BUTUAN CITY – In a meeting conducted with the Provincial/ City Nutrition Action Officer and District/ City Nutrition Program Coordinators, an orientation and mini workshop on the 2023 Monitoring and Evaluation for Local Level Plan Implementation Protocol (MELLPI Pro) was facilitated on 12 January 2023 at Balanghai Hotel, Butuan City.

The nineteen (19) attendees participated in the activity which aimed to review and line up a timeline for the MELLPI implementation.

2023 will be the third year of MELLPI pro implementation shared by Dr. Labordo. This means that those who have been consistent Green Banner recipients are qualified to be evaluated for the Consistent Regional Winner on Nutrition, Dr. Labordo added.

In the Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony held in November 2022, 11 local government units were recognized as Green Banner Seal of Compliance awardees.

These are LGUs who have shown exemplary nutrition program implementation reaching the required points in the different nutrition domains.

For this year, the nutrition workers suggested additional recognition(s) with a corresponding detail to be included in this year’s awarding ceremony.

LGUs with the Highest Operation Timbang (OPT) Plus Coverage, and the Most Active Social Media Facebook Page of LGU were identified to be included in the list.

It was also clarified that performance assessment of the barangay nutrition scholars is scheduled per semester as one of the requirements for the application of BNS eligibility.

The MELLPI tool for the BNS can be used as an assessment form which is accepted during the application at the Civil Service Commission.

Further, nutrition program coordinators are advised that means of verification of how BNSs are assessed to include narrative reports, performance evaluation forms, MELLPI pro tools should always be part of the performance assessment.

Additionally, the participants are encouraged to line up the conduct of MELLPI as early as possible so that the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team can schedule the regional visit by the second quarter of the year.

The monitoring and evaluation is set to be conducted in the second and third quarter and the regional awarding by early the fourth quarter of the year.

Starting this year, the NNC as Secretariat is tracking the conduct of MELLPI to more LGUs and LNFPs in a short possible time, Dr. Labordo shared. #MPRayco/LVPVargas