To continue enhance the capacity of nutrition workers at the local level, National Nutrition Council Region X conducted a 5 days training on Nutrition Program Management (NPM) for Provincial/City/Municipal Nutrition Action Officers and the members of Provincial/City/Municipal Nutrition Committees of Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental and Camiguin Provinces; Cities of Cagayan de Oro, El Salvador, Gingoog, and Tangub and; Selected Municipalities of Misamis Oriental last August 19-23, 2013 held at Ballroom, Philtown Hotel Cagyan de Oro City. Priority 4 areas (Province of Misamis Oriental) and newly designated NAOs were given priority to join the training.  A total of 25 participants attended the training facilitated by Ms Zenaida T Tondares - NPC, NNC X, Mr. Jake D. Dumangon – MNAO, Kadingilan Bukidnon, Mr. Mark Lacuesta – Instructor, Lourdes College, CDO, Ms Girly O Barcenas – PNAO, Misamis Oriental and Ms Maria Eluna Chavez – MNAO, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon.

As part of the capacity building, each participant were given a Trainer’s manual on NPM developed by the IHNF, UPLB commissioned by the National Nutrition Council to enable all Local Government Units to effectively and efficiently manage their local nutrition programs and to be their guide in conducting LGU-supported trainings on NPM for their local nutrition workers, members of the nutrition committee and other stakeholders on how to plan, implement, coordinate, monitor, evaluate and sustained existing nutrition programs to improve the nutrition situation in their respective areas.