{"id":30,"date":"2019-01-06T14:26:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T14:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ic.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2024-11-26T06:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T06:06:21","slug":"extension-division","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/extension-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Extension Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-708450 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-293309 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-685822 kc_row kc_row_inner\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-896237 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-520944 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"kc_title\">Extension Division<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-805401 kc-raw-code\"><div style=\"width: 40px; border-bottom: 3px solid black; margin: auto;\"><\/div><br><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-864457 kc-animated kc-animate-eff-flipInX kc-animate-speed-.5s kc_text_block\"><p>\n<span style=\"text-align: justify\">The Extension Division on the other hand, focused on the continuing education and livelihood programs, in close coordination with the LGUs, people\u2019s organizations and other stakeholders for manpower development and entrepreneurship. It aimed to contribute effectively in people empowerment of the region, equipping them with necessary knowledge, values, skills and competencies, and entrepreneurial abilities, to promote self-reliance, greater productivity and better communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-775747\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-809882 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-805785 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div data-open-on-mouseover=\"\" data-tab-active=\"1\" data-effect-option=\"yes\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-978277 kc_tabs group\">\n\t<div class=\"kc_wrapper ui-tabs kc_clearfix\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"kc_tabs_nav ui-tabs-nav kc_clearfix\">\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"fa-info-circle\"><\/i> About<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"fa-comment-dots\"><\/i> Message from the Director<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"fa-puzzle-piece\"><\/i> Extension Unit<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"fa-clipboard-list\"><\/i> Office Quality Objectives<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"fa-sitemap\"><\/i> Extension Organizational Structure<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"fa-hand-holding\"><\/i> Extension Services Offered<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"fa-hands\"><\/i> Programs\/Projects<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"fa-phone-volume\"><\/i> Contact Info<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"et-book-open\"><\/i> Publication<\/a><\/li>\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<div id=\"about\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-576549 kc_tab ui-tabs-panel kc_ui-tabs-hide kc_clearfix \"><div class=\"kc_tab_content\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-462271 kc_row kc_row_inner\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-125911 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-823487 kc_text_block\"><p>\nThe University\u2019s Extension Division is regarded as a well thought out academic attempt at cascading its developed and tested technology for the utility of the target clientele. The projects and activities shall dwell and thrive in a values-driven and educating learning environment. Extension is viewed as an equally important function along with instruction, research and production. Knowledge produced from research, conveyed through instruction, and employed as part of the University\u2019s public services are all efforts directed towards the development of the individual and of the community at large.<\/p>\n<p>The invigorating effect of research provides the boost and support towards the extension and instruction functions. This allows continuum and efficient delivery of services and to ensure that research outputs are disseminated, utilized and commercialized through extension services to benefit the target end-users and clientele. Thus, the University\u2019s contribution to the pursuit of real-time and relevant knowledge is crucial.<\/p>\n<p>It is through Extension services where the clientele\u2019s research needs are passed on to researchers, presenting opportunities for the clientele to participate in research and make certain that the clientele understands and benefits from research-based knowledge and practices. Clientele participation and engaged learning, facilitated by extension work, guarantees that research processes and findings are grounded in and relevant to clientele needs while providing student assistants from various degree programs in colleges with valuable experience.<\/p>\n<p>By the same token, Extension services conducted in conjunction with the degree programs of the colleges and within the college\u2019s prescribed kilometer radius ensures practical and efficient delivery of extension work to the targeted clientele within its proximity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"message-from-the-director\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-375096 kc_tab ui-tabs-panel kc_ui-tabs-hide kc_clearfix \"><div class=\"kc_tab_content\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-771987 kc_row kc_row_inner\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-989435 kc_col-sm-4 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-642607\" style=\"height: 4px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-570222 kc-testimo kc-testi-layout-1\">\n\n\t<figure class=\"content-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/07\/University-of-Southeastern-philippines-11-200x200xc.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure><div class=\"content-title\">Roby V. Pagong, PhD<\/div><div class=\"content-position\">Extension Division, Director<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-143020 kc_col-sm-1 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-1\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-834923 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-585193 kc_col-sm-7 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-7\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-582549\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-67165 kc-feature-boxes kc-fb-layout-5\">\n\n\t<div class=\"content-title\">The Director:apos:s Message<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-388655 kc_text_block\"><p>\nExtension is one of the core functions of the University. As its helping arm, the Extension Division, together with the different Colleges, continues to partner with various government and non-government agencies to deliver responsive extension programs.