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Punzalan attends ASEAN meeting on regional websites
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Punzalan attends ASEAN meeting on regional websites
October 8, 2012
Ms. Maylin M. Punzalan of FPRDI’s Planning Staff attended the Technical Meeting on Regional Websites for ASEAN Forestry Cooperation last 12-14 September 2012 in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The event was intended to train representatives from ASEAN countries on the use and management of the ASEAN Regional Knowledge Network on Forest Product Development (ARKN-FPD) website.
“Launched July this year, the ARKN-FPD website serves as a platform for the exchange of information on forest products,” explained Punzalan. “Thru the website, the public can access recent forest-related technologies, products, and publications of ASEAN-member countries which include Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam,” she added. According to Punzalan, the FPRDI was one of the agencies in the Philippines tasked to manage and update the website.
The technical meeting was organized by the ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN), a network composed of policy-makers, research organizations, academe, and public and private sectors in the Southeast Asian region committed to advance sustainable forest management and capacitate the forest-dependent communities in the region.
“FPRDI researchers and techno-transfer staff could take advantage of this website to learn about emerging trends and developments in the ASEAN forestry sector,” Punzalan concluded. ### (Apple Jean C. Martin, 28 September 2012)
FPRDI testing lab aids DBM’s Procurement Service, contributes to government savings
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FPRDI testing lab aids DBM’s Procurement Service, contributes to government savings
September 28, 2012
Mr. Estanislao C. Granados Jr., Executive Director of the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS), met with FPRDI Deputy Director Felix B. Tamolang and Pulp and Paper Products Development Section Chief Ms. Adela S. Torres on 31 August 2012 to discuss possible improvements on the Institute’s paper testing service for DBM-PS.
The DBM-PS is the government’s central procurement arm in-charge of the purchase and distribution of office goods common to all government offices, in accordance with the Government Procurement Reform Act. The Procurement Law promotes the economic, efficient, and transparent procurement activities of all government agencies.
Director Aggangan elected APAFRI Execom Internal Auditor
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Director Aggangan elected APAFRI Execom Internal Auditor
September 27, 2012
Director Romulo T. Aggangan (front row, fourth from right) was elected Internal Auditor of the 2012-2015 Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions (APAFRI) during the association’s 6th General Assembly in Guangzhou, China last 31 August. The once-in-three-years meeting was participated in by delegates from 26 member institutions and hosted by the Research Institute of Tropical Forestry.
As in the past three years, the new committee is headed by the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) and the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICRE).
APAFRI is an independent, non-profit organization which aims to enhance the research and technology development capabilities of forestry research agencies to promote the conservation and management of forest resources in the Asia-Pacific Region. It was established in response to the need to provide a viable framework for research collaboration in the region. ### (Rizalina K. Araral, 26 September 2012)
