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The Research, Program, and Organizational Development – Project Management Office (RPOD PMO) of the Metro Cebu Development Coordinating Board (MCDCB) once again convened the Mega Cebu focal teams of 12 local government units for the second phase of the planning for the Mega Cebu 3-year development goal.

This workshop, held last January 12, was the second round of participatory planning organized by the RPOD PMO. While the objective of the first workshop was to identify the three-year development goals, this time, the focal teams were joined by representatives from National Government agencies (NGA), the Focus Area Based Committees (FABCom), and MCDCB subcommittees to identify specific targets and corresponding indicators of the four development goals—Sustainable Management of Solid Waste; Integrated Public Safety, Emergency and Traffic Management; Rehabilitation of Rivers and Waterways; and Clean Water and Sanitation.

In the morning session, the goals were refined, and targets and indicators were formulated for each goal. In the afternoon, breakout sessions were done where each group identified major programs, projects, and policies for each development goal. They then made a three-year roadmap where they plotted yearly targets for the particular goal they were assigned to work on.

To ensure that every one had time to review, critique, and recommend changes or additions to the plans, a “world café” activity was done where representatives from each group presented their output while members from other groups went around and weighed in on the plans.

The MCDCB RPOD PMO, headed by Evelyn Nacario-Castro, facilitated the workshop. The formulation of the three-year development plan was an opportunity for the focal team members from different Metro Cebu local government units (LGUs) to work with the members from other LGUs and develop a plan collectively. This short-term development plan is a manifestation of one of the aims of Mega Cebu Program, which is to have an integrated development plan for common issues that affect Metro Cebu LGUs.

The output of this workshop will undergo further refinement by a technical working group composed of selected focal team members and representatives from NGAs and MCDCB RPOD FABComs and Subcommittees.

Besides the drafted development plan for Metro Cebu as a whole, the Mega Cebu Focal Teams will also create action plans for their respective LGUs. The refined outputs will then undergo a tedious process of scrutiny and approval by the MCDCB Execom and Full Board before full implementation.