<\/p>\n<p>Now, more than ever, we need to do what we can to help and recover as one nation. All efforts count. As Mother Teresa once said, &#8220;If you can&#039;t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.\" Armed with academic programs, relevant research, and competent personnel, we are privileged to be in the position to contribute to positive changes our partner communities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"extension-unit\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-339451 kc_tab ui-tabs-panel kc_ui-tabs-hide kc_clearfix \"><div class=\"kc_tab_content\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-12124 kc_text_block\"><p>\n<strong>Continuing Education Center (CEC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The institution of a Continuing Education Center is a policy response to change and globalization. In the present knowledge based economy that characterizes the world, it is meant to sustain economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion in this part of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Lifelong learning, which is the characteristic of the CEC, is considered not only central to competitiveness and employability; it is also central to social inclusion, active citizenship, and personal development.<\/p>\n<p>The Continuing Education Center encompasses learning for personal, civic, and social purposes as well as for employment related purposes. It takes place in a variety of environments in and outside the formal education and training systems; it implies increasing investments in people and knowledge; promoting the acquisition of basic skills, including digital literacy; and broadening opportunities for innovative, more flexible forms of learning. It transforms formal education and training systems in order to break down barriers between different forms of learning.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"office-quality-objectives\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-704007 kc_tab ui-tabs-panel kc_ui-tabs-hide kc_clearfix \"><div class=\"kc_tab_content\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-238411 kc_text_block\"><p>\n<strong>The Extension Division shall:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facilitate the dissemination and utilization of research-based knowledge and technology to address issues and concerns of partner communities.<\/li>\n<li>Aid in the forging of partnerships between the university extensionists and partner communities.<\/li>\n<li>Organize capacity-building activities to equip university extensionists in delivering extension activities to communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"extension-organizational-structure\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-969881 kc_tab ui-tabs-panel kc_ui-tabs-hide kc_clearfix \"><div class=\"kc_tab_content\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-314147 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/10\/ORG-CHART-2024-As-of-October-22-2024_001.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"extension-services-offered\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-344955 kc_tab ui-tabs-panel kc_ui-tabs-hide kc_clearfix \"><div class=\"kc_tab_content\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-946274 kc_row kc_row_inner\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-512719 kc_col-sm-11 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-11\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-955948 kc-feature-boxes kc-fb-layout-3\">\n\n\t<div class=\"content-icon\"><i class=\"sl-list\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"box-right\"><div class=\"content-title\">ACTIVITIES<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-571036 kc_text_block\"><p>\nUSeP extension program takes on the following activities:<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-948576 kc_row kc_row_inner\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-853577 kc_col-sm-4 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-658913 kc-feature-boxes kc-fb-layout-3\">\n\n\t<div class=\"content-icon\"><i class=\"et-presentation\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"box-right\"><div class=\"content-desc\">Provides expertise support by giving demonstration, symposia convocation and livelihood video tapes showing;<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-124549\" style=\"height: 30px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-627385 kc_col-sm-4 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-488864 kc-feature-boxes kc-fb-layout-3\">\n\n\t<div class=\"content-icon\"><i class=\"et-chat\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"box-right\"><div class=\"content-desc\">Conducts training programs, seminars, and workshop for trainers, leaders, intermediary functions;<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-576886\" style=\"height: 30px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-728165 kc_col-sm-4 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-604129 kc-feature-boxes kc-fb-layout-3\">\n\n\t<div class=\"content-icon\"><i class=\"et-map\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"box-right\"><div class=\"content-desc\">Does direct outreach services in the communities.<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-351474\" style=\"height: 30px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-141795\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-874100 kc-feature-boxes kc-fb-layout-3\">\n\n\t<div class=\"content-icon\"><i class=\"sl-settings\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"box-right\"><div class=\"content-title\">EXTENSION SERVICES<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-174369\" style=\"height: 9px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-584157 kc_row kc_row_inner\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-899972 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-558041 kc_text_block\"><p>\nGrounded on the mandate of the university in the Typology of higher education institutions (HEIs), the University of Southeastern Philippines develop programs and outreach activities that allow students, faculty, and staff to apply the new knowledge and technology they generate to help address specific social development problems, broadly defined in CM0 46, s. 2012. It is guided from the definition of communication and transferring knowledge and technology to specific sectors and target clientele to enable them to effectively improve production, community and\/or institutions, and quality of life, at the same time enhance HEI\u2019s academic and research programs (CMO 8, s. 2010).