BOHOLs DEVELOPMENT PATH

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BOHOLs DEVELOPMENT PATH
A Presentation by Atty. Juanito G. Cambangay
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Location
Bohols Development Path
PHILIPPINES
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Area Profile
Bohols Development Path

• General Land Features
• Location Central Visayas/ Region 7
• Land Area 411,726 hectares (10th largest island)
• Topography Hilly to rolling w/ narrow
  coastal plains

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Area Profile
Bohols Development Path

• Demographic Profile
• Population (2000 Census) 1,137,268
• 15 to 64 Years 57.97
• 65 Years Over 6.25
• Annual Population Growth Rate (1995-2000) 2.92
• Population Doubling Time 24 Years
• Average Household Size 5.34 Persons
• Sex Ratio 101.6 males for every 100 females
• Median Age 22 years old
• Life Expectancy at Birth 68 years

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Area Profile
Bohols Development Path

• Socio-Economic Profile
• Main sources of Income Farming Fishing
• Per Capita Income (2000) P20,042.00
• Poverty Incidence (1997) 48.3
• Provl Human Devt Index 0.5430 (1994)
• 0.5425 (1997)
• HDI in International Perspective 0.682 (2000)

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Development Potentials
Bohols Development Path

• Labor Force Quality
• Strategic Location Accessibility
• Resplendent Physical Natural Resources
• Fascinating Culture

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Development Challenges
Bohols Development Path

• Increasing Population
• Rapid Population Growth
• Growing Elderly Population
• Inadequate Infra Support Facilities
• Poor Road Network/Condition
• High Power Rates
• Inadequate Water for Domestic and Industrial Use
• Inadequate Public Health Educational
  Facilities/Resources
• Poor Management of Land Resources
• Widespread Poverty

Population Increase Per Year Bohol
Province Censal Year Years Pop. Diff.
Yearly Inc. 1903-1948 45 284,184
6,315 1960-1995 35 441,033
12,601 1996-2000 4 142,828 35,707
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Development Challenges
Bohols Development Path

• Prevalence of Child Malnutrition
• Still High Prevalence Of Gastro-Intestinal
  Illnesses (Diarrheal Diseases) In Bohol
• Insufficient Employment Opportunities
• Poor Revenue Generations of Local Government
  Units

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BOHOLs OVERALL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
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Vision Statement
Bohol as a prime eco-cultural tourism destination
and a strong agro-industrial province in the
Visayas with an empowered and self-reliant people
who are God-loving, law-abiding, proud of their
cultural heritage and committed to the growth and
protection of the environment.
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Mission Statement
Bohols Development Path
To continuously transform its social, economic,
political and cultural life through effective
collaboration of people from various sectors of
the province to achieve and sustain its vision.
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The Goals
Bohols Development Path

• To establish the importance and contribution of
  Bohol to the nations socio-cultural and
  political growth and economic competitive edge
• To establish sustainable eco-cultural tourism and
  agro-industrial sites in the province to
  encourage investments and employment
  opportunities
• To ensure sustainable growth in revenues from
  major industries that adhere to a sustainable
  framework for developing, utilizing and managing
  the environment and natural resources of the
  province

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The Goals
Bohols Development Path

• To enrich and continuously develop the dynamic
  and creative Boholano culture in all
  municipalities and in the capital city
• To develop a well-informed citizenry in healthy
  communities, aware and proud of its competencies
  that enable them to be much more productive,
  enterprising and participative in attaining the
  vision and goals of Bohol
• To build close collaboration and partnership
  among LGUs, local communities and specific
  socially and economically disadvantaged groups in
  the planning, implementation and monitoring of
  programs and projects with poverty reduction focus

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Development Strategy
Bohols Development Path

• Establish Bohol as a major destination for
  eco-cultural tourism with a strong
  agro-industrial support through an effective
  government-private sector collaboration and
  partnership

Primary Strategy Eco-cultural Tourism Secondary
Strategy Agro-industrialization
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Major Breakthroughs
Bohols Development Path

• Adoption of appropriate legislations in response
  to the development thrusts of the Province
• Bohol Environment Code
• Bohol Investment Code
• Bohol Arts Culture Heritage Code
• Bohol Administrative Code
• Bohol Childrens Code

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Major Breakthroughs
Bohols Development Path

• ISO 14001 certified (for Environmental Management
  System) of Bohol Provincial Government, the first
  provincial LGU to earn that distinction in the
  whole of Southeast Asia

TÜV
MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ISO 14001
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Major Breakthroughs
Bohols Development Path

• Implementation of basic support infrastructure
  facilities such as
• Bohol Circumferential Road
• Leyte-Bohol Power Interconnection Project
• Bohol Irrigation Project (BIP)
• Panglao Island Tourism Estate Project (PITE)

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Major Breakthroughs
Bohols Development Path

• Establishment of Special Units in the Provincial
  Government
• Bohol Environment Management Office (BEMO)
• Bohol Investment Promotions Center (BIPC)
• Center for Culture Arts Development (CCAD)
• Bohol Poverty Reduction Management Office
  (BPRMO)
• Bohol Employment Placement Office (BEPO)
• Bohol Tourism Office (BTO)
• Formulation of a common program framework to
  ensure a cohesive response to the poverty
  situation in the province.

