TUGUEGARAO CITY, CAGAYAN------ Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) Region 02 held its 1st Meeting, s. 2021 to prepare for the 2021 Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) Pro last 25 March via GoogleMeet.
“The National Nutrition Council is mandated to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the country’s food and nutrition programs in the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN). The interagency members of the NNC annually conducts the Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation or MELLPI since 1978. It aims to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of local governments in planning and implementing local nutrition programs.” Likewise, in conjunction with the MELLPI, the NNC also evaluates the performance of the Local Nutrition Focal Point including the Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS)s, Local Nutrition Action Officers, and Local Nutrition Program Coordinators.
NPC Maria Gisela Lonzaga led the orientation with 12 members of the RNET present. She presented the supplemental guidelines in conducting the MELLPI Pro during COVID-19 to ensure safety of both the evaluators and Local Nutrition Committees.
“We can strategize ways on how to ensure that this year’s MELLPI Pro will be safe while we can still achieve the objective of the evaluation,” she emphasized during the orientation meeting.
On the other hand, NO III Edzell Arcinue presented the reorientation of the MELLPI Pro to refresh the members of the RNET and presented the journey to nutrition awards.
Lastly, proposed schedule of 2021 MELLPI Pro was presented to ensure participation of RNET members. The RNET decided that online and on-site mode of conduct will be considered this year, depending on the situation and community quarantine status of LGUs to be evaluated.
With the reorientation, NNC R02 is expecting for a safe, well-organized, and successful MELLPI Pro for LGUs and Local Nutrition Focal Point this 2021. #JNLB
