Three towns tapped for EU project
THREE local government units (LGUs) in Pangasinan have been chosen to be part of a two-year European Union-funded project on the development of localized Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The project, dubbed “Cementing Pathways to Financing the Millennium Development Goals”, will be implemented in two LGU clusters: one in Pangasinan that will include Alaminos City, Bani, and Burgos; and another in Negros Oriental, covering Sibulan, Dauin, and La Libertad.
The project aims to boost the capacities of the LGUs to meet the MDG targets, a set of goals signed by several countries under a United Nations declaration.
The project, with a funding of 282,159 Euros, is a joint undertaking of the EU and the La Liga Policy Institute (La Liga) and its partners, Social Watch Philippines (SWP), LGUs and community-based organizations in the two provinces.
Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza said the EU project will help strengthen cooperation among members of the One Pangasinan Alliance of LGUs, a grouping formed by local officials in Western Pangasinan to boost local government capacities for economic development.
Braganza said Alaminos City and La Liga have been partners in implementing various programs and activities that promote the sustainable development of Alaminos City and he expects that the EU-funded project will further improve the living conditions of the people.
For his part, La Liga Managing Director Roland Cabigas said the project aims to mainstream nationally-committed MDG targets and incorporate these targets into local government programs and budgets.
MDG-related programs and services will be anchored on the achievement of MDG targets around poverty and hunger, universal primary education, maternal and reproductive health, and environmental sustainability.
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