A total of 27 AEW participants was calibrated and revitalized through their participation in a Training on Recalibration & Organizational Strengthening of RBO & 4H Focal Persons held on June 21-23, 2023 at the ATI-RTC-CAR, BSU Compd., La Trinidad, Benguet.
Ms. Veronica Siloy, the RBO Focal Person of the Center and the Project Officer of the training, pointed out that Rural Based Organizations (RBO) like 4H Clubs, Rural Improvement Clubs (RICs), Pambansang Manalon, Magbabaul, Mag-uuma, Magsasaka ng Pilipinas (P4MP), Magsasaka Syentista (MS), Indigenous People (IPs) are recognized as functional and productive partners of the Department of Agriculture in planning, implementing and evaluating programs and projects that will help alleviate rural poverty, increase farmers income, generate jobs, and improve quality of life in the rural areas. She mentioned that through Administrative Order No. 09, series of 2002, RBOs were encouraged to be revitalized and strengthened in order that they can become effective and efficient partners of the Department of Agriculture. Though, as embodied in the Local Government Code, the organization and management of these organized groups are lodged in the Local Government Units. These organizations have been organized by the coordinators at the barangay level and federated at the municipal and provincial levels led by the LGU RBO Coordinators and at the regional level by the regional RBO coordinators of DA-RFO and DA-ATI-CAR.
Topics discussed on the first two-day were on the Development of Rural-based Organizations focusing on what are the roles and functions of RBO in relation to agricultural development; Management of Rural-based Organizations focusing on Community Organizing and its processes, and Organizational Management.
Input on Trainers’ Skills Development covering the topics on The Trainer: Roles, Tasks and Traits of a Trainer, Presentation Skills, and Visual Aid Preparation were also discussed. (With reports from Ms. Veronica Siloy, RBO Focal/Project Officer)
