Senate: Professionals Have To Study, Train Before Licenses Are Renewed

News article retrieved from Rappler.


The Senate approved a bill requiring professionals to undergo further formal and informal learning programs before they can renew their licenses.

Senate Bill 2581 or Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Act of 2015 was approved by the legislative chamber on third and final reading.

“CPD is the post-licensure practice of inculcating skills, knowledge and ethical values upon all professionals through various methods such as formal learning, informal learning, self-directed learning, on-line learning activities and accredited professional work experience,” said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV in a sponsorship speech.

Trillanes chairs the committee on civil service and government reorganization.

The bill also requires government agencies and private firms to include formal and informal learning requirements in their human resource development plan.

It is a response “to the standards in the national, regional and international labor markets” given the envisioned ASEAN economic community.

CPD councils for monitoring of the post-licensure efforts to enhance the competence of professionals will be supervised by Professional Regulatory Boards under the proposed law.

Senate President Franklin Drilon also said the bill helps “in strengthening the Filipino workforce and producing highly-competent professionals, who are considered as our country’s’ best asset due to their leading role in national growth and prosperity.”

Meanwhile, a Senate resolution renamed and expanded the jurisdiction of the Senate Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization to the Committee on Civil Service, Government Reorganization and Professional Regulation.

Trillanes said this officially allows “the committee to acquire jurisdiction over significant matters and wide-array of issues on the important role of professionals in nation-building and development of a reservoir of professionals whose competence has been determined by honest and credible licensure examinations and whose standards of professional service and practice are internationally recognized and considered world-class.”

Forum on Proposed IRR for Professional Chemistry Act Successfully Held

Text by Nick Tan; Photographs by Dr. Toby Dayrit and Edna Mijares

Chemistry professionals in the academe, government, and industry sectors attended an ICP-sponsored forum on the Proposed IRR of the recently passed Chemistry Profession Act (RA 10657) held at the PNP Multi-Purpose Center in Camp Crame, Quezon City last July 31. ICP board members Dr. Toby Dayrit and Ms. Edna Mijares, as well as PRC Board of Chemistry Chair Dr. Dory Resurreccion served as facilitators of this event.

 

Dory ResurreccionPRC Board of Chemistry Chair Dr. Dory Resurreccion explaining some of the provisions of the proposed IRR of RA 10657

IRR Forum, industry & govtFacilitators and participants of the session for the government and industry sectors

IRR Forum, academe 2Facilitators and participants of the session for the academe sector

 

The ICP and Board of Chemistry continue to welcome comments and suggestions on the proposed IRR. You may download the comment form at this link (Deadline of submission: August 7). Instructions on how to send back the said form is included in the file.

ICP Elections 2015: Results

The ICP Election Committee is pleased to announce the results of the elections for ICP Board of Directors. The newly elected board members (in bold) who will serve from 2015 to 2018 are:

Academe
Dr. Lilibeth Coo (68)
Ms. Maria Soledad L. Distor (9)
Abstain (1)

Government
Dr. Rosalinda Torres (70)
Abstain (8)

Industry
Ms. Vilma S. Cembrano (16)
Ms. Edna Mijares (59)
Abstain (3)

(Total Number of Votes: 78)

We would like to thank all those who voted / participated in this election. Let us all continue to support the different activities of ICP.

Sincerely,
2015 ICP Election Committee
Dr. Glenn Alea (Chair)
Ms. Priscilla Samonte (Member)
Dr. Veronica Migo (Member)

ICP Elections 2015: List of Candidates and How to Vote

Please click on the following names to view their respective curriculum vitae.

Academe
Lilibeth Coo, PhD (University of the Philippines Diliman)
Maria Soledad Lopez-Distor (Systems Technology Institute [STI] – Sta. Rosa, Laguna)

Government
Rosalinda C. Torres, PhD (ITDI-DOST)

Industry
Vilma S. Cembrano (Maynilad Water Services, Inc.)
Edna C. Mijares (Jefcor Laboratories, Inc.)

 

The Elections will be up to 22 June 2015 (Monday). You may download the election ballot on this link. Please accomplish the ballot and send it via email to ICPComelec@gmail.com.