uplb as a public service university

UPLB AS A PUBLIC SERVICE

UNIVERSITY

Presented by Vice Chancellor Enrique Tolentino during the 2nd UPLB Faculty Conference, September 27, 2012

UPLB REPS in ONE UP

10 October 2012

Outline of Presentation

I. Selected Past Initiatives

II. Current Initiatives

III. Issues and concerns

IV. Proposed Strategy

I. PAST INITIATIVES

Past Initiatives

CHED Zonal Center for Regions IV and V by

managing research activities and enhancing the

research productivity of 51 HEIs.

Through BIDANI partnered with the Provincial

Government of Laguna to provide technical

assistance in the use of the Barangay

Management Information System (BMIS)

Past Initiatives

Assisted Laguna LGUs in the conduct of EIAs of

their projects on water and sewerage systems

and led in the conduct of day care training and

advocacy workshops in collaboration with the

Laguna Provincial Social Welfare and

Development Office

Past Initiatives

Technical assistance to the DTI-CALABARZON

in establishing its National Economic Research

and Business Assistance Center.

Veterinarians have also led advocacy

workshops for the formulation of policies on

animal health in Laguna

Past Initiatives

Maintained our partnership with IRRI and the

BSP to address common concerns especially

MFR conservation and held inter-agency

meetings on the management of the MFR buffer

zone with institutional stakeholders

Past Initiatives

Partnered with local government units in

environmental conservation and climate

change adaptation and mitigation activities as

well as disaster risk reduction initiatives.

Assisted LGUS of Batangas and Laguna in

crafting their local environment codes.

Past Initiatives

The UPLB Interdisciplinary Program on Climate

Change worked with the LGUs of Los Baños,

Calamba, and Bay in Laguna and Infanta in

Quezon to discuss mitigation and adaptation

measures at the village level.

conducted an IEC campaign on climate change

in partnership with the Province of Albay

Past Initiatives

Prepared the climate change adaptation plan

of various LGUs in Albay and implemented the

climate change action-research project

“Enhancing the Climate Change Adaptation

Capacity of LGUs and Scientists in the

Philippines.”

Community Programs Community Programs

1. Gurong Pahinungod Program (GPP)

Full-time volunteers (UPLB graduates) serve as

faculty of public high schools

• Areas: Mindoro, Camiguin, Abra, Apayao,

Romblon, Palawan

• Terminated in 2007 with the end of MOA with

DepEd pending revisions and approval of UP

System

• With annual 5M budget earmarked by the DepEd

for release upon formulation of new MOA

II. CURRENT INITIATIVES OF

THE UPLB UNITS

College of Arts and Sciences

• Training on Action Research for teachers at the

LBNHS in 2007

• PLANS - “tutorial clinics” on different fields to

the students of secondary and elementary levels

using the NSTP students as tutors

COLLEGE OF DEVELOPMENT

COMMUNICATION

• Adopt-a-school - Los Baños Central Elementary

School (LBCES).

• devcomm@il - DDJ continues to produce and

publish the College's official monthly newsletter,

the devcomm@il.

mailto:DevComm@il

COLLEGE OF DEVELOPMENT

COMMUNICATION

• The Los Banos Times - Students of DEVC 123

(Management and Production of a Community

Newspaper), a course offered under the

Department, continue to produce and publish the

community newspaper

• The Los Baños Times. Los Baños Times online -

(www.lbtimes.ph) last April 2011.

• Radyo DZLB - serves as the main extension arm of

CDC.

COLLEGE OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT

• Basic Economic Literacy Training (BELT) for public and private high

school economics teachers, in collaboration with Department

of Education-Division of Laguna

• Basic Cooperative Training Courses for Los Baños and Calamba City-

based multi-purpose cooperative officers and managers

• CEM-based NSTP Livelihood and Literacy Volunteer Program, in

collaboration with Department of Education-Division of Laguna

Alternative Learning System (ALS)

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND AGRO-

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

• Technical assistance to Corn-production processing

mechanization of the Calamba Upland Farmers Multi-

Purpose Cooperative

• Evaluation of the performance and sustainability of a

drip irrigation system in a small-scale corn-based farm

in Kay-anlog, Calamba

COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY

• Operation and administration of the Child

Development Laboratory (CDL) and Day Care

Laboratory (DCL).

