Technical cooperation! MinDA Seeks Israel Support For Water Management Plan

The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) will formally ask the Israeli Government through the Israeli Embassy in the Philippines for technical support in crafting Mindanao’s Water Management and Conservation Plan.

The request which will be coursed through the Department of Foreign Affairs will be made following the suggestion of Israel’s Ambassador-Designate to the Philippines, Ilan Fluss, for a deeper engagement between Israel and Mindanao in the area of water conservation and management.

Ambassador Fluss made the suggestion during the opening on Aug. 7 of the 5-Session Online Course on Water Conservation and Management conducted by Israel’s International Development Agency, MASHAV, for Mindanao Governors, Mayors and decision makers.

The proposed Mindanao Water Conservation and Management Plan is part of MinDA advocacies to ensure sustainable water supply both for households and agriculture.

It would include the establishment of a database for satellite generated images and data, including ground data gathering, on critical watersheds, threatened water sources, communities with low access to water and projections on the water requirements of the agriculture sector to sustain productivity.

It will also include data gathering on Mindanao’s forest cover and ways to re-green the deforested and denuded mountains through community-supported sustainable programs.

The program is aimed ensuring secure sources of water for Mindanao’s population and its agriculture sector which contributes 46% of the country’s food requirements.

When completed, the Mindanao Water Conservation and Management Digital Database will be made available to the region’s Governors, Mayors and decision makers so that there would be a unified approach to addressing the water problem.

The official request for the Technical Cooperation with Israel will be submitted to the Israeli Embassy this week.

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