1. Mindanao Development Report
Indeed, our emerging peace, governance and development landscapes paint a brighter picture for Mindanao albeit with shades of challenges that we as Mindanawons together with our local, national, international partners---agree on affirmative actions in this forum.

2. Clearly, Mindanao fared well over the last two years…
Good Governance
GPH-MILF and GPH-NDF Peace negotiations progressing
ARMM Reforms
Signing of the FAB
Improved Peace Condition
Increased Mindanao Budget
Increased Private Investment
Improved Investment Climate
GRDP Growth
Low inflation
Exports-Imports
Improved Macro-Economic Performance
Clearly, Mindanao fared well over the last two years.
And this trend has become more pronounced with newer long-term growth prospects in the coming years. These favorable socio-economic performance and positive outlook in Mindanao have been propelled by a number of factors including the following:
Mindanao benefited from the country's positive environment of strong business confidence and brighter economic growth prospects. The major reforms instituted by the national government in policy, governance and institutional levels have signaled strong political will to set in place transparent governance, predictability of business environment and thereby tempering business speculations. So, by October of last year (2012), the Philippines earned the distinction of posting one of the fastest GDP growth in Asia outpacing the growth rates of Indonesia, Malaysai, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. And as we have all heard from Sec Balisacan, we achieved a 2012 year end growth of 6.6%.
Here in Mindanao, we are seeing the same bullish environment. The Reform Agenda that was pushed in the ARMM, the significant milestones achieved in the peace process especially the signing of the Framework Agenda on the Bangsamoro…
Budget and Fiscal Reforms, Infrastructure

3. 35% of the total awardees of the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi are
Mindanao LGUs
REGION
PROVINCE
CITY
MUNICIPALITY IX
Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga
Labasaon, ZDN X
Misamis Oriental
Cagayan de Oro
Opol, Misamis Oriental XI
Compostella Valley
Tagum
San Vicente (Laak)
XII
Cotabato
Kidapawan
Surallah, South Cotabato
Caraga
Agusan del Norte
Surigao
Cagawait, Surigao del Sur
ARMM
Sultan Mastura, Maguindanao
….and lately, the good showing of our governance indicators wherein 35% of the total LGUs nationwide that are recipients of the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Awards are from Mindanao. All these helped create a political and economic environment that people can trust.
The Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Award is granted to LGUs with exemplary performance in local governance

4. BOI- Approved Investments in Mindanao Surged up to 663% in 2011…
where 99% of the equity are Locally driven
P91.43
Consequently, we saw how business interests in Mindanao soared to high levels in 2011 and preliminary data for 2012 also indicate a similar trend. These new investments, when fully on-stream are expected to provide an estimate 3,000 additional jobs.
P11.98B 1%
99%
2010
2011
Source: BOI

5. 94.88% of Mindanao’s Labor Force are employed
Of the 20 people aged 15 to 64 in
MINDANAO
19 of them are
EMPLOYED
At the moment, our employment data shows that 19 out of 20 Mindanawons aged are employed, but 5 out of those 19 employed are underemployed---meaning: employed persons who expressed the desire to have additional hours of work in their present job or in an additional job, or to have a new job with longer working hours. And with the projected half million new graduates (based on CHED projections) that will join our job-seekers by March or April this year, we need to double time on our effort to grow more enterprising and business opportunities for our growing labor force
But, of the 19, 5 of them are UNDEREMPLOYED
Source: NSO

6. Our Goal… A dynamic, inclusive, and green economy
Physical integration thru infrastructure development
Climate resiliency and adaptability
Human Development: A Mindanao where no one is deprived
Peace once and for all
A culture-sensitive, self-reliant, responsive and accountable governance
That is why, our vision for the next twenty years…..our goal is to accelerate economic growth in Mindanao and help assure that as many Mindanawons as possible benefit from the economic growth and that the benefits are equitably distributed.
Help bring about and consolidate peace in Mindanao.... But in the short to medium term, and in concrete terms, however, we need to work on the following

