PDMS RESOURCE TEAM HOLDS BRAINSTORMING WITH PARTNERS, DISCUSSES UPDATES AND KEY ACTION POINTS

Date: June 1, 2010

With the purpose of consolidating all efforts for the implementation of the Bohol Poverty Database Monitoring System (PDMS) Plan under the DReAMS Project, the members of the PDMS Resource Team converged last June 1, 2010 at Garden Café in Tagbilaran City, Bohol to hold a brainstorming activity as well as to discuss updates and other key action points.

Present in the meeting were Dr. Nestor Pestelos (project manager), Metodio Maraguinot Jr. (assistant project manager), Tony Irving (Bohol IT expert and PDMS resource team leader), Nathanael Hinay (PDMS specialist), and Judy Bedio (junior IT specialist). DReAMS Project local partner institutions, namely, the Institute for Governance and Development (GoDev) and Bohol Local Development Foundation (BLDF), also sent in representatives to help in the planning namely Joyce Barafon and Jean Celeste Paredes both from GoDev and Bona Dea Padron of BLDF.

Discussion highlights:
• Assignment of Area Coordinators to look into the status of the PDMS in the municipalities that will be piloted, except for Tubigon
• No need to develop separate software for the pilot municipalities in Bohol. What can be done is develop the DReAMS database as an added feature in the PDMS
• GoDev and BLDF to extend technical assistance in the mobilization of the staff work for the development of the DReAMS database in the pilot municipalities
• Tubigon to be the Team’s priority for the month of June