An AusAID-funded Project with VSU reels off with a briefing on ISF and a Training on Process Documentation
Another Land Administration and Management Project (LAMP) with the Visayas State University (VSU) reeled off on January 18, 2010 with a briefing on the Innovation Support Fund (ISF) Project of DENR-LAMP at the VSU Center for Continuing Education by ISF Coordinator Brian Garcia and Technical Assistance Team Leader Marlyn Siapno, and a training on Process Documentation (PRODOC) on January 21-26, 2010 for eight team leaders and eight Science Research Assistants (SRAs) at the Institute for Strategic Research and Development Studies (ISRDS) and in two ISF sites.
The 5-day PRODOC training includes a two-day lecture (January 15-16) and a three-day practicum in two selected areas- Surigao City in Surigao del Norte, and Bayawan City in Negros Oriental.
The training ains to equip the eight team leaders and their staff with skills in process documentation and data gathering so that they will have the capability to write a case each for the following ISF selected sites: Nabunturan, Compostela Valley; Bayawan City, Negros Oriental; Legaspi City, Albay; Puerto Princessa City, Palawan; Olongapo City, Zambales; Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya; and Cadiz City, Negros Oriental.
The project “Process Documentation of the Implementation of Land Administration and Management Activities by Local Government Unit (LGU) under the Integrated Support Fund (ISF) and Production of Instructional Case Materials for the LAM Graduate Program Process Documentation of the Implementation of Land Administration and Management Activities by Local Government Units (LGU) under the Integrated Support Fund (ISF) and Production of Instructional Case Materials for the LAM Graduate Program” is funded under the Second Land Administration and Management Project (LAMP2) by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) through the Land Equity International (LEI).
It should be recalled that seven members of the team had their Immersion Visit in Europe, particularly in The Netherlands and in Germany, to learn how these countries have successfully implemented their Land Administration and Management (LAM) programs. Their mentors from the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) at Enschede in the Netherlands and from the Technische Universitat Munchen (Technical University of Munich) in Germany helped them developed their respective course syllabus for VSU’s D/MA/MS LAM is the first and only graduate program in land administration and management to be offered in the country. The trip was funded by AusAID through LEI.
To localize the course content, the Team are again given funding by AusAID to process-document eight ISF sites in the country and be able to extract cases from the PRODOC reports for use in their respective courses.
The 5-month (January to May 2010) project with Associate Processor Efren B. Saz, Director of ISRDS, as project leader, is given a P 1.725- million financial support by AusAID (By Jesus Freddy M. Baldos; VSU Obelisk Vol. 9, No. 4; January 24-30, 2010).
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