NCR, Philippines
October - December 2007
Volume V, No.4
ISSN 1656-0620  
 
CPC 6 Local Coordinators meet to discuss implementation of Midterm Review recommendations
 
Midterm Progress Report for MDGs shows RP children’s education still in peril
    Provincial and City Coordinators of the 25 CPC 6 focus/priority areas, together with the Technical Working Groups (TWGs), met and discussed how to implement recommendations of the recently concluded MTR of CPC 6. >>> more
 
  The world wants no new promises.
    This was what United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said in his foreword for the 2007 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report.>>> more

Use of DevInfo in the Philippines
 
NEDA celebrates Children’s Month 2007
    The successful implementation of DevInfo in NRO4a may largely be attributed to a well defined policy framework, effective capacity building strategy and inclusion of DevInfo into the work process. The Regional Development Council passed a resolution endorsed by NRO4a encouraging all member agencies and LGUs to establish knowledge centers and use of DevInfo as a data management tool. >>> more
 
    The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)-assisted Sixth Country Programme for Children (CPC 6), celebrated Children’s Month 2007 last October with the theme “Bright Child: Karapatan Nasa ‘Yo, Isigaw sa Buong Mundo!”.
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Municipality trains community on management
of children with disabilities (CWDs)
 
Children’s folk festival highlights
Children’s Month
    Kiangan, Ifugao – The Municipal Early Childhood Care and Development Coordinating Committee (MECCDCC) sponsored a two day training-seminar to Barangay Health Workers, Day Care Workers, parents and families of children with disabilities (CWDs) last March 1-2, 2007. >>> more
 
    San Jose, Antique – Dances and songs filled the air this October as children from different schools in the province conducted folk festival in celebration of the Children’s month.. >>> more
 
PCTF conducts FGD
 
Provincial government leads Children’s Day celebration in Northern Samar
    The Provincial Communication Task Force of Northern Samar in coordination with the College of Arts and Communication Faculty of the University of Eastern Philippines conducted focus group discussions in the two disparity barangays of Brgy. San Agustin (Lavezares) and Brgy. Baybay, (Gamay) in Northern Samar >>> more
 
    Catarman, Northern Samar – Many children of the province had the fun of their lives in the first Children’s Day celebration of Northern Samar on October 18, 2007 at the Ibabao Hall of the Capitol.The activity centered on kids of the Home for Children and Adolescents (HCA) or more popularly known as the Lingap Center. >>> more

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