• Capacity Assessment of Local Government Units for

Nutrition Improvement and Capacity Building of Local

Level Nutrition Workers Towards an Improved

Management of Nutrition Programs

• Training of Trainers on Nutrition Program

Management and the Training of Trainers on Basic

Course for Barangay Nutrition Scholars


• DCERP-CHE was to be engaged by the History, Arts and Culture

Affairs Office of Laguna (LAHACO) to establish a system for the

inventory of cultural heritage in Laguna.

• DCERP prepared and submitted to the Provincial Government of

Laguna a Briefing paper on the proposed cityhood of the

Municipality of Biñan Laguna.

• The 6th Human Ecological Camp was successfully held with the theme

“Ako Mismo!Aksyon Para sa Kalikasan”.


• The BIDANI Network Program has been providing technical assistance in the

municipalities of Los Banos, Bay, Calauan, Nagcarlan, Sta Cruz and Rizal in

promoting local development through the establishment of the computerized

Barangay Management Information System (BMIS).

• Technical assistance on BMIS upgrading and updating was

provided in the 17 barangays of Los Baños. The BMIS of

Infanta, Quezon was finalized and the municipal staff was

mentored on how to merge the BMIS to Municipal

Management Information System.

• BIDANI tied up with the Municipality of Nagcarlan for the operational

research entitled “Effectiveness of Supplementary Feeding of KALINGA” in

Nagcarlan Laguna.


• The UPLB-BIDANI Program continued its role to provide capability-

building activities to State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and

Local Government Units through its development planning strategy

and training activities.

• BIDANI and SIKAP-BIDANI Development Foundation, Inc. a non-

government institution engaged in providing micro-finance

assistance, continued its partnership to address the malnutrition

problem in depressed barangays through pilot testing of a

participatory nutrition improvement approach called “Participative

Nutrition Enhancement Project (PNEP) in the Municipality of Rizal,

Laguna.


• Selected IHNF faculty and staff have been recommended to be a

member of the Food Safety Team (FST) of CALABARZON for

the implementation of the Department of science and Technology

(DOST) project entitled LGUs and SUCs Capability Building on

Food Safety System and Development of Provincial Food Safety

Teams in CALABARZON.

• The Department of Human Family Development Services

launched the Elderly Care and Development Program on

September 3, 2011

• On-going Day Care Resource Center Trainings


• The Nutrition Wellness Clinic

• In 2011, UPLB=BIDANI initiated the project for the

Search of Outstanding Breastfeeding Mothers

entitled “Dakila ka Nanay, Dahil Pagpapasuso Mo

kay Baby ay Mahusay” in the municipalities of

Nagcarlan and Rizal, Laguna.

• As part of the re-birth of the BIDANI Network

Program, the Batangas State University (BatStateU)

was the first to be revitalized.

SESAM

• ENS 242 CLASS - CONDUCT ECONOMIC VALUATION STUDY FOR

LAKE PANDIN AS A TOURISM DESTINATION

• ENS 275 CLASS - DESIGN AN ECOTOURISM PLAN FOR LAKE

YAMBO, SAN PABLO, LAGUNA

• ENS 296 CLASS - CONDUCT AN EIA FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT IN

UPLB CAMPUS, UPLB, LAGUNA

• ENS 296 CLASS - CONDUCT OF EIA OF THE UPLB INDUSTRIAL PARK

(With the assistance from OVCRE)

SESAM

• ENS 296 - REVIEW THE EIS OF UPLB INDUSTRIAL PARK FOR

SUBMISSION TO EMB

• Environment Code of Laguna Province –Memorandum of Agreement

between UPLB and Governor’s Office has been signed.

• Comprehensive Land Use Plan for Nagcarlan, Laguna. The project

will start as soon

• Water quality, macrobenthos population and fish assemblage

monitoring of the six tributaries in Los Banos and Bay, Laguna.

• Water quality of shallow wells in Los Banos, Laguna

Current Initiatives of the UPLB Units

Farmer-Scientist Training Program

UPLB Bee Program

BIDANI

Tinig ng Agrikultura sa Barangay @DZLB

Institutional Programs Institutional Programs ((PahinungodPahinungod))

1. Volunteer Development

Facilitator’s training, team-building and leadership

training, peer counseling, debriefing and reflection

sessions

2. Research, Advocacy and Public Information

• Scholarly studies and production of journal articles on

volunteerism

• Production of public information materials (i.e. newsletter,

freshman bulletin, portfolio of volunteer reflections)

• Production of instructional resources (i.e. training

modules/manuals)

