One of the strategies of the Philippine Plan of Action 2017-2022 (PPAN) is the Local Government Unit (LGU) Mobilization which involves capacity building, mentoring of LGUs on nutrition program management to enable LGUs plan, implement, coordinate, and monitor and evaluate effective nutrition programs.

The National Nutrition Council, Region II organized a 5-day training on Nutrition Program Management (NPM) on 11-15 September 2017 at New Rajah Soliman Hotel and Restaurant in Bokawkan, Baguio City. The training was for 39 provincial/city and municipal nutrition workers to harness their knowledge, attitude and skills to match their dedication for nutrition improvement in their respective localities.

The training familiarized the participants with the NPM framework with focus on plan preparation like nutrition assessment, setting of goals and objectives, identification and prioritization of intervention, preparation of plan of operation, designing monitoring and evaluation, plan packaging and legislation/adoption and resource allocation. The training also provided a venue for participants to exchange effective and relevant strategies in implementing nutrition interventions in their areas. Expected output of the training was the updated 2017-2019 Local Nutrition Action Plan of the participating LGUs.

Trainers and facilitators of the said training were Nurse V Rosario V. Ablaza of the City Government of Santiago; Nutritionist-Dietitian III Amalia A. Calubaquib of the City Government of Tuguegarao; Nutrition Officer IV Luningning P. Rhodes of the Provincial Government of Quirino and Officer-In-Charge, Nutrition Program Coordinator Maria Gisela M. Lonzaga of NNC, Region II.