USAID/PHILIPPINES - PARTICIPANT TRAINING II

THIS PARTICIPANT TRAINING WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TRAINED GOP MANPOWER RESOURCES IN SELECTED DISCIPLINES DEVOTED TO MUTUALLY SHARED GOP/AID DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES. INSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE PROVIDED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS IN AREAS FOR WHICH FUNDING HAS NOT BEEN PROGRAMMED UNDER REGULAR USAID TECHNICAL OR CAPITAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTS. THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (NEDA), RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES AND NATIONAL ECONOMIC PLANNING, WILL RECEIVE EMPHASIS IN THE SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS. NEDA REQUIRES THAT EACH PARTICIPANT SIGN AN AGREEMENT TO SERVE THE GOP FOR A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS FOR EVERY YEAR OF TRAINING ABROAD. RETURNED PARTICIPANTS SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO A MULTIPLIER EFFECT IN CARRYING OUT OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL AS IN CONDUCTING OF FORMAL OR INFORMAL TRAINING SESSIONS WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS. AFTER USAID MISSION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE APPROVED BY THE USAID PARTICIPANT TRAINING REVIEW PANEL (PTRP), THE AID MISSION WILL FORWARD THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO NEDA. NEDA IN TURN WILL NOMINATE PARTICIPANTS TO BE SCREENED BY PTRP. UPON APPROVAL, A CALL FORWARD WILL BE PROVIDED BY EITHER AID/W OR A THIRD COUNTRY MISSION. FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF A CALL FORWARD, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ADVISED TO START PRE-DEPARTURE FORMALITIES, INCLUDING A USAID TRAINING DIVISION BRIEFING. PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE ORIENTATION IN THE US OR AT A THIRD COUNTRY AID MISSION. THEN PARTICIPANTS WILL TRAVEL TO TRAINING SITES. UPON COMPLETION OF TRAINING, PARTICIPANTS WILL FILL OUT QUESTIONNAIRES EVALUATING TRAINING. A JOINT NEDA-USAID EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT WILL BE CONDUCTED ANNUALLY USING AID STANDARD EVALUATION GUIDELINES.