SKILLS TRAINING FOR KEY ENVIRONMENTAL

COMMUNICATORS OF EMB SLATED

In an effort to advance environmental advocacy throughout the country, the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is holding a training program for its regional environmental education and information officers on newsletter production and management on August 11-13, 2003 at the University Hotel of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.

EMB Director Julian Amador said the three-day training aims to develop the communication skills of the bureau’s newly-designated regional education and information officers, particularly on the basics of journalism and newsletter management.

EMB Director Amador, who is expected to grace the occasion, emphasized the need to build on the capacity of regional personnel of the bureau, particularly in communication, as they stand at the forefront of promoting public awareness and participation to environmental programs and projects, as well as compliance to environmental laws.

Professor Psyche Roxas-Mendoza of the UP College of Mass Communication shall be the main resource person for the training.

Topics up for discussion include newswriting, newsfeature writing, caption and headline writing, and newsletter management. A computer hands-on using Pagemaker software on newsletter production shall also be conducted during the training to familiariaze the participants on said software.

Around 30 key personnel of EMB’s regional environmental education and information offices are expected to attend the said training.