<\/p>\n<p>Under CMO 8, s. 2010, an Integrated Extension Program shall include the following components:<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-538746 kc_text_block\"><ol>\n<li>Training programs \u2013 non-degree and noncredit courses offered by a college or unit;<\/li>\n<li>Technical assistance and advisory services \u2013 to agencies, organizations, associations, and other groups;<\/li>\n<li>Communication\/information services &#8211; communication and\/or dissemination of knowledge and skills to particular client groups through the various means of dissemination such as person-to-person contact, radio, television, newspaper and other printed materials.<\/li>\n<li>Community outreach activities \u2013 extension activities conducted in areas outside the university\/college, <span style=\"font-style: inherit\">e.g., community-based social services, pilot projects, mobile clinic, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Technology transfer and utilization \u2013 the process of circulation, promoting and marketing research outputs or technologies to potential users.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-705057\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-163109 kc-feature-boxes kc-fb-layout-3\">\n\n\t<div class=\"content-icon\"><i class=\"sl-settings\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"box-right\"><div class=\"content-title\">CEC SERVICES<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-112749\" style=\"height: 9px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-136017 kc_row kc_row_inner\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-85622 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-60841 kc_text_block\"><p>\nThe mission of the CEC shall be to foster professional and personal development by sharing the knowledge and expertise of the University, and by making its resources available to individuals of all ages. It will offer non-credit, non-degree educational programs, and services grounded in the rich intellectual and professional resources of USeP faculty and staff and facilitate non-formal education opportunities in the colleges. It aims to provide people of all ages equal and open access to high-quality learning opportunities and to a variety of learning experiences that are built around the needs and interests of learners.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-110489\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"programs-projects\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-542557 kc_tab ui-tabs-panel kc_ui-tabs-hide kc_clearfix \"><div class=\"kc_tab_content\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-196086 kc_accordion_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-282366 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#agham-at-matematika-susi-sa-tagumpay-agimat\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> Agham at Matematika susi sa Tagumpay (AGiMAT)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-196956 kc_text_block\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The Agham at Matematika susi sa Tagumpay at kaunlaran (AGiMAT) is a project proposed by the College of Teacher Education and Technology (CTET) to train selected secondary Mathematics and Science teachers in the Municipality of Talaingod and Kapalong <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AGiMAT aims to (1) mobilize and organize participants and other concerned stakeholders in preparation for the project implementation; (2) train secondary schools teachers in identified partner schools in the Municipality of Talaingod and Kapalong specifically on: (i) pedagogy (developing critical and thinking skills among DOST scholarship applicants and developing test taking skills among DOST scholarship applicants); (ii) test (construction\/development dev<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">eloping DOST Exam \u2013 like test items); and (iii) program implementation (implementing review program for DOST scholarship applicants);(3) monitor and evaluate project implementation and progress; and (4<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">) disseminate relevant information to concerned stakeholders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-269192 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#operation-tulong-alay-sa-pag-angat-ng-buhay-at-kaalaman-ng-nangangailangang-kabataan-at-ginabayang-mga-guro-tabang\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> OPERATION: Tulong Alay sa Pag-angat ng Buhay At Kaalaman ng Nangangailangang kabataan at Ginabayang mga Guro (TABANG) <\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-368469 kc_text_block\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Operation TABANG (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ulong <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">A<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">lay sa Pag-angat ng <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">B<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">uhay <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">A<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">t Kaalaman ng <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">N<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">angangailangang kabataan at <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">G<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">inabayang mga Guro) is a special project of the College of Teacher Education and Technology from May 2018 to December 2021 to answer the request of Hope for Children Development Center (HCDC) of Tagum Alliance Gospel (TAGC) as partners in helping their case workers\/mentors, the children and even parents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Operation TABANG is a\u00a0 research-based project with a series of activities and different phases that endeavors to address the needs of the community; thus directly contributing to the realization of one of the missions of the University which is to conduct relevant extension through different stakeholder collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/363409521_940109067067087_6487909675859216608_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"305\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/362910560_146025878517857_8086880480143349689_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"305\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-178213 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#ilayag-ug-iwahig-household-electrification-sustainability-and-water-system-installation-in-sitio-igang-talaingod-davao-del-norte\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> ILAYAG UG IWAHIG: Household Electrification Sustainability and Water System Installation in Sitio Igang, Talaingod, Davao del Norte <\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-275861 kc_text_block\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The program ILAYAG UG IWAHIG is an ongoing University program that aims to provide household electrification sustainability and access to safe water in Sitio Igang, Talaingod, Davao del Norte. It is comprised of two projects namely: Project EnggKindle and Project WaterEngg. Both projects are\u00a0 implemented by the faculty members of the USeP College of Engineering whose expertise in the engineering field ( electrical, electronics, civil, mechanical, and sanitary) is relevant and fitting to carry out the task.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The Project EnggKindle aims to sustain the household electrification (HE) PISOLAR project earlier implemented by the University to Sitio Igang with 19 beneficiaries. PISOLAR is a DOST-funded R&#038;D project with a pay-as-you-go payment system for payment of solar home systems (SHS). It has deployed eight (8) SHS in the area, providing 19 households with lighting, and cellphone charging ports. Though there were activities on general orientation and specialized training provided by the PISOLAR team to the beneficiaries, both were not enough since the PISOLAR project just ended in June 2021 and the team saw the need for additional training; operations and maintenance (O&#038;M); and monitoring and evaluation (M&#038;E) to achieve sustainability. Thus, this project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Meantime, Project WaterEngg aims to provide access to safe water to the community. The project comprises of the water system (WS) design, specification, installation, sustainable management training, and M&#038;E. At the time of the project implementation, the community\u2019s access to a safe water source is either through fetching at the lower areas of the mountain where the spring source is located or travel to nearby sitios. Unfortunately, the terrain where the community is sloped and the location of the communities with water reserves is far, implicating a costly endeavor if the partner community opts for the latter. Thus, this project alleviates their difficulty in finding water sources and address the sanitation and hygiene of the partner communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/411524384_743839430950543_625844670546067524_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/1637411193081-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"257\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/Photo-3.-The-team-and-their-courtesy-meeting-with-the-Tribal-Leader.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"287\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/Photo-5.-Design-Team-assessing-the-water-source-currently-utilized-by-the-local.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-171222 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#out-of-school-youth-information-system-osyis\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> Out-of-School Youth Information System (OSYIS)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-28356 kc_text_block\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The College of Information and Computing (CIC) is fortunate enough to be granted an international partnership and funding from the Education Development Center (EDC) through the USAID Opportunity 2.0 program. This partnership involves the following projects namely:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Project 1: Installation, Configuration, and Deployment of the Learning Management System (LMS)<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Project 2: Design, Development, and Implementation of the Out-of-School Youth Information System (OSYIS)<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The target group of this program are All Out of School Youth and Alternative Learning Systems (ALS) Teachers including other stakeholders of the government and private agencies in the locality. The duration of the project ran from November 1, 2021 until October 31, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The Alternative Learning System (ALS) is one of the interventions of the government operated by the Department of Education (DepEd) for out-of-school youths (OSYs) and adults. However, only a small proportion of the target population is enrolled in the ALS program (Worldbank, 2016).\u00a0 It was reported that it is challenging to capture out-of-school youth once they leave the formal school system under the current education system. Moreover, the large class size and monitoring of the activities are some of the challenges of the ALS program. The proponents conducted a needs assessment, including data collection and analysis, a summary of the findings, migration strategy, and recommendations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The proposed web-based out-of-school youth information system (OSYIS) with Learning Management System (LMS) is an information system that enables OSY to register and avail of the services of the government and private sectors. The OSYIS was the central repository of the OSYs in Davao City. Also, the OSYIS aims to capture OSY. The reports produced by the OSYIS were used to generate insights for decision-making, such as budget allocation and early intervention programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Moreover, the LMS supported the delivery of educational activities to the beneficiaries. The LMS serves as a repository to store learning materials that allow service providers to logically organize, use, and repurpose various resources, including book collections. The LMS was dynamically designed to accommodate more features for synchronous and asynchronous learning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/Picture11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"230\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/Picture12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"230\" \/><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-939637 