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DAVAO CITY - Twenty small water districts will receive a total of P100
million grant from the joint project of the Local Water Utilities Administration
and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the physical improvement
of their respective water systems.
This was disclosed yesterday here by LWUA Administrator Lorenzo H.
Jamora and JICA Project Director Kenji Kasamatsu who spoke
before some 24 executives of 12 small water districts in Mindanao in
a three day workshop on Financial and Institutional Management at the
Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao.
"The trust of LWUA now focus on small water districts' development
and we are fortunate that the Japanese government, through JICA, continues
to provide our country with their assistance," Jamora said.
The LWUA chief emphasized the need for all small water districts to
have the knowledge and capability to address and cope with the challenge
of economic activity by being financially stable.
Jamora said that LWUA is preparing fund requirements for the need of
the small water districts but added that there should be assurance that
the concerned water districts will know how to use and fully utilize
such financial and technical assistance coming from the agency and JICA.
Project Director Kasamatsu identified the 20 small water districts,
which will benefit from the LWUA-JICA Small Water Districts Improvements
Projects (SWDIP), as the water districts of San Marcelino and Masinloc,
both in Zambales; Dolores in Abra; Gen. Natividad in Nueva Ecija; Alicia
in Isabela; Dipaculao in Aurora; Lobo in Batangas; Balatan in Camarines
Sur; Siquijor; Pola and Naujan, both in Orriental Mindoro; Metro Siargao
in Surigao del Norte; Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur; Mao in Lanao del
Sur; M'lang in North Cotabato; Glan in Sarangani; Tangub City in Misamis
Occidental; Basey and Calbiga, both in Western Samar; and Pilar in Capiz.
Engr. Alden Ganhinhin, LWUA Project Manager said that aside from
the P5 million grant for each beneficiary water districts, the agency
will provide them with computerized billing and collection system as
an equity for the computer and copier machines that JICA will also give.
The project is in the planning and design stage and its initial implementation
for the first ten water districts will be on March next year, Engr.
Ganhinhin added.
Meanwhile, the three-day workshop covers wide ranging concerns and the
objectives of the small water district improvement project and will
provide the participants the knowledge to effectively enable the small
water districts to achieve financial viability.
Jamora said that the workshop is packaged by LWUA and JICA as part of
the technical training for 56 small water districts nationwide, where
the 20 beneficiary water districts were chosen. A dialogue between Jamora
and the seminar participants followed which clarified issues in the
provincial water supply sector.
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August
16 , 2006
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Workshop
for small Mindanao water districts - Administrator Lorenzo
H. Jamora (extreme left), of the Local Water Utilities Administration,
speaks to some 24 executives of 12 small water districts in Mindanao,
which were the beneficiaries of the P100 million grant from the Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and asked them to work harder
and make their operations financially-viable. Also present during the
August 15 to17 seminar workshop at the Waterfront Insular Hotel in Davao
City were Project Manager Marty Momose (inset) and Project Director Kenji
Masamatsu (second from left) who both told the participants of the seminar
on Financial and Institutional Management that aside from the grant, JICA
will also give computer and copier machines to their respective water
districts. The LWUA chief added that the agency would provide computerized
billing and collection system designed program as an equity to the JICA
grant. |
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