LEGAZPI CITY, ALBAY – To assure the sustainability and sense of ownership of enterprise development (I-REAP) subprojects, the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) assists its proponent groups in formulating their enterprise operations manual.

PRDP-Bicol, in partnership with the PRDP National Project Coordination Office (NPCO), conducted an enterprise operations manual formulation workshop for the “Catanduanes Mangrove Crab Production and Marketing Enterprise” and “Masbate Integrated Goat Production and Marketing” on July 3-6, this city. The activity was attended by the officers of Panganiban Fisherfolk Association, Queenscup Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries and Marginal Farmers Cooperative, Baleno Christian Masagana Multipurpose Cooperative, Sagip Farmers-Fisherfolk Development Cooperative, and Bagong Sirang Multipurpose Cooperative.

The NPCO Enterprise Development and Marketing Specialist Jocelyn Tionloc and Business Development Officer Kevin Lompero facilitated the activity. Joining them were PRDP-Bicol Business Development Officers Glenn Balana and Victoria Eugene Florece and Project Development Associates John Rovir Labatorio and Angelica Peñano.

Tionloc and Lompero underscored the importance of having an Operations Manual for the enterprise particularly in communicating policy and procedures to achieve maximum results. They also discussed how to incorporate the four business areas namely Finance, Organization Development, Marketing, and Operation as well as sustainability in the Operations Manual.

The Operations Manual is an authoritative guidebook of how things are done in an enterprise. It is designed to create a standard for the business, ensure better trained employees, scale up the enterprise, and make the business most valuable.

The “Catanduanes Mangrove Crab Production and Marketing Enterprise” and “Masbate Integrated Goat Production and Marketing” are two of the five I-REAP subprojects in Bicol under procurement phase. (Annielyn L. Baleza, DA-PRDP RPCO V InfoACE Unit)

The facilitators and participants of the Enterprise Operations Manual Formulation for Catanduanes Mangrove Crab and Masbate Goat Workshop pose after the workshop held on July 3-6 in Legazpi City.

The PRDP National Project Coordination Office Business Development Officer Kevin Lompero underscores the importance of having an Operations Manual for the enterprise.

The NPCO Enterprise Development and Marketing Specialist Jocelyn Tionloc facilitates the formulation of the Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives (VMGO) of the Masbate Integrated Goat Production and Marketing during the Enterprise Operations Manual Formulation Workshop for the Catanduanes Mangrove Crab Production and Marketing Enterprise and Masbate Integrated Goat Production and Marketing held in Legazpi City on July 3-6.

The PRDP Bicol Business Development Officer Glenn Balana (center) assists the participants from Queenscup Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries and Marginal Farmers Cooperative in reviewing the contents of their enterprise business plan that can be incorporated to their draft Operations Manual.

PRDP Bicol Project Development Associate John Rovir Labatorio (1st from right) discusses how the Panganiban Fisherfolk Association can integrate their Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives into the Catanduanes Mangrove Crab Production and Marketing Enterprise’s draft Operations Manual.