The 7th Regional Directors’ Meeting was held on November 11-12, 2015 at Fort Ilocandia, Laoag City. It was presided by Undersecretary for Field Operations, Demetrio L. Ignacio, Jr.. Also present during the meeting are DENR Central Office Officials, Bureau Directors and Regional Directors.
The status of National Greening Program CY 2015 implementation and Illegal Logging in the Philippines were discussed by NGP National Coordinator and Forest Management Bureau Director Ricardo L. Calderon. Land Disposition Program and Mangrove and Beach Forest Development Program were presented by Land Management Bureau Director Emelyne Talabis and Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau Director Henry Adornado, respectively.
Financial matters such as Proposed Salary Standardization, Budget Utilization Performance of DENR, Full-time Delivery Units and COMELEC Prohibited Acts were explained by Assistant Secretary for Administration and Finance Corazon Davis. Assistant Secretary for Human Resource Development and Information Systems Bresilda Gervacio discussed the Enhanced Career Executive Service Performance Evaluation Online System and Update of Filling of vacancies under the Rationalization Plan of DENR.
The monthly Regional Directors’ Meeting has been conducted since 2014 and has been serving as a venue for Regional Directors to voice out their concerns on the implementation of DENR programs and projects. It is also where queries on administrative matters including the execution of rationalization plan are clarified by concerned officials.