loss in the program but in sha Allah (God’s will), he will have big role in the BDA-HRD.”
Tahderiyyah Program is currently on its Phase 3 implementation and has three components like education (Tahderiyyah curriculum), child protection and water sanitation and hygiene (WaSH).
(Zandra Malikol, BDA CommGroup)