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                                                    SPARK FORWARD:

                Ensuring the Development, Expansion, Conservation and Safeguarding of our Tourism Resources

            In  2016,  the  Spark  Samar  Campaign  made  significant  inroads  in   Governor  Tan  and  the  Provincial  Government  believe  that  before
        achieving its objectives of rebuilding the external image of Samar while   tourism can grow, the basic social needs of the Samarnons need to be
        internally  building a  sense  of  pride  among  Samarnons,  ushering  in   addressed. So the province adopted a holistic approach to development
        prosperity by strengthening the marginalized sector, steering growth in the   where social, economic, governance, environment and resiliency
        rural areas, and promoting care for the environment.        programs complement and interplay to generate bigger and more
            Seeing the positive social, economic  and environmental  impact of   significant impact.
        the Spark Samar Campaign, the program ultimately evolved into a holistic,
        sustainable,  and  inclusive  prosperity  building development  program   For  good governance, projects  that were  done  and planned  for in
        dubbed as the SPARK SAMAR DEVELOPMENT AGENDA.               2016 include:
            The Framework for  the  Spark Samar Development  Agenda  was   • Mainstreaming the strategies and learnings gained by the
        hatched  towards  the  last  quarter  of  2016. The  Framework  reveals  that   Governor from Zuellig’s Bridging Leadership Program;
        the agenda is anchored on good governance, with tourism as the vehicle   • Setting in place needed Policies and Legislations; and
        for  growth and development,  having  programs,  activities and projects   • Conceptualization of the Pride of Place Caravan that involves
        that cut across the tourism value chain – from agriculture to trade and   bringing teachers, students, civic organizations to rediscover Samar – its
        industry, environment,  history and  culture  to  resiliency, from  education   sites and successful community based tourism ventures of some of our
        and health, and from infrastructure to peace and order. The ultimate goal   peoples organizations.
        is to transform communities and people, not just economically but also in
        terms of values, respect for fellowmen, care for the environment, to build
        pride of place and pride of who the Samarnons are.










































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