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June 16-30, 2000
IDG-in
support of NaRDSAF
by Mary Charlotte O. Fresco
The provision of institutional development
support is a strategy of BAR to stengthen the R&D
capacities of the institutions comprising the National
Research and Development System in Agriculture and Fisheries
(NaRDSAF). The support comes in the form of financial
assistance through Institutional Development Grant.
IDG is a flexible funding facility given
to an agency/institution annually to be used for the
upgrade and improvement of existing facilities and the
acquisition of priority equipment such as information
technology, communication, farm and laboratory facilities.
This fund is alos used for the conduct of other critical
R&D activities that conform to the national and
regional RDE agenda and programs.
The beneficiaries of the grant are DA-RIARCs,
DA-RIFRCs, DA-national centers, national and regional
centers under SUCs, provincial and research centers
and Provincial Technological Institute for Agriuclture
and Fisheries (PTIAF).
After more than a year of implementation,
total IDG granted by BAR amounted to 158 million, plus
P20 million from the MakaMASA fund. A total of 15 RIARCs,
15 RIFRCs, three DA- staff bureaus and attached agencies
which include Philippine Coconut Authority, PhilRice
and BPI-National Mango Research Development Center (NMRDC),
and 13 state universities and colleges (SUCs) have been
beneficiaries.
In the ExeCom meeting held recently, BAR
Director Eliseo Ponce, who also chairs the Committee,
stressed that recipients of the grant need to draft
a comprehensive Corporate Plan. The Corporate Plan must
embody teh institution's Medium-Term Development plan
for the next five years. It also includes the institution's
mission, vission and mandates. This Corporate Plan will
be the basis for the kind and amount of financial assistance
extended to member agencies.
To ensure that a comprehensive Corporate
Plan is developed, a corporate planning and team building
workshop must be conducted for member agencies, Dr.
Ponce said. He also pointed out that the Institutional
Development Division should facilitate and extend technical
assistance by providing effective faciltatprs for the
corporate planning workshop.
The corporate plan will be reviewed by
the National External Review Team (NERT) which is composed
of senior specialists and experts in the field of agriculture
and fisheries. 
June 16-30 2000 Articles: ::
New
staffing pattern ok'd; DBM next step
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IDG-in
support of NaRDSAF
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Improve
HRD system, strengthen RDE linkage - SSAC
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Japan-assisted projects in RP: an overview
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BAR,
PIDS launch seminar series
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BAR
units hold midyear evaluation, planning workshop
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Relocation
of EVIARC - reg 8 proposed
::: More June 2000 articles :::
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