TUGUEGARAO CITY, CAGAYAN------ Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) Region 02 held its 2nd Meeting, s. 2022 to prepare for the 2022 Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) Pro last July 25 via Zoom.
NPC Maria Gisela Lonzaga led the orientation with 15 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 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, DMO II John Nestor Ballad presented the orientation of the MELLPI Pro to refresh old members and orient new members of the RNET and presented the journey to nutrition awards.
Lastly, NO III Edzell Arcinue discussed the proposed schedule of 2022 MELLPI Pro to ensure participation of RNET members. The RNET will confirm their preferred schedule to be attended after sending out invitations.
This year’s MELLPI PRO is chaired by National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) and co-chaired by Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
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.
With the reorientation, NNC R02 is expecting for a safe, well-organized, and successful MELLPI Pro for LGUs and Local Nutrition Focal Point this 2022. #John Nestor L. Ballad
