The Regional Technical Working Group of the National Capital Region (NCR-RTWG), with the assistance of the National RPAN Planning Team of the National Nutrition Council, formulated the results-based Regional Plan of Action for Nutrition (RPAN) 2019-2022 during the three-day planning workshop held on March 14-16, 2018 at St. Giles Hotel in Makati City. The inter-agency RTWG serves as the Regional Planning Core Team.
The formulation of the RPAN is a strategy to fully operationalize the PPAN at the region. The RPAN is a plan that commits the member agencies of the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) to action with corresponding budgetary allocation to address the priority nutrition problems in the region.
The planning workshop was attended by representatives from ten (10) member agencies of RNC-NCR namely Department of Social Welfare and Development-NCR, Metro Manila Development Authority, Grace Family Helper Project, Save the Children, Philippine Information Agency – NCR, Department of Health – NCRO, Philippine Statistics Authority – NCR, Commission on Population – NCR, Department of Education – NCR, and NNC-NCR.
Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa V. Federizo presented the regional nutrition situation which was further analyzed through the discussions and inputs of the members of the RTWG. The analysis of the nutrition situation in the region also served as the springboard for setting regional outcome targets as well as identifying the gaps and challenges and additional programs needed to reach the PPAN targets in the region. The RPAN aims to reduce wasting, stunting, anemia and overweight and obesity in Metro Manila.
The group sessions were facilitated by Ms. Maria Lourdes A. Vega, Chief of Nutrition Policy and Planning Division and RNPC Mila Federizo. Through a series of workshops, the group was able to identify the priority programs, projects and coverage of RNC member agencies which are aligned to the PPAN. Assumptions, risks and mitigation strategies were also determined, institutional arrangements were defined, implementation plan was designed, results matrices were formulated, and the monitoring, reporting and evaluation mechanism was agreed on.
A results-based RPAN 2019-2022 was drafted by the group after the three-day workshop. The draft document also includes the commitment of the RNC members to support the implementation of the RPAN in the region.
The RTWG will have post-workshop meetings to complete and finalize the RPAN. The RPAN 2019-2022 will be presented to the RNC for approval and will be launched during the Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony. (TAR/NPC MEVF/NNC-NCR)
