Barangay Officials
Receive Conciliation-Mediation Training Pamela R. Babalcon
“Thank you for the very
informative and eye-opening training. The discussions are very relevant and
thought provoking and will be very useful in our day to day activities,
especially in relation to the amicable settlement of disputes,” said Vice Mayor
Cherry Dayandayan.
Some 79 punong
barangays and lupong tagapamayapa members from the different barangays in
Isabel, Leyte echoed this sentiment after they attended a seminar on
conciliation-mediation conducted by the National Conciliation and Mediation
Board (NCMB) at the Isabel Sangguniang Bayan Session Hall last October 6,
2011.
Councilor Dan Tentativa,
an advocate of conciliation-mediation following his experience with the
Philippine Phosphate Fertilizer, recognized the need to train his
constituents. “Most punong barangays and lupong tagapamayapa members are new
on the job, so they need to know the process and techniques of
conciliation-mediation as this is their main function,” he said.
“We are trying to
foster an environment of sharing – in our case, our skills in the art of dispute
resolution, to whoever may need them,” NCMB Director Juanito Geonzon said.
“Since this is the first of its kind, we are making sure that they will learn
from it,” he added.
To improve their
understanding of the conciliation process, mock conciliation conferences were
conducted where participants were asked to role-play situations and responses
which could happen during actual conciliation proceedings.
“I have gained a lot of
confidence after observing and actually taking part in the mock conciliation
activity. More insights were realized during the critiquing session where our
experts from NCMB pointed out areas for improvement,” said Benilda Nuñez, the
chairperson of Brgy. Nunan. “I feel that now, I can do justice to my job,” she
added.
NCMB hopes to replicate
this activity in Merida, Leyte, whose LGU executives also verbally signified
their interest for a similar training.
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