Republic of the Philippines

WESTERN PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY

Aborlan Campus
Aborlan, Palawan, 5300
Telefax No. (048) 433-4367 / Mobile No. 0919-3836791
Website: www.wpu.edu.ph E-mail: wpu.edu@gmail.com

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

TITLE OF ACTIVITY: Orientation Training on People’s Public Finance Institute

(PPFI): Strengthening Citizen’s Engagement in Public
Finance Among Peoples Organization in Aborlan, Palawan

IMPLEMENTING AGENCY: WPU-College of Business and Management-Master of

Public Administration Program

Target Participants: Active POs officials(cooperatives, farmers organizations,

women org, etc)

DURATION: September 21-22, 2018

VENUE: TAGCODEC Training Center, Bgy. San Juan, Aborlan, Palawan

BUDGET: Php 75,680.00

RATIONALE:

The conduct of this training is a commitment with the Social Watch Philippines
and the People’s Public Finance Institute, Incorporated (PPFI) which the university has
forged a Memorandum of Understanding on March 14, 2017. The WPU-CBM-MPA was
considered as the hub for trainings on public finance and served as the extension arm of
the Master of Public Administration Program as stipulated in the MOU. The first training
was held last December 6-7, 2017 among the faculty and staff of the university. This time,
the intended trainees are from active peoples organizations from Aborlan, Palawan. This
hub served as center for citizens to share and learn the different aspects of public finance,
as well as meeting point for citizens to build the constituency for citizen’s participation in
all public finance processes in the province and in the MIMAROPA Region in the future..

OBJECTIVES

The overall objective of this training is to improve the knowledge and skills needed
to strengthen citizen’s engagement in public finance.

1. To gather interested and committed individuals and to collectively understand

and appreciate the importance of people’s participation in public finance
 2. To learn the basic concepts and different aspects of public finance
3. To build the capacities for citizen’s intervention in participatory public finance
4. To develop doable plan towards strengthening PPFI in the area

METHODOLOGY

The usual training methods- lecture/discussion, workshop, and simulation will

be employed. However, at the end of the training, an Expressios of Commitment to PPFI
will be administered.

TOOLS/AIDS

The following are the tools and aids to be used in the training:

1. LCD Projector
2. Laptop
3. Sound system

Training Manpower

The following faculty, staff, and students will served as the training manpower of
the activity:

1. SWP/PPFI Fellow -Resource Speaker

2. Dr. Sol de villa B. Rama -Training Coordinator/SWP Fellow
3. Dr. Lourdes S. Arcilla -Training Manager/SWP Fellow
4. Mr. Ryel P. Lomocso -Training Facilitator
5. MPA Students (PA 201) -Training Facilitators

EXPECTED OUTPUT

At the end of the training, it is expected that all participants shall be equipped
with the basic knowledge of public finance and citizen engagement in public finance
processes.

EXPECTED OUTCOME

From among the 40 expected participants, 50% of them shall be active in public
finance processes at the local, provincial, and national levels. Moreover, they may
engage in research on public finance processes.

MONITORING STRATEGY

The Training Coordinator will conduct a monthly meeting with the participants
to track-down their activities in relation to public finance processes.
COUNTERPART FROM SOCIAL WATCH PHILIPPINES/PPFI

The two SWP/PPFI fellows will served as resource speakers of the training, free of
charge. However, WPU will shoulder their roundtrip airfare, food and accommodation,
and transportation from the airport to WPU-Aborlan, and back to Puerto Princesa on
designated dates.

BUDGETARY REQUIREMENT

The following expenses are expected to be incurred in the conduct of this training;

ITEMS UNIT COST TOTAL

MEALS & SNACKS

Meals & snacks: For the Resource Php 3,520.00 Php 21,120.00
Speakers:

8 meals x 2 pax @ Php 220/meal=P

3,520.00

For the participants and training facilitators: 17,600.00

220x 40 x 2 days= Php17,600.00

TRANSPORTATION 16,050.00
For resource speakers
13,000.00
Roundtrip airfare@ Php 6,500/pax x
2=13,000

Fuel for university service @50 liters X

61.00/liter=Php 3,050.00

COST OF TRAINING VENUE:

3,000 per day x 2 days=Php6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00

ACCOMMODATION ( for 2 speakers)

