The PMEU, or the Planning,
Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, is section in the DAR Provincial Office of
Cagayan province that is tasked with Database Management, among other things.
It is also tasked with monitoring, administration and maintenance of databases
and database groups in the DAR Provincial Office.
A Database is an organized collection of data,
usually in digital form today, which is systematically organized to model
relevant aspects of reality such as, land acquisition and distribution, support
services, legal services, etc.
Hence,
the PMEU organizes information related to Land Tenure Improvement (land
acquisition and distribution), databases pertaining to program beneficiaries
development, the delivery of agrarian justice, and recently, the conduct of the
Agrarian Reform Communities Level of Development Assessment (ALDA) and feed backing
thereof.
The
ALDA is conducted yearly by the Department of Agrarian Reform. This yearly activity is conducted to obtain information
about the different aspects of development in the agrarian reform communities. It
shows basic indicators at the community level and builds an index for each of
the key result areas, providing an overall index for analysis. It measures the
ARC’s development, hence, if the interventions among key result areas are implemented,
it will show that rural development is feasible.
Additionally,
it maintains the Field Operations (FO files) Database, the ARC Monitoring and Tracking System (ARC-MTS), the
EP-CLOA Information System (EPIS/CLOAIS), our Sectoral Reports, etc., a tough
job for such a small office unit.
The
PMEU is headed by Mr. ELVERITO A. JUAN,
Computer Programmer II, who is the OIC-Head of the Unit. He is married to
Rosalinda Valdepenas and gifted with two kids. He is joined in the PMEU by
Engr. Albert “Jack” Paguirigan, Engineer II; Esther Quizzagan, Assistant
Statistician; and Fritz Irigayen, Administrative Aide II.
They
not only gather data, but also assist in the conduct of analyses from such
data/information that support processes requiring accurate information. JOJO,
as we call him is a silent type, hard working individual. Their outputs are
actually a big help for DAR personnel in the field offices as it helps in a significant
way in tracking the various landholdings for acquisition and distribution which
graduates into the generation and registration of EP/CLOA titles in favor agrarian
reform beneficiaries. /cds
