AI Mindanao Groups strengthen HR campaigns

By PJTremedal

Cagayan de Oro City – A two days strategic planning and finance management consultations conducted by Amnesty International(Philippines) Sector for its Mindanao chapters led to strengthen and financial management knowledge for local chapter treasurers, secretaries, and group coordinators to work with.

Said planning and consultations focus deeply on Amnesty International Human Rights changes as it is implanted with AI International Strategic plan for 2-10 to 2016, a six years plan to be implemented internationally approved by the AI ICM in August 9, 2009.

Dr. Aurora Panong, who came with AI Philippines National Treasurer said that with the strategic planning for Mindanao AI Chapters in Cagayan de Oro, Pagadian City, and Zamboanga City, this will help the formal set-up of RCA’s or the Regional Center of Activism where it is also implanted in the NSP (National strategic Plan) from 2010 to 2016 as patterned with the Amnesty International Strategic Plan approved in August 2009.

Meanwhile, delegates from the three areas of activism strategically add some changes for the National plan and came to agree for its suggestion for the incoming annual general meeting (AI-AGM) next year.

In the financial management consultancy, the two-day activity has also strengthen the capacity of the three areas to formalized its rule in its financial management like; cash disbursement for cash and non-cash obligations, cash receipts, and other financial obligations from other sources and its usage in the chapters activism program.

“This will help especially in the financial management of every chapter. “ Doc Au said.

In other development, AI Philippines has planned to ad more RCA’s to expand its HR Changes to cater more areas of activism all over Mindanao and the Visayas center of activism. In its draft NSP for 2010-2016, four RCA’s is now strengthen, Zamboanga Peninsula, Misamis Oriental, Bacolod-Cebu, and Ilocos region, while another 3 is under its planning stage to include Davao City, and the Caraga Region.

In the national strategic plan as its is also patterned in AI International strategic Plan 2010-2016, HR changes includes four goals to wit: empowering people living in poverty, Defending unprotected people on the move, Defending people from violence committed by state and non-state actors, and Protecting people’s freedom of expression and freedom from discrimination.

As to say with AI’s “work for, work with idea, the activity learn to adopt the newest strength analysis PEST (Political, Economic, Socio-cultural and technological) analysis with an OSSA (Organizational Strength Self-Assessment) way of how to assess the strength and weaknesses of every AI sector and groups here in the Philippine Sector.

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