IREAP-6 Updates PPMIUs,
PLGUs & PGs On OM and SLP Implementation
by: James Earl E. Ogatis
“I knew the reasons why I am now
involved in the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) and understand the
complementation of all project components through this briefing on IREAP
Operations Manual (OM) Process and Updates and the 2015 small livelihood
projects (SLP) implementation.” Quipped Ms. Joana Ledesma, Project Development
Assistant from PPMIU Negros Occidental.
As stated in the OM, the IREAP
component will engage broad sections of the sector in the production of
marketable surplus through investments in strategic segments of priority
commodity value chains prioritized under the Regional Agriculture and Fishery
Modernization Plan (RAFMP) and of the Provincial Commodity Investment Plans
(PCIPs).
The IREAP component also
utilizes the Value Chain Analysis (VCA), the Bureau of Soil and Water
Management’s (BSWM) Vulnerability and Suitability Assessment (VSA) methodology
and the Participatory Resource Assessment (PRA) as bases for incorporating
climate resiliency strategies in the identification of subprojects.
Dr. Joyce S. Wendam, RPCO 6
Project Head said that the OM seeks to provide a comprehensive and step-by-step
guide for the implementation of I-REAP activities – from the selection of
enterprise proponents, enterprise planning and implementation, to the
monitoring of the enterprises’ progress and the evaluation of the immediate and
final impacts of the enterprises.
Wendam stressed that it also
clarifies roles and relationships among implementers and prescribes measures to
control the quality of outputs and to ensure optimum use of project resources.
May Ann B. Grajo, RPCO 6 IREAP Component Head
said that eight subprojects are waiting for issuance of No Objection Letter for
2014 SLPs and one subproject for final revision of business plan for
endorsement to PSO for final review. For 2015 SLPs, seven subprojects are for
PG validation, preparation/revision/finalization of business plan. Plans and
design are already submitted to IBUILD component.
Among the issues raised during
the briefing are the simplified requirement for IREAP subprojects,
establishment and hiring of additional staff among PPMIUs and stipulating that
there should be organizational structure and flow of activities chart in all
PPMIU offices.
The briefing was attended by 80
participants from the provincial project management implementing units,
proponent groups, local government units, representatives from other PRDP
component such as IBUILD, InfoACE, ISUPPORT, IPLAN, SES, GGU, Procurement and M&E.
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