Undersecretary Bernardino Sayo, Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) provided a refresher on “How a Bill Becomes a Law” and a remedial course on the “Rudiments of the Legislative Process” from the drafting of the Bill/Resolution up to its approval on Third Reading and its eventual approval of the President during the “Assessment and Evaluation Workshop of the DSWD’s Priority Legislation in the 18th Congress”, held on 10 May 2022 via Google Meet.

Mr. Archie Inlong, Chief Executive Officer of NPI Communication Consulting, Inc., sharing a lecture on the elements of a team and importance of relationships within the team during the “DLLO’s Team Building cum Staff Development”, held on 09, 10 and 13 December 2021 via Google Meet.

Mr. Archie Inlong, Chief Executive Officer of NPI Communication Consulting, Inc.,
began the session on Leadership Communication by introducing the IFER (Introduction,
Familiarity, Engagement and Reciprocity) process in Building Relationship with our
primary audience during the “DLLO and OUSLLA’s Performance Review and
Evaluation Workshop CY 2021”, held on 17-19 and 25 November 2021 via Google
Meet.

Mr. Archie Inlong, the Chief Executive Officer of NPI Communication Consulting,
Inc., shared the strategies in dealing with stakeholders based on the quadrants during
the Short Course on Legislative Advocacy Skills Enhancement, held on September 10,
17 and 24, 2021 via Google Meet.

ATTY. MARGARITA R. ALIAS, DIRECTOR III OF LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE, SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES, DISCUSSED THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS AND PROVIDED A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINE CONGRESSES UNDER THE PHILIPPINE AUTONOMY ACT (JONES LAW) IN 1916, DURING THE DLLO’S ACTIVITY ENTITLED: “LEGISLATIVE INTERVENTIONS AND ACTIONS TOWARDS INTEGRATED STRATEGIC EXCELLENCE (LIAISE): PROGRAM REVIEW AND EVALUATION WORKSHOP (PREW) CY 2022”, HELD ON OCTOBER 24-28, 2022 IN PALAWAN

Dean Christopher C. Mantillas, Ph.D. of PUP, Manila discussed the difference of Political Mapping with Stakeholder Analysis, to wit:

“Political Mapping identifies the most important political actors and illustrates their relationships to one another with respect to policy design and delivery.”

“Stakeholder Analysis is a methodology used to facilitate institutional and policy reform processes by accounting for and incorporating the needs to those who have “stake” or an interest in the reforms under consideration.”

Presentations of Group’s Workshop Outputs on Political Mapping and Stakeholders’ Analysis on the five (5) DSWD’s Priority Legislation in the 19th Congress.

Each group were able to identify political, social, and external factors in Stakeholders’ Analysis through the use of the four (4) quadrant actors: High Importance/ High Influence; High Importance/Low Influence; Low Importance/Low Influence; and Low Importance/High Influence

Ms. Cheryl Rose L. Muñoz, Officer-In-Charge of the Department Legislative Liaison Office (DLLO) discussed the CY 2022 Plans and Accomplishments, and pending activities during the conduct of the Year-end Evaluation Workshop and Planning for CY 2023 on December 12-16, 2022 at Region IV-B

During the conduct of the Year-end Evaluation Workshop and Planning for CY 2023 the OUSLLA- DLLO conducted team building activities that can help team members to learn how to work together more effectively, identify each other’s strengths and weaknesses and understand how to leverage those strengths to achieve team goals.