jay presaldo philippines promoting sustainable development youth internship

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Youth InternshipYouth Internship

Jay H. PresaldoSenior Project Officer

Canadian Urban Institute-Philippines2nd UNESCO Asian Youth Forum

26 – 30 June 2008, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea

CUI Mandate

• non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in urban areas across Canada and around the world.

• an independent body committed to improving policy making, governance and management for city regions by encouraging a better understanding of contemporary urban issues.

CUI was established in 1990 by the City of Toronto.

Four Centers

• education and research

• urban leadership• community assets• international

partnerships

CUI in the PhilippinesUrban Partnerships Project Philippines (UPP-Philippines) is a component of the International Urban Partnership Program (I-UPP), funded by a contribution from the Canadian Partnership Branch (CPB) of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

UPP Philippines supports the continued thrust towards operationalizing the subsidiarity

principles contained in the 1991 Local Government Code, which aims to build the capacity of local authorities and empower communities in local

decision-making to enhance urban governance as a contribution to urban sustainability and poverty reduction.

UPP Philippines generates new knowledge for advancing urban

sustainability and poverty reduction in city-regions through participation

in local, regional and national knowledge networks.

LGUs : Guimaras Province,Iloilo City, Pavia, Leganes, Oton, San Miguel, Sta. Barbaramunicipalities

area : 988.67 sq. kms.population : 806,549(2006 projected )barangays : 433

Metro Iloilo:5th LargestUrban Region

heritage citymaritime hub

commercial and cultural capitalof western visayas

images of the region:from urban …

… to rural

… from prosperity

… to poverty.

governance issue

…upgrading public markets

…transportation options

metropolitan governance

leadership development

…bringing back the iloilo river

policy advice

knowledge sharing

project management advisory service

…process facilitation

• technical assistance• capacity and leadership development• process facilitation• policy advice• project management advisory service• urban symposia and applied research• and…

Approaches

internship of Canadian and Filipino young professionals

Promoting Promoting Sustainable Sustainable DevelopmentDevelopmentin the Philippines through in the Philippines through

Youth InternshipYouth Internship

CUI-CIDA Internship Program

• The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) Philippine Office has been hosting Canadian interns since 1999.

• The internship is part of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)'s International Youth Internship Program (IYIP) employment program for young Canadian professionals (ages 19 to 30 inclusive) that offers post-secondary graduates the opportunity to gain valuable international development work experience.

• CIDA is one of the departments delivering International Internships in the Career Focus stream of the federal government's Youth Employment Strategy (YES)

CUI-CIDA Internship Program• Internships contribute to building excellence and skills

among Canadian youth about to enter the knowledge economy, in the very specialized field of international development that is an important service export of our country.

• The internships build not only professional and social skills of Canadian youth, but also instill traits of flexibilityand adaptability thereby strengthening their ability to work in foreign cultures.

• The increased knowledge gained by the interns related to international development, sustainable development and good governance at the local level will help to assist Canadian youth to succeed in the labor market upon their return to Canada.

CUI-CIDA Internship Program

• Internships funded through CIDA’s International Youth Internship Program are designed to provide entry-level professional work experience to recent graduates of university degree programs related to urban management, local government, planning and other associated fields who are interested in pursuing their first international development, career-related work experience.

• It is open to youth 30 years of age or under, who are citizens of Canada or Canadian landed immigrants

CUI interns as young development specialists in the Philippines

Canadian and Filipino young professionals serve as:

• Knowledge Management Specialist • Urban and Regional Planner• Local Economic Development Specialist• Policy Adviser • Environmental Planner

Contributing to urban sustainability in the Philippines

Supporting the Legal and Policy Framework for Environmental Rehabilitation in Guimaras


Guisi Community-Based Tourism Rehabilitation Support Project


Barangay Salvacion Tourism Promotion and Development Support Project


MIDC State of Local Governance Report (SLGR)

Provides direction and a basis for strengthening the Metro Iloilo Development Council’s (MIDC) strategic priorities


Conservation Planning and Development Guidelines for the Downtown Central Business District (CBD) Heritage Zone in heritage planning


MIGEDC ICT assessment, State of Implementation of the MIGEDC GIS programme and the Remote Sensing in MIGEDC reports


Regional SWM Situational Analysis for Metro Iloilo Guimaras


assisting the implementation of demonstration projects

…jumpstarting the economy

…planning fortourism


Regional Local Governance Resource Center (RLGRC) and Western Visayas Urban Observatory websites

www.lgrc6.org.phwww.wvuo.org.ph

http://www.lgrc6.org.ph/

http://www.wvuo.org.ph/

A facility that allows sharing and generating ideas on-line as an initial

step in building a body of development knowledge in a faster, cheaper and an

innovative way of convening, connecting and communicating with

urban stakeholders.

A work alliance of the City of Iloilo, the Municipalities of Oton, San Miguel, Pavia,

Leganes, Sta. Barbara, and the Province of Guimaras designed to help address the

area’s emerging problems brought about by rapid urbanization and the spatial

development challenges of tourism and economic development.

As a strengthened task group, the MIGEDC formulates, implements,

coordinates and monitors programs, projects and activities that support

the Mega-Region Economic Development Strategic Framework

of the National Government.

CUI internship in the Philippines: StatusKnowledge Management Specialist – Ian Malczewski is a Master’s candidate in Environmental Studies at York University, Toronto, Canada. His research and work focuses on Urban Planning and Environmental Education as connected through the discipline of Storytelling

CUI internship in the Philippines: StatusFilipino Youth Internship. To get the Filipino youth involved in the project, we will be accepting application for internship. This will give chance to young Filipinos to be involved in the work of promoting good governance and sustainable development.

Reawakening the Filipino tradition of ‘bayanihan’• Reawakening the Filipino tradition of bayanihanbayanihan has

been an overarching theme of CUI’s program in the Philippines.

• The term comes from the Tagalog words bayanbayan(community) and anihananihan (harvest) and has its origins in the tradition of a community coming together for harvest and sharing in the fruits of their efforts.

• Today the term refers to communal effort in which shared challenges are overcome through community unity, cooperation and partnership.

Reawakening the Filipino tradition of ‘bayanihan’

Our program is placing emphasis on localizing MDGs within urban governance

processes, helping local authorities to realize national and global poverty

eradication goals.

Reawakening the Filipino tradition of ‘bayanihan’The CUI project team, together with the Canadian and Filipino youth, will work toward promoting the achievement of good urban governance, the creation of sustainable cities, the improvement of the quality of urban life, and the eventual reduction of urban poverty while reawakening the bayanihanbayanihan spirit.

for sustainable urban future

For more information, please visit

www.philippines.canurb.com

Thank you!!!Maraming Salamat!!!

Kamsa Ham Nida!!! ☺

jay presaldo philippines promoting sustainable development youth internship

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