7. Mindanao a major source of globally competitive agri-based products
pineapple
canned sardines
seaweed
banana
tuna
oil palm
1) Create more jobs and increase rural income. Encourage the growth of agribusiness and food processing/manufacturing firms to increase demand for our farmers' produce and promote value-adding services for our agri products especially for coconut, rubber, seaweeds, coffee where we still have very huge potentials.The drive for more value-adding thru manufacturing is really to enable industry provide jobs for those who are currently in the farms. Experience has shown that many manufacturing jobs actually do not need high-level graduates, such as those who are in the rural areas.
For instance, we account for more than one-half (58%) of the country's coconut production and our top 5 major coconut producers in Mindanao are Davao Oriental, …..and... there is huge potentials and growing demand for coconut by-products such as So we may need to look into how we can help our coconut industry increase its take advantage of this growing market demand in ways that will directly increase farmers income considering that coconut farmers are one of the poorest segments of the basic sectors. Targeting an Integrated Coconut Industry Development intervention to raise rural income, therefore, can be a potential inclusive growth strategy.
Source of Raw Data: NSCB
Processed by: MinDA

8. Strong demand for coco products…
Baled Coco Coir
Coco Fiber
Nets of Coir
Coco Mattress
Coco Peat

9. Completing Major Transport Highways
Proposed Road Project
Existing Primary National Road
Lake Mainit Circumferential Road
Status: Need for funding
On-going National Road Project
Misamis Oriental-Bukidnon (Phividec-Alae) Road. Cost -Php100.0 million
Cabanglasan-Loreto Road
Status: Need for funding
Iligan-San Fernando-Sta. Josefa-Trento
Status: Need for funding
Sibuco-Sirawai-Siocon-Baliguian-Gutalac Road
Status: Some sections are on-going with allocation from CY 2013 of Php 200 M, DPWH IX to allocate additional funding for its targeted concreting in 2016
2) Increase competitiveness of our local industries by lowering the cost of doing business such as completing major transport highways in Mindanao, upgrading strategic ports and airports….
Sulu Trancentral Road
Status: Need for funding
Kalamansig-Palimbang-Maitum Road
Status: DPWH XII to allocate additional funding for its targeted completion in 2016
Allocation for 2012:Php 200 M, on-going
Funding: Total Estimated Cost to concretize the entire stretch (Php 2B)
Sarangani- Davao Sur Coastal Road (Don Marcelino-Jose Abad Santos-Glan)
Status: Need for funding (Php 900M)
Tawi-tawi Road
Status: USAID and DPWH project road upgrading completed.
Need for funding for concreting of the entire stretch

10. Proposed Priority Airports and Seaport in Minanao
CAGAYAN DE ORO PORT
Construction of RORO berthing Facilities & Breasting Dolphin
Estimated Cost:50.0Million
SURIGAO PORT DEVELOPMENT
Construction of New perimeter fence, covered walkway and gate lighting
Estimated Cost: 30.0 Million
SURIGAO AIRPORT-Rehab of admin bldg, inc. 5,000 gal of elevated water tank water T
Estimated Cost: 5.0 Million
ILIGAN PORT
Construction off one story PTB
Estimated Cost: 40.0Million
SURIGAO AIRPORT-Improvement of Passenger Terminal Building including 10,000 gal of water Tank
Estimated Cost: 7.5 Million
ILIGAN PORT
Construction of Emilia Khu road extension/Construction of alternate port
access road Estimated Cost: 49.0M
OZAMIS AIRPORT- Concreting of Access VPA Road
Estimated Cost: 2.5 Million
PAGADIAN AIRPORT
Construction of 10,000 gal overhead water tank
Estimated Cost: 3.0 Million
STA.ANA PORT
Construction of Passenger Terminal Building
Estimated Cost: 40.0 Million
NEW ZAMBOANGA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DEV’T
Estimated Cost: billion
COTABATON AIRPORT – Expansion of runway extension by 35m at runway 28 and Expansion/Rehabilitation of Passenger Terminal Building
Estimated Cost:650.0 Million
BABAK PORT – IGACOS
Construction of Public Terminal Building
Estimated Cost: 20.0 Million
JOLO AIRPORT-
Construction of overhead water tank
Estimated Cost: 2.50 Million
KALAMANSIG PORT
Construction of Terminal Management Office
Estimated Cost: 4.0 Million
GENERAL SANTOS AIRPORT
Construction of PTB gate complex/Completion of Perimeter Fence
Estimated Cost:118.0 Million
Note: Proposed project s are based on the PPA and CAAP proposed infra project as of 2012

