Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn

ADEQUATE MONITORING ACTIVITIES
Management’s Comments
Provided by CENRO-Malaybalay
Data base maintained by CENROs
and PENROs were not adequate - this
is true on the premise that most of the
CENROs are just starting to procure
their units and training personnel to
handle the same. In the absence of the
data base however, the office have
maintain the traditional way of
keeping hard file which can readily be
made available upon demand in a bit
longer time compared to data base.
The CRMF and a five-year
development plan are no longer an
issue as there has been ultimatum
issued to cancel all CBFMA issued
without the affirmed CRMF.
Team’s Rejoinder
The team appreciates the desire to
automate and improve the CENRO’s
database. As discussed above, the
present manual database was not
adequate as a number of information
needed to assess the attainment of
CBFM objectives were not captured.
Even if the same was then automated,
the success of the program could still
not be easily assessed.
Provided by PENRO-Bukidnon
This management partly concurs with
the findings that some training is
needed to equip the personnel tasked
to undertake the monitoring and
evaluation of CBFM Project
Implementation. Only that during the
actual conduct of survey/monitoring,
it was not only them who facilitated
filling-up the assessment forms but
also other DENR employees who
assisted them without the proper
guidance or the benefit of the training.
The bottom line is that CBFM Unit in
the CENRO and even in the PENRO
level is undermanned. Structurally, not
enough manpower can run the entire
program of activities under the
CBFMP. Presently, a CENR Office
caters an average of 20 CBFM-POs as
against one (1) CBFM Officer. Some
of which had already implemented
socio-economic and development
programs which the lone CENRO
CBFM Officer had to monitor.
The success and failure of a project is
greatly influenced by the effectiveness
or ineffectiveness of monitoring and
evaluation mechanism. Thus, PENRO
should ensure that sufficient and
relevant information are gathered at
any point in time by responsible and
duly authorized and trained personnel.
Likewise, as discussed earlier, the
difficiency in resources should have
been resolved even before the
implementation of the program. The
adequacy of DENR personnel to run
and manage the program should have
been assessed.
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