DAVAO CITY — The Department of Agriculture’s Mindanao Inclusive Agriculture Development Project (DA-MIADP) invites Local Project Management Implementing Units (LPMIUs) of Regional Project Coordination Offices (RPCOs) 10, 11, 12, and 13 to the recently concluded Training of Trainers on Capacity Building for LPMIUs on Procurement for Agri-Infrastructure and Enterprise Subprojects at Bago Oshiro, Tugbok District, Davao City.
To increase LPMIU knowledge and awareness of the updates to procurement process workflows compliant with standard procurement regulations, the training included sharing of procurement process workflows and strategies for Part 1. In contrast, Part 2 was facilitated by the Orient Integrated Development Consultants, Inc.’s Technical Service Provider (OIDCI-TSP) team in lessons to build communities of practice on infrastructure subprojects.
MIADP-PSO C1 Head Dr. Rey Navacilla emphasizes that the activity has two-pronged objectives, namely, “… to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the MIADP procurement process and continuous process improvement, and to harvest the initial gains in subproject implementation of the commonly acknowledged ‘best practices’ under C1, C2, C3, and E&S standard compliance.”
He further said the initiative will serve as a platform for continuous sharing, collaboration, and learning experiences among MIADP project implementers, LGUs, IPOs, IPS, NGAs, and private sector partners to achieve successful project implementation.
PSO Procurement Team’s Associate Procurement Officer (APO) April Grace B. Benaning presents necessary procurement strategies, common issues in procurement and their crosscutting solutions, and lessons learned when planning for subproject procurement.
(From left to right: OIDCI President Herman Ongkiko, PSO C2 Head Julius Oliveros, OIDCI-TSP TL Rosamund Parado, PSO C1 Head Dr. Rey Navacilla, and PSO C3 Head Larry Agpalo)
OIDCI President Mr. Herman Z. Ongkiko encourages building communities of practice within the participating regional LPMIU teams. One of the gains from frequent practice of the standard procurement processes, Ongkiko highlights, is that practicing the correct processes builds habits over time, which will then set the foundation, from the right documents being written and passed to the smooth implementation of subprojects under infrastructure and enterprise.