11. Establish Food, Agribusiness and Logistics corridors
Norther Mindanao Economic Zone
Strategy:NMEZ
Economic Role: Business Center, Industrial and Food Cooridor, Minerals Development
Industry Focus: Coconut, Cassava, Aquaculture, Livestock/Poultry
Tourism Development:SP-1, SP-3, SP-7
Environment:ARB, Bukidnon-Headwater, Lake Lanao Source of Hydro Power
Power: Mini-Hydro, Hydro
Regions: Region X, ARMM Mainland, CARAGA-Northern
Western Mindanao Economic Zone
MDG: MDG
Spatial Development
Strategy:WMEZ
Economic Role: Processing Center, Business Center, Agri-Industrial Center, Trading Hub in BIMP-EAGA
Industry Focus: Coconut, Seaweeds, Rubber, Mariculture
Tourism Development:SP-4, SP-7
Environment:
Power: Mini-Hydro, Power Barge
Regions: Zamboanga Peninsula and ARMM-Island Provinces
NMEZ
WMEZ
SMEZ
Southern Mindanao Economic Zone
MDG:
Poverty Incidence:28.1
Spatial Development
Strategy:SMEZ
Economic Role:Food Corridor, Agri-Industrial Center, Minerals Dev’t. Business Center
Industry Focus: Banana, Rubber, Sugarcane, Pineapple, Mango, Cassava, Aquaculture
Tourism Development:SP-6
Environment:MRB, DRB, ARB, Agusan Marsjh
Power:Geothermal, Hydropower
Regions: Region XI, Region XII, CARAGA-Southern
…. establishing Food, Agribusiness and Logistics corridors where we can consolidate products and achieve economies of scale, establishing R&D Centers to boost value adding industry activities…
Legends:
Primary Growth
Center
Secondary Growth

12. COMMITTED POWER PROJECTS INDICATIVE POWER PROJECTS
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Additional Power Sources
COMMITTED POWER PROJECTS
Coal : 500 MW
Oil-based : 30 MW
Hydro MW
Geothermal : 50 MW
Total : 588 MW
Mindanao Grid
150 MW Therma South Coal-fired Phase 2
100 MW Sarangani Coal-fired Phase 1
50 MW Mt Apo Geo PP
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
15 MW Mapalad Diesel PP
15 EEI HFO Peaking Plant
150 MW Therma South Coal-fired Phase 1
100 MW Sarangani Coal-fired Phase 2
35 MW Bukidnon Biomass
200 MW STEAG Coal-fired
100 MW PNOC Coal-fired PP
20 MW Tagoloan Hydro PP
12 MW Tamugan HEP PP
…and ensure testing laboratories and additional power sources.
35 MW Darong Solar PV
5 MW camiguin Wind Farm
100 MW San Ramon Coal-fired
20 MW FDC Coal
INDICATIVE POWER PROJECTS
Coal : MW
Hydro : MW
Biomass : MW
Wind : MW
Solar : MW
Total : MW
DOE List of Power Projects as of 05 November 2012

13. Ridge to Reef Erosion Backflow Siltation Flooding
3) Climate resiliency and adaptability. Our Sendong and Pablo experience taught us a lot of costly lessons. We have seen how communities and industries that have been built over the years can easily be wiped out in a matter of minutes and hours of typhoons and flooding. Natural occurrences such as these are bound to happen and are beyond our control. So let us work on what is within our capacity to control.
Flooding