Php 1,200/day X 2 days X 2 pax=4,800.00 4,800.00 4,800.00

SUPPLIES &
MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT 18,210.00

40 Plastic envelops for kits @

P95/pc=3,800.00 3,800.00
40 Name tags/IDs @ P25/pc=1,000.00 1,000.00
1 ream Special paper for certificates @ P 500.00
500/ream x 1=500 350.00
50 pcs Manila paper @ 7/pc=350 1, 300.00
2 sets Epson ink @ P650/set=P 1,300.00
30 pcs Cartolina ( green, orange, blue neo
colors) 450.00
@ 15/pc=P450 50.00
1 big masking tape @ P50/pc=P50 260.00
4 packs white candles@65/pack X4=260.00 1,000. 00
40 pcs notebooks@ P25/pc=1,000.00 150.00
1 box ballpen @ 150/box=150
5 boxes Pentel pen (permanent ink)@ 1,250.00
250/box=1,250 1,500.00
5 boxes whiteboard pen @ P300/box=1,500
4 Diploma case for Certificates of
Recognition for the speakers @ 600.00
P150/case=P600 1,000.00
2 Tarpaulins ( 7 X 5 feet) @ 500/tarp=1,000 5,000.00
Token for speakers @P2,500/spkr x 2=5,000

Equipment:
9,500.00 9,500.00
Portable sound system @ 9,500.00

Php 75,680.00
TOTAL
 PROGRAM OF ACTIVITES

TIME TOPIC/ACTIVITY OBJECTIVE PERSON

RESPONSIBLE

DAY 1-
September
21,2018

8:30-9:00 Registration

MPA Students

9:00-9:10 Welcome Remarks DR. ELSA P.

MANARPAAC,
University President

9:00-9:20 Introduction To Dr. Sol de villa B.

acknowledge/introduce Rama, PPFI Fellow
participants, explain
the objectives of the
orientation training

9:20-9:50 People Centered To give overview of PPFI Fellow

Public Finance Public Finance and to
highlight importance of
people’s participation

9:50-10:10 PETRA To encourage PPFI Fellow

Activity(People participants to reflect
Empowerment for on the criteria in
Transparency and selecting leaders that
Accountability will promote good
governance
10:10-10:20 Coffee Break

10:20-11:30 Concepts of Public To provide basic PPFI Fellow

Finance and understanding of
People’s public finance, creating
Participation and an enabling
the need for Putting environment for
Up the PPFI people’s participation
and the objectives of
PPFI

11:30-12:00 Open Forum

12:00-1:00 Lunch Break

PM SESSION People’s Participation in Different Aspects of Local Finance and the

Importance of Citizen’s Engagement

1:00-2:15 Local Revenue To provide basic Dr. Lourdes S.

Generation information about local Arcilla, PPFI Fellow
taxes, how these taxes
are administered, the
importance of taxation
to local government
and the stake of
citizens in local
taxation

2:15-2:30 Open Forum

2:30-3:30 Participatory To familiarize SWP/PPFI Fellow

Planning and participants on local
Budgeting planning and budget
processes and areas for
citizens participation in
these processes

3:30-4:00 Open Forum

4:00-5:00 Expenditure To learn the basic SWP/PPFI Fellow

Monitoring (Special concepts, legal
Education Fund frameworks of the SEF,
Case) actors and respective
roles and
responsibilities in the
budgeting and
 implementation of the
SEF, identify potential
red flags in the
managementof the
SEF, identify potential
spaces for participation
in the implementation
of the SEF

5:00-5:15 Open Forum

DAY 2-Sept
22, 2018

8:00-8:30 RECAP

8:30-9:30 Participation in To give participants SWP/PPFI Fellow

ProcurementProcess knowledge on the
government
procurement process
and on entry points for
citizen’s participation

9:30-10:00 Open Forum

10:30-11:00 Workshop on
Doable Plans for
PPFI in the area

11;00-11:45 Presentation of Panel of

Workshop Reactors/SWP/PPFI
Results/Output Fellow

11:45-12:30 Awarding of SWP

Certificates Representatives,
Univ officials

12:30-12:45 Closing Remarks Dr. Edison C.

Gabileo

Prepared by:

SOL DE VILLA B. RAMA

CBM Extension Coordinator/Local PPFI Fellow