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H- Health and Wellness Program

A- Agriculture, Food sustainability & Natural Resources Program

G- Gender and Development Program

G- Good Governance, Peace & Order Advocacy Program

I- Industry, livelihoods & Computer Literacy Program

Y- Youth Empowerment Program

O- Organizational Linkages for resource sharing

C. Strategic Formulation
Considering the current status, challenges in the national, regional and local
arenas and opportunities and bases derived from focus group discussion, face to face
interview and field visits, the extension and training department identified the following
strategies for action.

Strategies:
To attain the goal of empowering the target communities towards inclusive and
sustainable growth, the department must take the following strategies:

1.Improve the extension training services of the university including all colleges
and departments through the following:
a. Identification of focused programs and projects for each college and department.
b. Hiring of qualified extension staff for each college or department who would be
assigned to help in the implementation of extension programs and activities.
c. Capacitate and professionalize the extension and training personnel.
d. Formulate comprehensive policies and guidelines towards functional and
sustainable extension and training services.
e. Empower the extension and training department personnel and extension
coordinators.
f. Maximize the institutional fund for extension services for the conduct of key
programs and activities.
g. Initiate strong convergence in planning, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of projects.
h. Improve social marketing of technologies for adaptation by target beneficiaries.

2. Vigorously pursue the conduct of key extension programs and activities for
adoption and commercialization.

3. Leveling-up functional linkages and networking with other institutions at the
local, regional, national and international levels for resource sharing and for greater
impact.

4. Inter-phasing extension with research and instruction in the conduct of extension
projects.

5. Establishing a sustainable Information Communication Technology (ICT)-
based, E & T-based resource center.