The Korean Overseas International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is giving the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) $50,000 to fund its project regarding the institutionalization of a Regional Geographic Information System Network (RGISN) in Caraga (North eastern Mindanao). According to the Region 13 office of NEDA, the funds will be released when the project is ready for implementation.
Last June 2010, Jinoh Kim, KOICA’s Resident Representative and Carmencita S. Cochingco, NEDA’s Regional Director had a meeting. Eun Sun Jang, a Korean Overseas Volunteer (KOV), presented the project. He is specializing in Geographic Information System (GIS) assigned in NEDA Caraga since November 2008.
Cochingco shared that Kim expressed KOICA’s interest in building a direct and substantial collaboration with NEDA, since Korea has been consistently providing aid to the Philippines. She said that the focus of KOICA Assistance is Caraga Region, with 14 KOVs being deployed there. “This program is a big help to the Caraganons”, Cochingco added.
The NEDA Caraga, being the socio-economic agency of the region and the secretariat of the Regional Development Council (RDC), will be the one to spearhead the institutionalization of a geographic information system (GIS) in the region. They will serve as the support group for effective planning and resource allocation and management, policy-making, decision making, investment programming and monitoring, and evaluation of socio-economic and environmental initiatives, programs and projects.
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