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Parameter D.
Community Involvement and Participation

1. SYSTEM – INPUTS AND PROCESSES

➢ Present strategies in the involvement of the community, government, and private
agencies in the Extension Program

In its desire to develop a more relevant and effective modality and strategy/approach,
ISU has conceptualized the “Adopt-a-Barangay Program/ Approach” integrating the BIDANI
model in 1999. The program is an integrated, inter-college extension strategy/approach
towards transforming a selected poor pilot barangay into a self-reliant, empowered, and
progressive community. It pools experts from various colleges of the Campus/University who
are capable of analyzing the needs of the community and eventually helping them find
solutions and assisting them to realize their goals. The program was designed to cater to the
recommendations of AACCUP accreditation requiring college-based extension activities.
Under this program, all college-based extension activities are implemented in one pilot
barangay under participative and collaborative arrangements involving interdisciplinary teams.
The pilot barangay serves as the convergence of services and technical assistance from the
colleges based on their strengths, expertise, and mandate which were planned and
implemented collaboratively.

2. IMPLEMENTATION

➢ Describe community participation in the planning, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation, fund-sourcing and technology/knowledge utilizations.

Planning of university extension projects/activities is participated by university
extension staffs, faculty and stakeholders that will be involved in its implementation. This is
done to ensure that these projects/activities are responsive to the needs of the
partner community/ies, thus creating greater impacts.