agila

AGILA
APO GOVERNANCE AND
INDIGENOUS
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

WE ASK: If there is.

For training future artists:

NationalHighSchoolfortheArtsinMountMakiling

For Government Executives

For training
priests & Church
leaders-Seminary

Moro Executives:
Bangsamoro
Management
and Leadership
Institute (BMLI)

WHAT ABOUT FOR THE

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES?
Phil Carabao Center

What about dedicating a place for nurturing the

vision of
forming leaders who are deeply
rooted in indigenous culture as well as fully
equipped to face the future?

The IPs need

IP leaders who are deeply rooted in indigenous
culture as well as fully equipped to face the future
Dynamically responding to the changing
needs and aspirations of indigenous peoples,
the protection and recognition of their
legitimate rights and wellbeing, and
Working
towards
their
meaningful
participation in and contribution to the wider
society

A Center for IP Leadership and

Governance (Leadership Academy)
Educational and training facilities
Social entrepreneurship, agro-forestry and
community eco-tourism to sustain the
center and help actualize the ADSPP of the
Tagabawa-Bagobo Tribe
Ritual sites and spiritual reflection
sanctuary

 Our Vision: A premier institution that

provides indigenous leadership formation in
the Philippines
Our Mission: To nurture indigenous
leadership towards cultural integrity for all
generations
Our Goal: Establish a physical, institutional,
technical, intellectual, and cultural platform for a
more advanced, intense, practical and sustained
training program for leaders of indigenous
communities and movements, and those who
work with them

Description.
Discussion Rooms

Dormitory, seminar
house and Meeting
Places

Training Halls

Ritual Areas

Farm
Area
for
Income
and
Training

Nursery

Library of IKSP& Management

Canopy Walk

DESCRIPTION..
Museum and Gallery

Camping Site

Ethno Resto and Fair

Trade Shop

Bamboo Ecozone
(also rattan, orchids,
etc)

Boardwalk and Hanging

Bridge

Spiritual Reflection Sanctuary

As a response to Mindanao
2020, AGILAs approach to
development should be...

AGILA

Nakaugnay sa kultura;
Nakaugat sa lupaing ninuno at kapaligiran;
Nakabatay sa katuparan ng
pampamayanang pangarap;
Nakatutugon sa kasalukuyan;
Nakahahanda tungo sa kinakaharap.

APO GOVERNANCE AND INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP

ACADEMY (AGILA), INC

SEC Registered : November 9, 2015

Registration : No. CN 2015 37292
Consent of 4Bs: FPIC was given by 4Bs in July 2015
Officers:
Chairperson- Benjamin A. Lizada
V-Chair- Matanam Jaime Odo
Sec-

Stela Estremera

Exec Dir.- Norma M. Gonos

Trustees includes:
Mindanao IPMR Federation (R. Simbahon)

5 IP from 4Bs(including Matanam Macalos, Matanam Padayag, Jenny

Sibug, Ric P), Paring Bert, Easterluna Canoy of KIN, Atty. Meong
Cabarde, Jimid Mansayagan

NCIP XI and XII designated 2 staff to provide

technical assistance

AGILA

Chosen Site:
Tagabawa-Bagobo Tribe Certificate
of Ancestral Domain Title No. R12Mak-1204-027, covering four
barangays of Buhay, Batasan,
Buenavida, and Biangan of
Makilala, Cotabato

Mount
Apo,
Cotabato

Batasan,
Makilala

Batasan, Makilala, Cotabato

(Bagobo Tagabawa CADT RXII MAK 1204-027)

Fresh Waterfalls

Mount Apo, Cotabato

Makilala: Possible site for

Constructing Training Center

Nearby Waterfalls

Sacred Springs

Rich and Lush Forest Canopy

Adjacent Site with Panoramic View

Tagabawa
Ancestral Domain
Batasan, Makilala,
Cotabato

Datu Boy Makalos

Perez, Kidapawan

Perez, Kidapawan

Perez, Kidapawan

Perez, Kidapawan

Neighbor: Don Bosco Organic Farm

The IPs have.

200 has. area in Bgy. Batasan

AGILA Center

as

200 hectares in Makilala, North Cotabato at the foot of Mt. Apo located within
an ancestral domain of a culturally alive indigenous community, the TagabawaBagobo
This is within the area issued with CADT in 2004 in the 4Bs (Bgys. Batasan, Biangan,
Buhay, Buenavida

With access to forest areas, farm lots, source of living water and energy

SAMAYA RITUAL was offered by the community

to start the implementation of AGILA
Jan 13, 2016

WISHLIST

Program Components
1. Establishment of a Center for IP Leadership and
Governance (Leadership Academy)
Institute to nurture and enhance IP Leadership and Governance
Facilitate documentation of Indigenous Laws and Consensusbuilding processes
Convergence point for propagating partnerships and best
practices and knowledge among IP communities
Enhancement of IP Resource Management and regeneration of
knowledge
Facilitate and provide venues for nurturing of indigenous
spirituality
2. Social

Entrepreneur and Agro-forestry

3. IP Educational Eco-Tourism Destination

Our Proposal to MinDA

Partner with us in establishing the Center

for IP Leadership and Governance
(Leadership Academy)
Help organize a Donors Forum for AGILA
Link AGILA with other government
agencies to support implementation of the
4Bs ADSDPP

What would MinDA achieve in partnering with

AGILA?
the development of
Concrete steps taken towards Supported
IP leaders with competence and
implementing
Mindanao
integrity and the promotion of
2020 priorities:
culture-based leadership and
management in preparation for
the demands of the Mindanao of
Undertake
purposive
education and training of IP
the future
leaders
building a think-tank or a
research
institute
for
comprehensive development
of IPs in Mindanao
Undertake programs that will
rehabilitate IP communities
and their ancestral domains

Madigir Salamat