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#amoma-ug-giya-alang-sa-kahamugaway-agak\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> Amoma ug Giya Alang sa Kahamugaway (AGAK)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-480670 kc_text_block\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Amoma ug Giya Alang sa Kahamugaway (AGAK) &#8211; Care and Guide for Stability is a mitigation and adaptation strategy that aims to achieve resiliency among the most vulnerable group in society to ensure that they are cared for and guided to achieve stability and sustainability in their day-to-day activities specifically during and after calamities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">It is an intervention that addresses the present need for food due to COVID-19 and supports the HEAL as ONE Act. Due to uncertainties brought about by the pandemic, this intervention helps ensure that vulnerable groups are taken care of by marketing and distributing farm produce to those who are in need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">This project is in partnership with government organizations and the private sectors by pooling financial and technical resources, to address the market disruption and flow of goods in the economy and specifically address the needs of lP Communities in Region Xl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/Picture8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"225\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/Picture9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-586377 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#kabulig-kalambuan-sa-bacasifia-on-upscaling-livelihood-integrated-growth\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> KaBULIG (Kalambuan sa BACASIFIA on Upscaling Livelihood Integrated Growth) <\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-506816 kc_text_block\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Main Office granted a PhP1M worth of project to NIA-Region XI for a pilot drip irrigation project. Since the drip irrigation project needs specific technology and the local farmers are only practicing communal irrigation systems, NIA-XI requested technical support on the matter. Thus, the University of Southeastern Philippines-College of Agriculture and Related Sciences (USeP-CARS) has been tapped to provide the needed technical support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Based on the conducted needs assessment analysis, it turned out that the beneficiary &#8211; BACASIFIA (Batinao, Cabacungan, Sto. Ni\u00f1o Irrigators Farmers Association) at Brgy. Batinao, New Bataan, Davao de Oro hoped and requested appropriate technical training. Training will be conducted for the farmers&#039; cooperator such that the BACASIFIA women\u2019s farmers will be better equipped with knowledge and skills so that the project can be managed and sustained, and become a source of stable income.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">For the project to proceed as planned, the USeP-CARS will pool its faculty experts to collaborate with the project as part of the College\u2019s core extension activity. In this way, the College will establish strong linkages with the leading government agencies and People\u2019s Organization (PO).<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The program and the linkages created are envisioned as a venue for USeP-CARS to showcase technologies generated from faculty research and students\u2019 theses. Eventually, a sustainable demonstration farm on agro-tourism will be showcased, and outputs and results of the implementation of the program will be made accessible to any interested parties or individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/Picture7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"217\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/Picture6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-558625 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#maragusan-growers-multi-purpose-cooperative-magrow-mpc\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> Maragusan Growers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MAGROW MPC) <\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-968097 kc_text_block\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>Maragusan Growers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MAGROW MPC) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">requested the College of Agriculture and Related Sciences (CARS) for technical expertise regarding the operation of tissue culture laboratory for the establishment of their Banana Tissue Culture Laboratory towards addressing the demand for quality seedlings of its farmer-members. The cooperative will cover the expenses for the training and other needs for this project. This was conducted with a duration of twelve (12) months that ended last April 30, 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The main objective of this project is to assist and guide the MAGROW MPC in creating and building their tissue culture laboratory. Specifically, it aims to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assist the MAGROW MPC in creating the design and construction of their laboratory building.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Train the MAGROW MPC personnel on the system of tissue culture laboratory, the selection process of explants, the inoculation\/isolation process, and media preparation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/Magrow-mpc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/Picture5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-384122 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#science-for-the-convergence-of-agriculture-and-tourism-a-project-on-the-advancement-and-generation-of-reliable-source-of-income-through-value-added-innovations-and-continual-dissemination-of-agri-te\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> Science for the Convergence of Agriculture and Tourism: A project on the Advancement and Generation of Reliable Source of Income through Value-added Innovations and continual Dissemination of Agri-Technologies towards Sustainable Farm Tourism (SciCAT AGRI-VIDA)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-40181 kc_text_block\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">This project is a continuation of the visionary purpose of the DOST PCAARRD-funded farm tourism program entitled \u201cScience for the Convergence of Agriculture and Tourism\u201d or the SciCAT program. This project is entitled \u201cSciCAT AGRI-VIDA: A project on the Advancement and Generation of Reliable Source of Income through Value-added Innovations and continual Dissemination