COA NEWS - (Vol. 4, No. 1 - December 2002-January 2003)

and Emmanuel M. Dalman held the annual planning conference on January 15-17, 2003 at the Mimosa Leisure Estate in Clarkfield, Pampanga.		The top officials of the Commission on Audit led by Chairman Guillermo N. Carague pose for a souvenir photo shortly after ending the 2003 COA Planning Conference at the Mimosa Leisure Estate in Clarkfield, Pampanga, January 17, 2003.

The conferees charted new directions and came up with strategies for the attainment of an enhanced COA state audit for improved government service which was the main message of the conference theme "HOPES (Hopes, Plans & Expectations) — COA: Enabling Good Governance." [ Full Story ]


-- COA PRAISE -- CP establishes Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence By Edith Palita

The Commission on Audit has established the "COA Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence" (COA-PRAISE) which is designed to encourage creativity, innovativeness, efficiency, integrity and productivity among its officials and employees. Under the program which was created in a Commission Proper Resolution approved by		Chairman Guillermo N. Carague and Commissioners Raul C. Flores and Emmanuel M. Dalman, COA will give COAns due recognition and reward for their brilliant ideas, inventions, superior accomplishments and other personal efforts that contribute to the efficiency, economy, or other improvements in the operations of COA or its auditees, or for any other extraordinary acts or services in the public interest. [ Full Story ]


Stanton Partners gives update on COA-UNDP-AusAid project By Sharon Winks

Under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project entitled Enhancing the Public Accountability Programme of the Philippine Commission on Audit (COA): Government-wide and Sectoral/VFM Audit (GWSPA) and Audit Team Approach, the Commission on Audit (COA) and Stanton Partners, International Consultants have been working together for the last year to strengthen		the Commission’s understanding of Performance Auditing through a policy review, program of training and a program of pilot audits of specific government programs. This project is funded by the Government of Australia through the Australian Agency for International Development Agency (AusAID). [ Full Story ]

COA Family celebrates
Christmas 2002

Chairman Guillermo N. Carague and Commissioners Raul C. Flores and Emmanuel M. Dalman led the COA family in celebrating Christmas 2002 on December 19 at the COA Sports and Cultural Center.

The celebration started with a Thanksgiving Mass with Most Rev. Fr. Teodoro Bacani Jr. as celebrant and Rev. Fr. Dante B. Tamayo as co- celebrant. It was then followed by the Christmas greetings of COAns to the Commission Proper.

Immediately after the mass, the COA officials and employees trooped to the stage and greeted Chairman Carague and the two Commissioners. [ Full Story ]

COA, Philgasea ink
Collective Negotiation
Agreement

The Commission on Audit and the Philippine Government Audit Service Employees Association have recently signed a Collective Negotiation Agreement crafted and designed to "foster and improve a noble and enduring relationship between the employees and management through better employment and working conditions in order to attain maximum efficiency and improve the welfare and well-being of the workers." Chairman Guillermo N. Carague and Commissioners Raul C. Flores and Emmanuel M. Dalman signed the CNA for COA while PhilGASEA President Hilario A. Virtudazo Jr. and Board Chairman Francia O. Sanchez signed for the PhilGASEA.
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COA, UNDP launch Manual
on the Conduct of Participatory Audit
By Jacqueline G. Valderama

The Commission on Audit and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) formally launched the Manual on the Conduct of Participatory Audit during formal rites at the COA Complex in Quezon City on January 21, 2003.

The Participatory Audit Project, a component of the UNDP-funded project called "Enhancing the Public Accountability Programme of the Philippine Commission on Audit (COA-EnPAP), is the conduct of state audit with the involvement of representatives of civil society and/or private professional organizations (CSOs) who are selected, trained and deputized as members of a COA Audit Team. [ Full Story ]