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Development Directions Policies
Bohols Development Path

• Continue to support programs on the conservation
  and preservation of the environment
• Continue to draw investments to Bohol
• Continue to support programs on the development
  of culture and the arts
• Continue to support programs on poverty reduction

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Development Directions Policies
Bohols Development Path

• Continue to provide scholarship to poor
• Continue to support youth and sports development
• Continue to improve the delivery of basic social
  services
• Continue to invest in improving the human
  resource of the Province

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Development Directions Policies
Bohols Development Path

• Continue to improve the peace and order situation
• Initiate programs and projects that build strong
  alliances among LGUs, NGOs and Pos, as well as
  specific target groups in common efforts to
  achieve poverty reduction
• Strengthen the poverty reduction focus of
  existing and pipeline sectoral programs and
  projects

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BOHOLs PRIORITY ACTION AGENDA
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Projects for NEDA ICC Approval

• A. Establishment of the Panglao Domestic Airport
• Project Background
• Recommended by RDC 7 for inclusion in the JBIC
  26th YLP
• Advance engineering of the project has been
  completed and is now being reviewed by DOTC
• Needed for the medium and long-term requirements
  of tourism and agro-industrial development, since
  Tagbilaran Airport can no longer be expanded due
  to its location

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Other Mega Projects for Implementation

• B. Central Visayas Intermodal Transport System
• Project Background
• Already approved, initial phase of the project
  still to be implemented
• Requires full support from NEDA to fast-track
  implementation

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Other Mega Projects for Implementation

• C. Four GMA Mega Projects for Bohol
• Leyte-Bohol Interconnection Project II (LBIP
  II), costing P2.1 Billion
• Bohol Irrigation Project Stage II (BHIP II),
  costing P2.384 Billion
• Bohol Circumferential Road Improvement Project
  Phase II (BCRIP II), costing P1.073 Billion
• Bohol Circumferential Road Improvement Project
  Phase III (BCRIP III)

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Other Mega Projects for Implementation

• Leyte-Bohol Interconnection Project II (LBIP II),
  costing P2.1B
• Project Background
• LBIP II will bring 86 megawatts of power from
  Tongonan Geothermal Power Plant in Leyte
• Funded under JBIC 21st YLP
• May also be tapped for power requirements of
  Leyte and Southern Leyte

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Other Mega Projects for Implementation

• Bohol Irrigation Project Stage II (BHIP II),
  costing P2.384B
• Project Background
• BHIP II is funded under 23rd YLP
• Supposed to be bidded out in March 2002 with 3
  pre-qualified contractors, but experienced delays
  in the process
• New schedule for civil works to begin early this
  year

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Other Mega Projects for Implementation

• Bohol Circumferential Road Improvement Project
  Phase II (BCRIP II), costing P1.073 B
• Project Background
• Funded under 23rd YLP
• Coverage is 100 km from Calape highway to
  Alburquerque via Tagbilaran and Candijay to
  Garcia-Hernandez

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Other Mega Projects for Implementation

• Bohol Circumferential Road Improvement Project
  Phase III (BCRIP III
• Project Background
• Remaining sections from Garcia-Hernandez to
  Alburquerque and the proposed Tagbilaran by-pass
  road (total length- 43 km) are proposed for
  priority inclusion
• Proposed under JBIC 26th YLP

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Other Mega Projects for Implementation

• D. Completion of 2 Vital Tourism Highways by
  DPWH
• Panglao Circumferential Road
• Vital to the development of Panglao Island as a
  premiere tourist destination and in the
  development of the Panglao Island Tourism Estate
  (PITE)
• Loay Interior Road to Trinidad Municipality
• Recommended by Sec. Gordon to Sec. Datumanong for
  declaration as a tourism highway

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Other Mega Projects for Implementation

• E. Establishment of Agricultural Fisheries
  Facilities vital to Bohols GMA Programs
• Mango Processing Plant
• Construction and Improvement of Farm-to-Market
  Roads
• Completion of the Talibon SRIP

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Other Mega Projects for Implementation

• A. Completion of the Chocolate Hills Two-Storey
  Hostel
• Development of the Sandugo Blood Compact Shrine
• Establishment of the Visayas Integrated Livestock
  Facility Complex

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Thank You.
End of Presentation