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The Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute (PSRTI), together with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), holds the fifth batch of its Seminar 2 customized training course on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) under the Five-Year Research and Training Program for the Philippine Statistical System to Measure the Sustainable Development Goals.
The SDG Seminar 2 series, with the theme “Effective Tools in Presenting and Analyzing SDG Data Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic”, was done virtually on August 18-20, following the New Normal adapted by government agencies in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. It was attended by the second set of delegates of Western Visayas from the provinces of Aklan and Antique. Among the attendees was Municipal Mayor Conception P. Labindao of Buruanga, Aklan. They are also joined by representatives from the DILG Regional Office VI, and DILG field offices.
PSRTI Executive Director Josefina V. Almeda, PhD, welcomed the participants. This was followed by the SDG Overview by Ms. Maria Praxedes R. Pena, Chief Statistical Specialist of the PSRTI Training Division. Afterwards, Ms. Jomel Jhele T. Sadsad, Senior Statistical Specialist of the same Division, gave a two-day lecture on Data Presentation Techniques. In the afternoon session of the second day of the seminar, Statistical Specialist I Ms. Jazel Ann G. Ramos of the Training Division, led the participants in a hands-on demonstrations and exercises in the creation of charts using MS Excel.
The third day of the seminar was allocated for the lectures on Descriptive Statistics given by Ms. Pena, and Mr. Jose Pedro E. Cuartero, Project Development Officer under Contract Service of the Training Division. For the afternoon session Ms. Charity V. Agbayani, Local Government Operations Officer V of the DILG Bureau of Local Government Development shared with the participants a lecture on Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) and updates on the current status of the CBMS. DILG Region VI Assistant Regional Director Maria Calpiza Sardua officially closed the event.
Participants commented that the training program was very useful for their tasks as planners, particularly in the updating of their local Comprehensive Development Plans and Comprehensive Land Use Plans. They appreciated the webinar arrangements given the current situation, but have expressed some difficulties due to internet connections. However, they noted that the resource persons, the training team, and facilitators as efficient, effective, and accommodating despite these challenges. Overall they evaluated the general organization of the seminar as very satisfactory.
The SDG Seminar 2: Effective Tools in Presenting and Analyzing SDG Data Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic is the follow-through activity from last year’s SDG Seminar I series. For the year 2020, the Seminar 2 series aims to cover all provinces, cities, and municipalities under the Regions III (Central Luzon), VI (Western Visayas), VIII (Eastern Visayas), MiMaRoPa Region, and National Capital Region.