SPECIAL COURSE IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
In line with the DFID project Institutionalising Local and National Partnerships to Address Urban Poverty and Homelessness in the Philippines, PHILSSA through ALTERPLAN organized a training entitled Special Course in Urban and Regional Planning: Rationalizing the Local Planning System – Focus on CSO Participation last April 1-3, 2009 at UP Diliman. This short course is customized by the UP School of Urban and Regional Planning for PHILSSA. Participants include Lead NGOs of the pilot and partner cities of the DFID project, partner Pos and LGUs in the pilot and partner cities, consortium partners in the regional clusters and PHILSSA BOT members and project staff.
This short course is customized by the UP School of Urban and Regional Planning for PHILSSA.Participants include Lead NGOs of the pilot and partner cities of the DFID project, partner Pos and LGUs in the pilot and partner cities, consortium partners in the regional clusters and PHILSSA BOT members and project staff.
The 3-day training had provided PHILSSA’s implementing agencies for the DFID project and their partner people’s organizations with knowledge and skills useful for agenda-setting, advocacy and participation in local development planning, particularly the Comprehensive Development Plan, Comprehensive Land Use Plan and City Shelter Plan. At the beginning of the training, a Pre-Training Cognitive-Level Self-Assessment was given to the participants to determine their knowledge level on the course.
Professor Ernesto Serote, Director for Training of UP SURP was the main
resource person of the training. He gave lectures and demonstrations on
the Rationalized Local Planning System focusing on the planning
processes, LGU authority levers and plan integration, Local Development
Indicators and Statistical Compendium, Problem-Solution Finding
Framework and Structuring Policy Interventions.
Other resource persons were Ms. Priscella Mejillano of DILG Ms. Divina
Luz Lopez and Ms. Sarah Redoblado. They discussed about the Structures
and Mandates of the Rationalized Local Planning System, The Development
Sectors and City Shelter Planning respectively.
At the end of the sessions, a post- training self assessment was
administered to the participants to see how much they have learned from
the training. The activity ended with the distribution of certificates
to the participants.
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