PAGADIAN
CITY - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) Region IX, recently conducted a three-day orientation workshop and
action planning on its CY 2013 priority
programs for information, education and communication (IEC) campaign for
designated information officers region-wide held at the Bay Plaza Hotel, this
city.
Representing Regional Executive Director
(RED) Arleigh J. Adorable during the opening ceremonies, Administrative Division Chief Benjamin A.
Rubia encouraged participants to develop their communication skills and acquire
a comprehensive understanding of the Department’s program thrusts.
“As information officers, the alignment of
DENR programs towards President Benigno C.
Aquino’s societal goal, integrity
in the environment and climate change mitigation and adaptation must be
clearly spelled out by you to the people” Rubia added.
Earlier, RED Adorable said the activity was
undertaken in line with the Department’s mandate to conduct IEC advocacy campaign to all
stakeholders and the general public.
“As technical personnel and now newly
designated information officers, there is a need to orient them on the
different priority programs and projects and to equip them with the necessary
knowledge and skills in order for them to be fully functional information
officers,” Director Adorable said.
Aside from the orientation on the 2013
priority programs and projects of DENR, the participants also took a basic
course in news writing and on photojournalism. Towards the end, they formulated
and submitted their IEC action plan for implementation in their respective
Provincial or Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices.
Topics discussed during the three-day
activity include: Strategies in Communicating
DENR’s programs and projects; Adopt-An-Estero & Solid Waste
Management; Public Land Titling under
Land Patents; National Greening Program; Forest Land Use Planning; Philippine
Reference System of 1992; Adopt-A-Mojon Program; Web Media Management,
Biological Diversity Conservation & Sustainable Development; Geo-hazard and
Responsible Mining; and Climate
Change: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies.