Charting local and national efforts for 2016

In light of the 2016 Budget Call, officials and staff of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) held a joint planning workshop for the upcoming year with Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) Executive Officers and Coordinators. This was held on February 10-13, 2015 at Plaza del Norte Hotel and Convention Center in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. The undertaking gave way for the harmonization of the agency’s 2016 plan and budget proposal with that of the RAFCs’ under the PCAF’s three core processes, namely, Agriculture and Fisheries Monitoring and Evaluation, Policy Development and Partnership Development. To ensure more effective implementation of agri-fishery projects in the local levels, the budget for the monitoring activities of the AFCs was increased to 5 percent, from P220,200 to P232,000 per year, starting this 2015, the PCAF’s maiden year of operations. The support for the RAFC Desk in all regions was also approved this year to help the AFCs in their consultation and capacity development activities. Through the workshop, the PCAF also facilitated shared understanding among the RAFC executive officers and coordinators on the agency’s mandates, mission, vision and functions.