The Bicol Consortium for Peace Education and Development (BCPED), as part of the continuing implementation of the SPEAR-Bicol Project held the third component of the project namely the Peace Research Agenda Setting on November 9-10, 2010 at Casablanca Hotel, Legazpi City.
The SPEAR-Bicol, the acronym for Strengthening Peace Education and Advocacy in the Region of Bicol is a project of the BCPED funded by the UNDP whose objective is to promote and mainstream Peace Education in Bicol Region. This project has three components, (1) Capability Building, whose main objective is to train a pool of resource persons to support the mainstreaming of peace education, (2) The pilot school of peace using the total school approach in promoting peace education at the school level, and (3) the research agenda setting. The main objective of the peace research agenda setting is to identify the priority areas for research along peace education. The BCPED is made up of the following institutions/organizations in Bicol namely, Bicol University, Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, Catanduanes State Colleges, Sorsogon State College, University of Nueva Caceres, Universidad de Santa Isabel, Commission on Higher Education-V, Department of Education-V, Philippine Information Agency-V, Social Action Center of the Diocese of Legazpi, NEDA-V and OPAB.
The workshop was attended by representatives from member institutions and even non-member institutions also participated namely Partido State University, Camarines Norte State College, Aquinas University and Divine Word College of Legazpi. Dr. Fay M. Lauraya, President of Bicol University and Chair of the BCPED in capsule discussed the developmental needs of Bicol Region, underscoring the strengths of the Bicolano, the potentials and possibilities. Dr. Herbert Rosana, Director of BCPED gave an overview for the information of non-members and the rest about the objectives of the BCPED and how it was organized. Dr. Belen Azul of CHED-V gave the inspirational message. Prof. Michael Montealegre of the the CHED-BU Zonal Research Center provided an overview of the research thrusts of the CHED-BU Zonal Research Center while Prof. Ida Revale served as the lead facilitator of the training. May Alta from NEDA-V provided the development orientation of the new administration. A resource person from the Commission on Human Rights presented the human rights situationer in Bicol. The workshop identified five major areas for research namely, Human Security, Environment, Social Services, Peace Education, Governance and Networking. Dir. Rolly Asuncion of OPAPP provided the overview of the new thrusts of the incoming administration as far as peace is concerned.
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