directors from selected national government agencies attended the steering committee meeting that marked the start of project activities for MDDA Master Plan formulation.
Aside from Kinoshita and Ishikawa, Urban and Regional Development Group – Infrastructure Management Department director Shigehiko Sugita, also from JICA Headquarters, attended the meeting.
Mayor Michelle Marie Denise B. Rabat of the City of Mati, on behalf of Gov. Niño Sotero Uy, who is the Interim Chairperson of the Metropolitan Davao Development Council (MDDC), gave the welcome address and opening statements, respectively.
Mati City Mayor Michelle Marie Denise B. Rabat, on behalf of the Interim Chairperson of the Metropolitan Davao Development Council (MDDC), and Governor Niño Sotero Uy, gave the welcome address and opening statements, respectively.
In her closing remarks, NEDA XI Regional Director Priscilla R. Sonido noted the importance of Metro Davao and its component LGU’s ownership and commitment to the full utilization of the plan through mainstreaming the results of the final document in the LGU’s planning activities. (JMDA/PIA Davao del Norte/With reports from NEDA XI)