Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Benguet board allots P10-M for livelihood

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- The provincial board has passed a resolution that seeks to allot P10 million annually for livelihood and skills development training and grant of equipment to organizations in the province.
    Under Ordinance 2023-312 principally authored by senior board member Marie Rose "Betbet" Fongwan, the implementation of the programs shall apply to all organizations or associations duly registered with the appropriate regulating agency. The cost of the grant to be given to each association or organization shall not exceed P200,000.
    The main purpose of the ordinance is to promote sustained management operations and livelihood opportunities for residents. Fongwan said that the special services office under the provincial governor's office will implement the ordinance.
    However, interested organizations and associations wanting to avail of the benefits and privileges of the ordinance must be accredited by the provincial board. Organizations and associations interested to avail of the programs shall present to the special services office a letter of intent and project proposal duly endorsed by the concerned barangay (village) council or the barangay chairman to the provincial governor.
    The ordinance created a screening and project monitoring committee which will be under the honorary chairmanship of the provincial governor with the vice governor serving as the vice chairman. The committee members are the chairman of the Committee on Trade, Industry, and Livelihood; the chairman of the Committee on Cooperatives and Civil Society Organizations; and the Local Economic Development and Investment promotions officer, who will designate the Cooperative Development specialist. Additional members will be appointed by the chairman, if necessary.
    The committee will create a technical working group to assist in the evaluation of proposals and shall make recommendations on the project's viability.
    Fongwan said that the grant of equipment to the qualified beneficiary organizations or associations shall be covered by a memorandum of agreement, stating the stipulations, duties, and responsibilities voluntarily agreed upon by the parties.
    Moreover, there shall be a provision in the agreement that six months of non-use of the equipment to be reckoned from the official turnover of the same shall be a valid or justifiable ground for the retrieval of the equipment by the provincial government after the lapse of five days from notice without prejudice to the discretion or option of the province to transfer the retrieved equipment to another requesting organization or association after compliance with the prescribed requirements.
    Fongwan said the livelihood training program which includes among others, financial capability, literacy, entrepreneurial skills, and basic management skills (collaboration or solidarity), problem-solving, and project management, significantly resolves or contributes to the success or sustained growth and function of the organization or association which will redound to the benefits of its members, and the community.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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