of Agri-Technologies towards Sustainable Farm Tourism\u201d. From the name itself (AGRI-VIDA), this Phase II project seeks to hone a farm tourist site into a leading character in a community. The site serves as a prominent figure that embodies value-added innovations in agriculture <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">and a strong entrepreneurial spirit towards sustainability in business and its environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Farm tourism continues to flourish in the Philippines amidst the pandemic. With the successful implementation of Phase I, this project provides science-based packages of technologies (POTs) in the community with an emphasis on value-added innovations. Some of Phase I project implementation breakthroughs include the establishment of five (5) POTs for rice, native chicken, goat, duck, and tilapia commodities, generating an additional employment opportunity for\u00a0 the community Phase I focused on intensifying production and promotion of the abovementioned enterpri<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">ses. These interventions provide an opportune time to provide necessary support to the farm owners in the aspects of postharvest handling and processing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">As aforementioned, the name of the project develops the farm site into a model farm in farm tourism which showcases POTs for farm value-added products\u00a0 which were developed t<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">hrough research and development (R&#038;D) to help create employment and entrepreneurship at the community level. It is hoped that the Magsasaka-Siyentis<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">ta (MS) farm generates a strong and sustainable source of income so that more farming enthusiasts will replicate this modality and adopt the POTs being introduced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">This project also believed that collaboration has always been an effective means of synergy. Hence, the SciCAT AGRI-VIDA project strives to facilitate collaboration and linkage<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">s for the MS farm to various farm tourism sites, food processors, entrepreneurs, and agencies from public and private entities. Agreements and partnerships are also hoped to be forged between these parties to ensure inclusive and holistic growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">This phase 2 SciCAT project dubbed as SciCAT AGRI-VIDA continues to provide capability enhancement training and agricultural technologies not only to Dimpas Farms but to other farming enthusiasts with emphasis on value-added innovations. Packages of technologies (POTs) on value-addition were downloaded and dissem<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">inated to the intended beneficiaries which are hoped to advance and generate reliable sources of income for farm tourism sites, food processors, farmers, entrepreneurs, and other interested individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" style=\"text-align: justify\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/20210203_115421-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"323\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" style=\"text-align: justify\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/20210203_112021-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-359032 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#bakawan-para-sa-kinabukasan-mangrovetum-establishment-capacity-building-and-development-of-iec-materials-in-sanipaan-marine-reserve-bgy-tambo-babak-igacos\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> Bakawan Para sa Kinabukasan: Mangrovetum Establishment, Capacity Building, and Development of IEC Materials in Sanipaan Marine Reserve, Bgy. Tambo, Babak, IGaCoS <\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-305557 kc_text_block\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Mangroves provide a range of ecosystem services. These largely include the provision of timber, fuel wood, medicines, natural dyes, honey, and marine food. They also help in regulating floods, erosion, and saltwater intrusion; and protect coastal communities against the harsh impacts of storms and tsunamis. The dense root systems of mangrove forests trap sediments flowing down rivers and off the land. This helps stabilize the coastline and prevents erosion from waves and storms. They also serve as breeding and nursing grounds for marine finfish and shellfish species. It is also a biodiversity habitat and fishery resource and provides socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental benefits to coastal communities (Braat et al., 2012; Primavera, 2000).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Sanipaan Island and Bgy. Tambo Aplaya has been the sampling site of several research endeavors by both faculty and students of Nat. Sci. Department of CAS and so on December 11, 2019, faculty members of the Natural Sciences Department of CAS, USeP conducted a needs assessment by having a Focus Group Discussion with key officials of Bgy. Tambo Aplaya. History of the said barangay was narrated by some of the participants and economic activities as well. The influx of tourists in the area and the need to name marine species in the local dialect was identified; to sustain the community\u2019s livelihood of fishing of economically important species in the area, the need to re-forest the mangrove area by tree-planting was also deemed as essential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">With the abovementioned needs of the community, this program proposed to establish a mangrove nursery in Sanipaan Marine Reserve. Further, the proponents will capacitate the stakeholders with the knowledge and skills to be able to engage in the project. Also, species inventory in Mangrovetum of Brgy. Tambo and development of IEC materials will be performed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/Picture3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"273\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/Picture2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-583687 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#alalay-sa-barangay-2-0\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> Alalay sa Barangay 2.0<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-461891 kc_text_block\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Alalay sa Barangay Program 2.0 (ABP 2.0): Empowering Womenpreneurs is the College Extension Program of the College of Business Administration with Barangay Centro (San Juan) Agdao as\u00a0 its partner community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-22474d4a-7fff-a337-1fcf-f5ef862a8862\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">This undertaking is in support of the Gender and Development (GAD) agenda of the University which recognizes the equal contribution of women and men in development. This promotes women&#039;s empowerment that contributes to economic development. Moreover, the program supports Republic Act No. 9710\u00a0 or An Act Providing for the <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Magna Carta on Women (2009) and Davao City Ordinance No. 5004, otherwise known as the Women Development Code of Davao.