The OYDC attended the consultation entitled: "Providing social accountability
intervention to foster constructive engagement of stakeholders in local
government affairs of Cagayan de Oro City" funded by the Asian Development Bank.
Its main
objective is to create a multi-sectoral, citizen-led People’s Council
that will sit in the different committees and special bodies of the local
government unit. The representation in these bodies are the entry points for
social accountability for the attainment of the people’s agenda.
In
the OYDC is enthusiastic in being part of this engagement as a member of the
youth sector.
In
the discussion to further hone the People's Agenda, we have manifested three areas that the council should explore. One of which is an ordinance that shall facilitate crowd-sourcing.
In this ordinance, public hearings are extended to social media platforms such
as facebook, twitter and whatnot. The opinions, comments, thoughts, and
manifestations of the Kagayanons will be in the legislative records and will be
put into consideration before passing an ordinance. Second, we told the body to
push for a "stigma-reduction" on HIV-AIDS considering that the city
has become a hotbed nation-wide for HIV-AIDS. We have to stir more discussions
on this issue and educate the barangays. And third, pass an ordinance that
shall regulate the selling of liquors to minors. Since it is already evident
that our minors are being accommodated by scrupulous vendors.
We hope that this long term engagement will facilitate political change in our locality particularly the poor's access to political power.
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