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BACKGROUND With the change in military doctrine in Internal security and peacekeeping operations, new concepts and ideas must be explored. This leads us to go back to preliminary concepts on Peace building

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PEACE BUILDING OPERATIONS NOWADAYS IS CLEARLY HINGED ON THREE PRIMARY PILLARS: 1. Knowledge of the Terrain and the culture of the people 2. Understanding of the political environment 3. The ideology or framework that the community believes in. In the Philippine Context, this may be to address the context of secession, national integration, mainstreaming as well as countering violent extremism.

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Muslims in the Philippines generally may have varying perceptions on religion, culture, ideology or creed based on their sociosocio-cultural and educational status. status. This in itself would lead the need a specific set of skills and competencies that would be responsive to the needs of the communities that would allow Peace building operators to sink in as operators in the community. community.

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PEACE BUILDING OPERATORS AS ALTERNATE POLITICAL OPERATORS

Generally, Generally, the advantage of political operators on the ground is the capacity to mobilize and command communities on the basis on operational control through the exercise of influence which can be assumed through Moral and intellectual ascendancy in the community, and this is possible only through the possession of a specific set of skills which may be able to fully equip the operator which in turn may empower the community. community.

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THE POLITICAL OFFICER CONCEPT As alternative political operators, the role of the Peace building operators is to build the confidence of the people in the government by personally becoming a change agent, one who is able to bring others to work together towards a common goal as part of a nation building effort.

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COMPOSITE SKILLS REQUIRED In a nutshell there is a particular sets of knowledge and skills that a peace builder is required to possess, these are hinged on three pillars previously enumerated.

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FIVE COMPOSITE SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES 1. Functional ideology 2. Understanding of the different schools of thought 3. Functional understanding of the Filipino Muslim and Moro Narrative 4. Countering Violent Extremism 5. Community Organizing

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FUNCTIONAL IDEOLOGY This particular understanding is the development of a Nationalist ideology which incorporates the Filipino Muslim identity in the context of first people concept. This ensures that the operators are guided with a framework of reference from whence as political operators they would always go back to.

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UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT This portion will allow the trainees a comprehensive working understanding of the different schools of thought and their political and sociosocio-cultural relevance in the Philippine Context. This will allow the PDT operator to navigate particular communities with a specific school of thought in mind

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FUNCTIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE FILIPINO MUSLIM AND MORO NARRATIVE This particular topic will allow PDT operators to have a functional analysis and understanding of the Filipino Muslim History as well as responding to the Moro/Bangsamoro Moro/Bangsamoro Narrative and looking at a counter narrative

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COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM This would allow the PDT trainee of methodologies of identifying and countering violent extremism

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COMMUNITY ORGANIZING This is an essential skill that would allow PDT operators to entrench themselves into their respective communities and allow them the opportunity to interphase with community leaders.

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PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL GROWTH 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Taking professional courses Graduate courses Continuing studies for EP Reading The AFP support or partner with institutions offering these programs

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POSTSCRIPT With this in mind, it is hoped that the crafters of a new program for Peace builders would accommodate these particular sets of skills and competency for a more adaptive operator in the community.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR FURTHER READING

Articles and essays: Filipino Identity Context , 2013. Digitally published Three points of query for religious radicals, Digitally published 2013 The Evolution of the Concept of Hukumah Islamiyyah :From the Perception of the Balik Islam Movement in the Philippines , Digitally published November 25,2012, Spirituality and Its Discourses Among the Muslim Youth,Looking From the Lens of an Insider and Observer, digitally published, May 20, 2012 Multiculturalism and Dialogue, Sep 05, 2012

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BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR FURTHER READING

Books, Monographs: Looking at Islamic Movements from a Philippine Perspective Looking for the Lost Moro Kingdoms, Institute for Comparative and Advanced Studies, 2010 Islamic Pluralism :experiences and Realizations digitally published Oct 16, 2012 The Challenge of Radicalization, digitally published Jan 04, 2011 Muslims in the Philippines Radicalization Contradictions, 2010

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