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" style=\"text-align: justify\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/IMG_0071-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"254\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" style=\"text-align: justify\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/IMG_9720-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-47872 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#agri-fisheries-cooperatives-on-technopreneurship-for-adaptation-and-mitigation-initiative-in-agriculture-act-for-amia\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> Agri-Fisheries Cooperatives on Technopreneurship for Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (ACT for AMIA)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-595779 kc_text_block\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The Localized Climate Information Services (CIS) component of Climate Resilient Agriculture 2.0: ACT FOR AMIA Project is an initiative in agriculture that provides a full range of advice on climate, particularly on <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">its impact on crops, livestock, fisheries and management practices as well as on how to prevent, reduce or manage accompanying risks; knowledge capacitation will be given to farmers to help them make management decisions that will reduce the risks and benefit from the opportunities of our variable and ever-changing climate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-bfcabe5c-7fff-0e37-0936-8f453815940f\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">The said project collaborated with the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration &#8211; Mindanao PAGASA Regional services Division (PAG-ASA &#8211; MPRSD)<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">which has the resources and capabil<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">ities to extend services related to climate science and local weather information that are very useful in creating climate-resilient agriculture among communities, through a climate-informed agricultural production for the development of the partner communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" style=\"text-align: justify\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/362960486_288910433731356_6605664635177976840_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"285\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" style=\"text-align: justify\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/362901679_2249082738812909_5927868966701908227_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-81719 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#sustainable-services-for-social-transformation-and-indigenous-peoples-empowerment-and-development-susstained\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> Sustainable Services for Social Transformation And Indigenous peoples\u2019 Empowerment and Development (SUSSTAINED) <\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-167933 kc_text_block\"><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">SUSSTAINED is a program initiated by the University of Southeastern Philippines \u2013 College of Development Management (USeP-CDM) which envisions helping the selected indigenous households of Malagos District, Davao City to establish a sustainable way of living; improve finances; attain good education; address health problems; have access to potable and clean water source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/362916226_816463943412796_8500678316304623149_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"270\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/360036218_3186463634987198_5506397507685009713_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-30321 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#project-braved-braille-literacy-innovation-for-educators\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> PROJECT BRAVEd (Braille Literacy Innovation for Educators) <\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-891080 kc_text_block\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 6pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP) through the College of Education (CEd) implemented a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">PROJECT BRAVEd (Braille Literacy Innovation for Educators) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">which aims to serve Special Education (SPED) and regular teachers of the Department of Education (DepEd) Davao City Division by training and orienting them with the use of modified Braille technology called \u201cBrailleance\u201d for the visually impaired learners. The project ran for six (6) months headed by Dr. Angelie V. Cabajes of USeP-CEd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-37858ab6-7fff-fcef-5671-90e55e354c9e\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">The project <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #000300;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">was funded by the USeP Extension Division. DepEd provided technical support on the conduct of the project and identified key personnel of the Davao City Divisi<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #000300;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">on who will serve as the recipients of the project while USeP created the team that conducted the project and provided\u00a0 20 Brailleance for the conduct of the project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" style=\"text-align: justify\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/271246134_680974296613691_8735955108209249853_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"222\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" style=\"text-align: justify\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/269608582_317625550329282_6525657163507009809_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"223\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-652069 