The Barangay eSystems and Tools (BeST) facilitators and trainers pose during the training at the Convention Center of Siquijor State College (SSC). (DOST-Siquijor photo)
LARENA, Siquijor (PIA) — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Larena municipal government trained 44 barangay officials from the town’s 22 barangays on Barangay eSystems and Tools (BeST).
BeST is an online e-Governance solution designed to streamline the management of resident profiles, judicial information, and document generation for effective planning and monitoring at the barangay level.
Barangay officials will have direct, real-time hands-on experience with BeST, allowing them to store, retrieve, and update information using the Information and Communication Technology.
The training, held at the Convention Center of Siquijor State College (SSC), aims to teach the participants basic hardware operations, data encoding, and report generation using the Barangay eSystems and Tools.
Engr. Mario de la Peña, provincial S&T director of DOST here, said that Larena is one of the three towns in the province that have so far availed of the program conducted under the approved Grant-in-Aid (GIA) Project of Larena.
“Pipila pa lamang ang naka avail ani nga programa sa DOST. Ang LGU Larena, usa sa tulo ka munisipalidad diri sa atong isla nga naka-avail niani nga program sa GIA program kaniadtong sakop pa kita sa DOST 7,” said de la Peña.
(Only a few local government units have availed of this program from DOST. In fact, Larena is one of three towns who have availed of this GIA program.)
“Ako nanghinaut nga maposlan ninyo pagmaayo kaning mga computer servers installed with the BeST software sa pag-generate ninyo ug report sama sa barangay clearance,” he added.
(I expect you will be able to maximize these computer servers installed with the BeST software in generating your reports and forms such as barangay clearance.)
Under the GIA program, Larena was able to buy computer servers installed with the BeST software after their project proposal was approved.
The training tackled the Barangay e-Systems and Tolls, account profiling and residents information profiling, actual data encoding, and barangay website content management.
The Central Visayas Information Sharing Network Foundation, Inc. (CVISNET), which is the developer of the BeST software, served as the training provider.
Lunda Sebuyan, the barangay secretary from Barangay Catamboan, is thankful she was able to join the training.
“Dako kaayo ni ug ikatabang namo. Sa pagsugod sa training, maka-ingganyo kay makat-on mi aning upgrade nga gitudlo. Kaming mga participants naminaw ug tarong para pag-uli sa barangay, ma-apply namo ug dili pud sayang ang among pag-ari within three days kay magamit namo ang among nakat-onan. Dako ko ug pasalamat sa DOST,” said Sebuyan.
(I am very grateful that our barangay was given the opportunity to attend. This will be a big help to us. It is encouraging because we are learning the upgrade being taught. As participants, we are listening carefully so that when we return to the barangay, we can apply what we have learned and make the most out of our three days here. I am very thankful to DOST.)
The participants hope to apply all the knowledge and skills they have acquired during the three-day training program. (RAC/PIA7 Siquijor, with reports from Engr. Reinhold Jek Y. Abing, DOST)