14. Mindanao 8 Major River Basins
Tagoloan River Basin
Cagayan De Oro
River Basin
Area
Families Affected
Davao City
5,165
Davao Oriental
4,404
Davao del Norte
1,662
Surigao Del Norte
800
Compostella Valley
178
Agusan
River Basin
Agus River Basin
Tagum-Libuganon
River Basin
For instance, we will have to organize community-based Watersheds and Riverbasin Organizations who can help jumpstart our long term efforts for integrated water resource management through our MindaNOW Nurturing Our Waters Program. We will have to reforest and integrate our efforts to achieve our targets for Mindanao under the National Greening Program. And jointly with the Climate Change Commission, our academe and private industry associations, we may have to define policy guidelines that will ensure adaptive and sustainable industry practices.
Davao River Basin
Mindanao
River Basin
Buayan-Malungan
River Basin

15. The poverty incidence (PI) of all Mindanao regions is higher than the national average.
Almost half of the population in Regions 9, 13 and ARMM are poor.
26.5%
National Average
CARAGA
47.8%
ARMM
45.9%
Zamboanga
Peninsula
43.1%
Northern
Mindanao
39.6%
SOCCSKSARGEN
35.7%
4) Human Development. We have seen slight improvements in the poverty levels of Mindanao provinc-es and municipalities. However, the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals remains to be a challenge especially for regions Caraga, ARMM, and Region 9. We need to implement a Catch up strategy on MDGs in Mindanao which has low prospects of attainment including households in geo-graphically isolated areas and indigenous communities.
Davao
Region
35.7%
Philippines
26.5%

16. Supporting basic socio-economic development
Link to Industries
Communities
Track 4
Institutional Development
5. Investments for Peace. The signing of the Framework Agreement has bolstered not just Mindanao's peace but also our economic growth prospects. While both panels from the GoP and the MILF are still fine tuning the details of the Framework Annexes, it is imperative at this stage that our Bangsamoro communities in the ARMM already feel the peace dividends of the peace process. Therefore, it is imperative at this stage that we scale up coordination and convergence of development support for these areas. Secretary Ging Deles and our GoP Panel Chair Miriam Coronel-Ferrer are both here with us today, they will elaborate more on this during their presentation.
Area Development
Track 3
Community-Based Assistance
Track 1 & 2
Track 1
Source of map: OPAPP—

17. Seal of Good Housekeeping
ARMM Reforms
Seal of Good Housekeeping
Resumption of Peace Talks
Pres. Noynoy Aquino and MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ibrahim , August 2011
6) Governance. In terms of governance, we are seeing two parallel yet equally important tracks. One is scaling up our initial effort to enhance governance capacities and setting in place governance transparency and accountability systems at all levels of the governance structure while at the same time, supporting and helping nurture the anticipated new political structure that will soon be set up in the Bangsamoro areas.

18. Our 2011 and 2012 were characterized by…
Major reforms
Economic resilience despite global challenges and despite the successive natural disasters that struck us, and
3) Breakthroughs in our peace-building journey.
These and more concrete action steps that will be deliberated during the break out sessions this afternoon will help us define our little steps towards our larger agenda of peace and development in Mindanao.
These targets and our prospects for long term growth can be easily derailed if not guarded and consistebntly supported. We need to consolidate contributions from all stakeholders (private sector, academe, media, civil society organizations, donor community, etc) in unclogging deterrents to our achievement of these potentials and together watch for warning signs, of spoilers, who can derail our efforts.
Conclusion
Finally, let me attempt to summarize where we are right now in a few notes. Our 2011 and 2012 were characterized by 1)major reforms, 2)economic resilience despite global challenges and despite the successive natural disasters that struck us, and 3) breakthroughs in our peace-building journey. The governance, economic and peace landscape of Mindanao is positively changing. But we have also seen that even these positive developments can be threatened by our changing climate and natural environment. So I guess in 2013, we need everyone's help in consolidating these positive gains amidst the context of changing natural environment as well as a changing global developments.

19. M2020 Banner Programs Mindanao Nurturing Our Waters (MindaNOW);
Mindanao Integrated Coconut Industry Development;
Mindanao Multi-Modal Transport and Logistics Program;
Mindanao Sustainable Power Development and Upgrading Program; and
Support to Basic Socio-Economic Development. 

20. Good day!