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PCAF employees listen attentively to Exec. Dir. Ariel Cayanan as the latter gives his instructions during the agency’s 2016 GA.
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“We need to work harder and work as a team.”
This is the appeal of Executive Director Ariel Cayanan as he addressed more than 100 employees and Job Orders of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) during the agency’s 2016 General Assembly (GA) on January 06 at the New Conference Room of the Department of Agriculture- National Agriculture and Fishery Council (NAFC) - Livestock Development Council (LDC) Building.
One year after the physical consolidation of NAFC and LDC that has led to the creation of PCAF, Dir. Cayanan lauded the whole agency for working as one and accomplishing the mandated deliverables or the Major Final Output (MFO).
However, he also stressed that there is a need for necessary improvements.
“Like what we have discussed in our mid-year performance, we have to ensure that the resolutions are really policy resolutions and not just any resolution,” Dir. Cayanan emphasized.
To address this concern, Dir. Cayanan clearly instructed that all Operating Units (OUs): the Administrative, Financial and Management Division (AFMD), Policy Development and Coordination Division (PDCD), Partnership Development Division (PDD) and Planning, Monitoring and Knowledge Management Division (PMKMD), should review and analyze their work plan and budget to determine if there are gaps in the plan.
Part of the 2016 directives is the preparation of the 2017 work and financial plan. The director also mentioned that a detailed breakdown of costs per activity and object of expenditures are required.
On the other hand, as part of the 2016 Work Plan and Budget Implementation, Dir. Cayanan said that all OUs should observe strict adherence on the monthly deliverables as indicated in each respective work plan and monthly disbursement program.
Among the topics that were discussed were details on the participatory monitoring and tracking; report submission; schedule of meetings and activities, streamlining processes, and filling up for positions and enforcement of the Civil Service Commission rules and regulations.
Meanwhile, PMKMD Chief Estrella Tulay also presented the agency’s work plan and budget which will be implemented this 2016.
She also reminded everyone that PCAF through its mandates primarily, contributes to the Key Result Area (KRA) 1. This is the transparency, accountable and participatory governance of the President Aquino’s Social Contract to the Filipino people. PCAF’s KRA is very different to the KRA of the Department of Agriculture, which is the KRA 3 or the rapid economic growth.
KRA is the general output or outcome that a department or an agency is expected to be delivered.
The PMKMD chief reiterated that the KRA is essential in determining the MFO of PCAF which is Agriculture and Fishery Policy Services. Under the MFO, PCAF has three Program, Activity and Projects (PAP).
The PAPs of PCAF includes the PAP 1 or the Development and Coordination of Agriculture and Fishery Policies; PAP 2 is the Planning, Monitoring and Knowledge Management, and PAP 3 is Partnership Development.
Some of the activities prepared for 2016 under the PAP 1 were regular consultation meetings of the AFCs and the NSCs; Areawide Policy Dialogues and National Sectoral Fora, and Policy Studies.
Also, the PAP 2 activities were Agency and Joint PCAF, NSC and AFC planning and performance review workshops; PCAF Monitoring of programs and projects AFMA, Evaluative Study, the preparation of knowledge products and “Kapihan” sessions for exchange and sharing of knowledge and learning within PCAF, between and among its partners and stakeholders.
Lastly, some of the PAP 3 activities that were stored for PCAF partners and stakeholders were the Search for Outstanding AFC Chairpersons and Coordinators; National Agriculture and Fishery Volunteers’ Day; Gender and Development client focused activities, and Monitoring of AFC operations.
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