To elevate the skills of the Information Officers (IOs) of the Committee on Development Administration and Communication (CODAC) as well as the IOs of the provincial government units in gathering, organizing and preparing various IEC activities, a training and team building is scheduled at the head start of CY 2014.

The two-day activity aims to enhance the participants’ skills in news and feature writing for print and broadcast media. The IOs will also be capacitated in using the Information Sharing System (ISS) website to further utilize its potential as a mechanism in information sharing between and among the local government units and regional line agencies. The ISS website was developed by the Committee on Development Information Communication (CDIC), which merged with the Committee on Development Administration (CODA) last reorganizational meeting of the two committees.

The speakers will come from the media experts of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) and radio broadcasting networks in the region. The committee formed a Technical Working Group during its regular meeting held on November 8, 2013 to discuss and coordinate several concerns (logistics and administrative concerns).