Author: Lorielyn Patoc

RESOURCEGov Project Manager Mr. Roel Ian P. Blanker oriented the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) 12 about the project to forge a partnership with the said government agency on May 17, 2019 at BLGF Office, Koronadal City. It was attended by the 14 participants (Male 9, Female 5) including the BLGF 12 Acting Regional Director Mr. Jeany T. Tedera and his staff.

BLGF, being the source of the Statement of Receipts and Expenditures (SREs), Mr. Blanker focused the presentation of the use of Qlik System that can generate interactive graphs and data visualizations. Seeing the Qlik-generated graphs using the SRE data from the said office, Mr. Tedera expressed his interest to adopt the system and shared that he has heard of Qlik through the Municipal Treasurer’s Office of Lake Sebu. Mr. Blanker suggested that the data collection from each LGU in the region can be done through the use of ODK.

DILG 12, the associate partner of RESOURCEGov Project, requested the project team to conduct the ODK and Qlik Systems for the Project Development Management Unit (PDMU) on May 15-16, 2019 at the DILG 12 Conference Room, Regional Center, Koronadal City. The 2-day activity was attended by 30 (Male 20, Female 10) composed of personnel from various programs and projects handled by DILG such as Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG), Assistance to Municipalities (AM), Conditional Matching Grant to Provinces (CGMP) and Performance Challenge Fund (PCF).  

Project Roel Ian P. Blanker facilitated the training on the monitoring tool ODK on the 1^st day where participants were able make their ODK-based project monitoring forms. Impressed as the system can readily consolidate the data after collection, the PDMU staff expressed their excitement to use the ODK in their project monitoring activities. On the other hand, the participants appreciated the Qlik System as an interactive data visualization tool for the data collected from ODK. The PDMU was able to present their outputs after the workshops.

The Project Team convened the project management and implementation teams for its 6^th Joint PIT-PMT Meeting on April 23, 2019 at Park Inn by Radisson Davao, Lanang, Davao City. Thirty-three participants (Male 15, Female 18) attended including the 3 DILG Provincial Directors (PDs) from Sarangani, Compostela Valley and Surigao del Sur to discuss on the project updates and next steps of the implementation.

Facilitated by Mahintana President & CEO Mr. and Project Director Mr. Martiniano L. Magdolot, the meeting started with prayer led by PHILDHRRA Project Officer Mr. Alfredo Latasa and a safety orientation by the hotel’s safety officer. Project Manager Mr. Roel Ian P. Blanker acknowledged the participants as well as presented the admin concerns for the meeting. Each of the 3 PDs gave their welcome addresses. Compostela Valley PD Noel Duarte welcomed the participants in Davao City and shared that the LITS will be rolled out province-wide on May 23, 2019. Sarangani PD Rochelle Sero committed to promote and support the RESOURCEGov in Region 12 while Surigao del Sur PD Pedrito Alacaba thanked the project management for the implementation of the project. Mr. Blanker facilitated the reading of the summary of business arising and key agreements of previous minutes, and the discussion was actively participated by the body. For the project updated, Project Documenter Ms. Lorielyn P. Patoc presented the project accomplishments for Region 12 areas while Project Officer Ms. Myra Macla for Regions 11 & 13. Project Bookkeeper Mr. Jason Inot presented the financial updates. Mr. Blanker then presented the next steps and schedules and the key agreements.

The RESOURCEGov 2 Team met with the DILG 12 Provincial Directors, the MLGOOs and/or their representatives of the 8 existing areas of Region 12 on April 2, 2019 at The Farm @ Carpenter Hill, Koronadal City, South Cotabato. The meeting was attended by 19 (Male 8. Female 11) and focused on the updating the DILG partners for the developments in the project implementation.

Project Manager Mr. Roel Ian P. Blanker presented a short project overview and project updates for March 2019. During the presentation, the body discussed about the following: selection local experts in the 8 existing LGUs, project team to sit-in during the existing LGUs’ ManCom Meetings, Real Property Tax Mapping Trainings and actual mapping, presentation of the LITS to the incoming vice mayors after the elections, the project requirement to help CSOs in their accreditation, and the ODK-based CSIS monitoring. Mr. Blanker also presented the accomplishments, current situation, issues & concerns, and recommendations per existing LGU. Moreover, the Provincial Directors identified and recommended qualified personnel in their offices who can be trained on the ODK, Qlik and LITS systems to become local experts who can, in turn, replicate the systems to the other LGUs in their respective provinces. The DILG partners also gave their suggestions and opportunities from the challenge presented. Mr. Blanker then gave the next steps and schedules, informing the body that the some activities are on hold due to the incoming elections.