Reaching out to the Barangays.

After having completed the roll-out of the Generic Procurement Manuals to provinces, cities and municipalities in Region VI, the Training Team will start reaching out to the barangays. Unlike the previously concluded trainings, the module for the barangays will be a little bit simpler and the duration shortened.

The Team will concentrate on updating the procurement officials of barangays on the latest resolutions and policies issued by the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB), particularly along alternative modes of procurement, small value procurement, and procurement by administration and pakyaw system.

As we have done in the past, trainings for barangays are carried out by batches, considering that there are 4,046 of them in the region. The first 3 batches are scheduled on December 12-13; 14-15; and 19-20. These will cover only the barangays in the city and some from the province of Iloilo. The subsequent seminars will be held starting January 2007.