In the recently conducted regional data dissemination on the results of the 2008 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI), and the 2008 Survey on Information and Communications Technology (SICT) by the National Statistics Office (NSO) Regional Office VIII last August 12, 2010 at the Balyuan Convention Center, Tacloban City,…
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Tacloban City (May 15) -- To enhance the skills of the Regional Development Council (RDC) member-agency webmasters on website development and updating, the RDC through the Eastern Visayas Information Sharing Network (EVISNET) conducted recently a three-day training on Website Development using Joomla 1.5.
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As the country prepares for the incoming election in May 2010, the National Economic and Development Authority is also busy preparing for the assessment of the MTPDP and RDPs nationwide. NEDA Region VIII on its part started its preparation way back in February 2010 with the conduct of the first Technical…
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In an effort to help policy makers and local planners improve their capability and appreciation on the use of statistics in policy analysis, the Statistical Research Training Center (SRTC) in cooperation with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) spearheaded a three-day training course on Statistics for Policy Analysis on April 14-16,…
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NEDA Region VIII - EVISNet conducted a meeting with RDC VIII members’ webmasters last March 26, 2010, 1:30 in the afternoon at the NEDA Region VIII Conference Room. Forty participants from the Regional Line Agencies and LGUs attended the meeting.
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The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Regional Office VIII, in partnership with the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) and the Australian Agency (AusAid) for International Development, launched the project “Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (DRR/CCA) in Local Development Planning and Decision-making Processes on December 2, 2009 at the Hotel Alejandro, Tacloban City.
The launching aims to generate awareness on Disaster Risk Reduction and…
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With the year 2009 coming to an end, a total of four (4) of the 14 Productivity Enhance Projects (PEP) implemented in Region VIII were completed. This was reported during the PEP projects review held last December 14 and 15, 2009 at the Kuting Reef Resort, Southern Leyte.
Among the completed projects were: “Baybay Delights:…
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In her message, OIC-DDG Bacani highlighted the important role of the local planners in sustaining the PLPEM process and encouraged them to advocate the PDPFP to the incumbent and incoming local chief executives, including the approval of the PDPFPs by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
Around seventy (70) participants from eight (8) NEDA Regional Offices (NROs) and fifteen (15) pilot provinces attended the workshop. The workshop is part of the NEDA-ADB Technical assistance on Strengthening Provincial/Local Planning…
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As part of its effort of providing technical assistance to local governments in development planning and project development, NEDA Region VIII conducted a three day seminar on the Provicial/Local Planning and Expenditure Management (PLPEM).
NEDA with the assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) formulated the Guidelines on PLPEM or Provincial/Local Planning and Expenditure Management. These guidelines were formulated to help the provinces plan effectively; identify, prepare…
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Beneficiaries of the Productivity Enhancement Project (PEP) from the various provinces of Eastern Visayas met face-to-face last July 8, 2009 with NEDA Director General Ralph Recto as he visited NEDA Regional Office VIII. The PEP proponents had put on display at the lobby of the NEDA building their respective PEP products.
Dr. Jose L. Bacusmo, President of the Visayas State University, showed to Sec. Recto their export-quality Vacuum Fried Jackfruit and their White Cheese from Caramilk.…
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