• Holding of special fora (i.e. public forum, symposium,

seminars) for the promotion of volunteerism discourses

and engagement


Affirmative Action Program (AAP)

• Faculty and student volunteers serving as

facilitators of educational enhancement and

college preparatory tutorials for incoming 4th year

students of public high schools

• Schedule: Summer (between 3 to 5 AAPs every

summer)

• Areas: Pangasinan, Mindoro, Albay, Negros

Occidental, Palawan, Apayao


Teacher’s Training Program (TTP)

• Faculty members train public elementary

and high school teachers on teaching

strategies and subject matter updates

• Schedule: Summer

• Areas: Pangasinan, Negros Occidental


Literacy-Numeracy Programs (LNP)

a. Reading Enhancement and Appreciation

Development (READ) Program --- a reading

enhancement for grade 3 pupils in nearby

elementary schools as part of the Town and Gown

initiatives

• Schedule: Weekly within academic year (July-

February)

• Areas: Bangyas, Calauan, Los Baños, Laguna


Literacy-Numeracy Programs (LNP) cont…

b. Environmental Education Program

Program (EAP) --- an ecological protection

advocacy program for pupils of nearby

elementary schools as part of the UPLB’s Town

and Gown initiatives to be launched Oct, 2012.

• Schedule: Weekly within academic year

(November to February)

• Areas: Bay, Laguna


Immersion-Missions (I-M)

• A social-consciousness raising program

where volunteers render service in

selected areas from 1 week to 3 weeks

and provide programmed assistance to

the community

• Areas: Quezon, Laguna

• Sem-break and summer


Youth and Women Development Program (YWDP)

• Volunteers serve as facilitators of capability-

building training (i.e. health training, nutrition

education for mothers) and advocacy (i.e. ecology

camp) for undeserved sectors

• Leadership, team-building and organizational

management sessions for UPLB student

organizations and other schools including

assistance to community outreach services

• Schedule and area: Request-based


Technical Assistance Program (TAP)

• Skills-based assistance on various technical fields primarily in

agriculture, education and environment.

• Schedule and area: Request-based

III. ISSUES AND CONCERNS

ISSUES & CONCERNS

• Draws strength from basic units of UPLB

• Current set-up has very limited inter-unit initiatives

• Services not bundled up and not systematic

• Need for Institutional body to coordinate the Program

• Competing research works and administrative tasks

Isip – isip…

What is the target of our public service?

Students?

Communities?

Sectors?

Human Ecosystems?

IV. STRATEGY

The Strategy : Regarding Policies

Clarify UPLB’s policy(cies) regarding public What

is public service for us? Volunteerism?

Social development services?

Technical quick responses?

Free vs. paid services?

Etc.?

What are we ready to take on among these as:

An institution of higher learning

A research university

A national university

Action Plan - UPLB for UP

UPLB for UP - The University of the

Philippines Los Baños for the Under-served

People

UPLB for UP

Target Los Baños community as object of Public

Service

Los Baños is our home

Diverse and numerous issues & challenges (No

CLUP, disaster, population increase, poverty,

traffic, increasing crimes, wastes)

The Strategy : Programs

Addressing community development through Programmatic

interventions BIDANI IdPCC Human Development across the lifespan

Children Youth Women Labor /productive sector Senior citizens / elderly

Public health Environmental integrity Disaster Food security Etc.

UPLB for UP

CLUP (Comprehensive Land Use Plan)

Ecotourism Plan

DRRM Plan

Livelihood Plan

PUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICE

•Create UPLB Public Service Office

•Upgrade UPLB website and related portals

•Strengthen media relations (positions in national issues)

•Establish and institutionalize UPLB Quick Response Teams

PUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICE

• Conduct technology appropriation programs

• Strengthen alumni linkages

• Strengthen partnership with the Los Baños Science Community

Public Service OfficePublic Service Office

UPLB for UP

Ugnayan ng Pahinungod as “temporary”

Public Service Office

Public Service Advocacy Team Presenters

Dr. Edna A. Aguilar

Dr. Rowena DT. Baconguis

Dr. Aser B. Javier

Dr. Merlyn S. Mendioro

Prof. Ma. Emilinda T. Mendoza

Dr. E. L. Tolentino, Jr.

E.L. Tolentino, Jr. CFNRE.L. Tolentino, Jr. CFNR--UPLBUPLB

Thank you very Thank you very

much!much!

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