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#operation-rb-resiliency-booster-for-usep-constituents-amid-covid-19-pandemic\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> Operation RB: Resiliency Booster for USeP Constituents amid COVID-19 Pandemic<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-102014 kc_text_block\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">To promote physical and emotional safety among its constituents, the University\u00a0 has conducted several initiatives such as the launching of the COVID-19 Action Center to ensure that the basic needs are met by stranded undergraduate students, providing free transportation for skeletal workforce, and conducting Mental Health Survey and online music therapy sessions (\u201cUSeP<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\"> COVID-19 Updates\u201d, n.d.). Even though the partial easing of community quarantine is in place, the protection of health and safety for the students and University personnel are of utmost priority. Adopting the Department of Education Order 007, Series of 2020 can mean ample time to undertake the necessary preparations for the incoming school year on August 24, 2020 (Department of Education, 2020). However, there is no doubt that the mental health repercussions of COVID-19 pandemic can remain long after life returns to normal (Brooks et al., 2020). <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Consistent with the call to build upon what is best in an individual, this extension program\u00a0 is a wellness-focused intervention that the University, through the College of Education, has implemented to improve the psychological capital of its constituents. This extension program Operation RB assumed that resilience is inherent among, as well as learned, by individuals. With this, associated factors with which resiliency can thrive\u00a0 was initiated; thereby ensuring individuals\u00a0 to learn \u00a0 and fully utilize their inherent resiliency, strengthen it, and increase their capacity to alleviate the effects of stressors brought about by the COVID-19 Pandemic. After all, human resources trained to have technical knowledge would <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">be more productive individuals and effective members of society if their intrapersonal strength and ability to surpass life\u2019s challenges were just as equally honed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/Picture1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"222\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-612702 kc_accordion_section group \"><h3 class=\"kc_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\"><span class=\"ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"#eyesee-enabled-barangay-eeb-ii\" data-prevent=\"scroll\"><i class=\"\"><\/i> EyeSee-Enabled Barangay (EEB) II<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"kc_accordion_content ui-accordion-content kc_clearfix\"><div class=\"kc-panel-body\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-840027 kc_text_block\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Advances in information communication technology (ICT) can potentially offer a beneficial impact on barangay governance. ICT can be mobilized to enable barangays to enhance their delivery of public goods and services. It is perceived that a barangay with strong ICT capacity can make a difference in the field of governance including basic delivery of services. Through ICT, barangays can provide better services to their constituents with efficiency and effectiveness. With the aid of ICT solutions, barangays can improve transparency and accountability in their services and can pave the way for good governance initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The University of Southeastern Philippines \u2013\u00a0 College of Information and Computing believes that\u00a0 the Academe has a social responsibility to extend help to the community, thus,\u00a0 the University\u00a0 lives up to this mandate by providing ICT services and solutions to help barangays improve the way they deliver their services to their constituents. USeP-IC has the manpower and the ICT competencies to help transform barangays as champions of excellence in terms of their delivery of public goods and services thus making it easier to bring government closer to the people with the help of ICT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">To start with this initiative, two (2) of the research outputs of the USeP-CIC faculty, which are the Barangay Health Care System and the Barangay Records Management System were implemented in one (1) particular barangay within Davao City for pilot testing and has\u00a0 undergone monitoring and evaluation. Other barangay ICT needs, as identified in the needs assessment phase of this program, were also\u00a0 addressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The extension program of USeP-CIC, coined as EyeSee-Enabled Barangay,\u00a0 capacitated barangays with the help of ICT to enable them to perform their tasks and responsibilities towards improving their basic services delivery to their constituents.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Specifically\u00a0 the program aims to (1) Improve the computer literacy of barangay constituents and (2) Enhance the delivery of public goods and services in the barangay through the implementation of efficient information systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"contact-info\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-289121 kc_tab ui-tabs-panel kc_ui-tabs-hide kc_clearfix \"><div class=\"kc_tab_content\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-519547 kc_row kc_row_inner\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-137489 kc_col-sm-2 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-2\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-655369 kc_col-sm-4 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-855143 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/rde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/01\/IMG_9978-min-300x200.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-866009 kc_col-sm-4 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-240381\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-648107 kc-feature-boxes kc-fb-layout-3\">\n\n\t<div class=\"content-icon\"><i class=\"sl-location-pin\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"box-right\"><div class=\"content-desc\">University of Southeastern Philippines<br>\r\nI\u00f1igo St. Bo. 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