At the Presentation Ceremony of “Mindanao 2020” (Philippines’ new development plan for Mindanao) to the President, in Malacañang, on November 30, 2010, His Excellency President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura witnessed the signing of Program Agreement among the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which reaffirms Japan’s support for the Topographic Mapping Project for Peace and Development.
Under the project, NAMRIA will produce a new, digital topographic map of entire Mindanao. Since the currently-used map was made in the 1950′s, it was an urgent task for NAMRIA to update it. Under the technical assistance project of JICA, amounting to 1.3 billion yen (approximately 690 million pesos), NAMRIA is creating the topographic base maps on a scale of 1:50,000. The maps will be utilized in various occasions, such as road planning, disaster prevention, environmental management, social services and other development activities, and thus will finally contribute to the economic growth in Mindanao.
Japan has actively contributed to the peace process and development in the conflict-affected areas in Mindanao and the surrounding areas in the ARMM. Japan launched J-BIRD (Japan Bangsamoro Initiatives for Reconstruction and Development) in December 2006 to enable the people and the communities in the target areas to enjoy the “dividends of peace” through the Japanese ODA on the basis of “Human Security” principles. The Topographic Mapping Project for Peace and Development in also categorized as one of the J-BIRD projects.
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