ATI-7 collaborates with AUDIO-Bohol

on their climate change campaign

TAGBILARAN CITY, April 19 (PIA)--The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) Central Visayas collaborated with the Association of United Development Information Officers (AUDIO) in Bohol on their advocacy campaign on climate change.

“Climate change is not fake news, it is real!” ATI-7 Regional Training Center Director Dr. Carolyn May Daquio told information officers during the group’s general assembly meeting and Bisita Opisina hosted by ATI-7.

Daquio emphasized that climate change is everybody’s concern as it affects not only the environment but also the natural resources, our individual families, especially the agriculture and all the sectors.

“We have to do something because each one of us is contributing to the change in our environment, in one way or another. We also have to contribute our share in mitigating and do some adaptation measures”, Daquio said.

The disturbing weather patterns caused by climate variability and change pushed ATI-7 to create a general consciousness on the flexibility of climate change adaptation and coping practices including reduction of disaster risk in the communities especially in the field of agriculture.

ATI-7 discussed their Climate Change program thru the agency’s focal person, Ms. Joemelyn Sumagang to the AUDIO-Bohol members on April 12, 2018 at the ATI Regional Training Center VII in Cabawan District, this city.

The AUDIO-Bohol is an aggrupation of information officers of the municipalities and national government agencies based in Bohol and one of their activities is the ‘Bisita Opisina’, wherein they visit government offices and conduct discussions and learn about their programs so they can assist them in their communication needs.

ATI-7 as a training institute believes that collaborating with these information officers, the advocacy and campaign on climate change will be widely reached.

Daquio emphasized to AUDIO-Bohol members to be responsible for whatever information that they disseminate to the public.

  

As spokesperson of their respective agencies and local government units, she told the IOs to make the most of the 4 channels of information --- TV, broadcast, print & social media to reach out to a wide area of their clients to help reduce & eliminate poverty.

The campaign was also in collaboration with Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Bohol, where they are responsible for the Visayan translation of the climate change advocacy materials. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol).

Members and officers of AUDIO-Bohol during their general assembly meeting and Bisita Opisina hosted by ATI-7 at ATI Regional Training Center VII in Cabawan District, Tagbilaran City on April 12, 2018. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol).