ILOILO CITY — The Department of the Interior and Local Government in Western Visayas — through its Local Government Regional Resource Center — is crafting training modules for the
soon-to-be elected Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials.

"So, currently that's our intervention here in Region 6 in partnership with Iloilo Science and Technology University. This is a project with the Local Government Academy since the development of the module involves not only the implementation in Region 6 but this involves the implementation of the whole training nationwide," said Christian Nagaynay, chief of the DILG Local Government Capability Development Division.

He narrated that they started with the conduct of a needs assessment among 3,000 respondents who were asked about their needed competencies to deliver and perform their functions.

"For us to test whether the modules we developed are effective and ready for rollout. In case there are changes based on the comments of our barangay captains, then we will incorporate them before its implementation," Nagaynay said.

Representatives from the Local Government Academy will join the first run to also check on the module.