JUNE 2021

NWPC attends workshop on HarmonizedGender and Development Guidelines (HGDG)

o build the capacity of its GAD focal persons andprogram implementers in assessing and promoting

Implementation, Management, Monitoring andEvaluation (PIMME), GAD integration in projectproposal development and GAD integration at theproject implementation and management.

The Harmonized Gender and DevelopmentGuidelines (HGDG) is a set of analytical conceptsand tools developed for integrating gender concernsinto development programs and projects. It ensuresgender equality and women’s empowerment resultsin programs and projects.

Tgender responsiveness of programs and services, NWPCparticipated in an online course on Assessing andPromoting the Gender Responsiveness of ProgramsProjects, or the workshop on Harmonized Gender andDevelopment Guidelines (HGDG). NWPC and RTWPBofficers attended the workshop from June 16-18, 2021.

The module discussed gender analysis and identificationof gender issues at the program and project level,application of the HGDG: Project Design and Project

the coaches, the station platforms and otherareas within the MRT-III premises. Themessage of the advocacy materials will focuson the concept of PBIS, its importance andbenefits to workers and enterprise. MRT-IIIagreed to the proposal and assured the NWPCthat it will not charge the latter for theinstallation of advocacy materials.

The meeting was held to discuss how tomove this initiative forward. Currently, the draftMemorandum of Agreement prepared byNWPC for this collaboration is under review byDOTR's Legal Office.

The NWPC met with MRT 3 officers and staff to promote awareness on Productivity Based

Incentive Schemes (PBIS) by installing advocacymaterials in the MRT-III premises. The meeting washeld on June 2, 2021 through Zoom and wasattended by DED Patricia P. Hornilla, Director AlvinB. Curada, Ms. Pia O. de Jesus along with theWPRD and PID staff. From the Department ofTransportation, Ms. Rhoda Espejo, Chief of theStation Division and her staff as well as theCommunication Office attended the meeting.

NWPC proposed the dissemination ofadvertisements, in print and electronic forms, inside

MRT3: innovative PBIS Advocacy

he RTWPBs are in the process of identifying and screening potential nominees to the 2021

Productivity Olympics.

In coordination with DOLE and DTI - II, RTWPB 2intensified its campaign to search for nominees to the2021 Productivity Olympics.

DOLE RO II instructed its provincial counterpart toidentify list of possible contenders while DTI RO 2provided lists of MSMEs through its provincialNegosyo Center. RTWPB 2 also coordinated withPESOs in putting up Productivity Olympics tarpaulinsin their respective LGUs.

More people were reached by the RTWPB throughits partnership with the Public Information Office whichuploaded campaign materials in the social media.

T The LGU of Tuguegarao City also postedinformative video of the Productivity Olympicsthrough its giant LED wall in the city’s commercialcenter.

RTWPB 2 also provided technical assistancethrough an orientation program via Zoom forinterested MSMEs, held on May 19, 2021 andJune 24, 2021.

Meanwhile, RTWPB III invited cooperativesand other social enterprises to join the 2021Productivity Olympics during the OccupationalSafety and Health (OSH) training by theDepartment of Agrarian Reform (DAR) NuevaEcija, DOLE Field Office- Nueva Ecija andRTWPB III in Cabanatuan City on May 27.

RTWPBs intensifies PO campaign

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he Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) andRegional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board

Jerome P. Yanson, RTWPB III Board Secretary,discussed the essence of productivity and thebenefits of productivity improvement to workers,employers, customers and economy. On the otherhand, Kenneth D. Liza, Supervising Labor andEmployment Officer of RTWPB III, discussed theminimum wage and other general labor standards.He emphasized that MSMEs should not be wary oflabor inspectors as they are deployed to help andassist establishments to comply with prescribedstandards.

T (RTWPB) Central Luzon organized a special orientationon productivity and labor standards for the DTI KapatidMentor ME (KMME) graduates on June 4, 2021.

In her welcome remarks, DTI Regional Director Leonila T.Baluyut, Vice Chairperson of RTWPB Central Luzon,challenged the graduates to identify what can further bedone to improve their businesses as they familiarizethemselves with general labor standards and productivitytools and technologies.

DTI 3 KMME graduates take Productivity 101,Labor Standards Orientation

RTWPB MIMAROPA conducted BCPM cum Usapang 2Ps

TWPB Mimaropa conducted a training on BusinessContinuity Planning and Management (BCPM) cum

Usapang 2Ps: Pasahod at Productivity activity on June17, 2021. It was held at the South Drive Beach Resort inBulalacao, Oriental Mindoro and was attended by 22participants.

The BCPM training was held to advocate thedevelopment of socially responsive and sustainablebusiness enterprises in the region and to address

emerging threats and business disruptions like thecurrent pandemic. The different steps in crafting asimple and doable business continuity plan was alsoexplained.

RTWPB's Board Secretary, Romeo E. Opis actedas resource person for the said activities.

The Usapang 2Ps featured the Two-Tiered WageSystem and the Productivity Toolbox.

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R TWPB I conducted a training on work-life balance andleaner management on June 2 and 16, 2021 via Zoom.

A total of 24 participants attended the work-life balancewhile 21 participants joined the leaner Management training.

Work-Life Balance: Productive Work from Home training isone of the recent training offerings of the NWPC andRTWPBs designed to help employers and workers find waysto achieve a balanced work-life during the pandemic.

Leaner Management is a training module that helpscompanies optimize resources, identify eight types of wastesand learn measures to reduce its occurrence in facing thenew normal.

RTWPB I talks about work-life balance, lean management

RTWPB IX promotes PBIS

R TWPB IX provided technical assistance onthe formulation of productivity-based incentive

scheme via Zoom to 45 participants representingfirms based in Zamboanga City and other cities inthe region.

The activity aimed to build capacities ofenterprises and workers in developing productivity-based incentive schemes that would improveproductivity, generate revenues and savings andhigher incomes for workers even in the midst of theCOVID-19 pandemic.