Selected members of the Philippine e-Extension Team who attended the Certified Knowledge Manager Program conducted by the KM Institute in Reston, Virginia, USA last December 2013 have all passed the certification examination and now declared Certified Knowledge Managers.

The team of new Certified Knowledge Managers of ATI is composed of Antonieta J. Arceo and Pamela Mariquita G. Mappala of ATI-Information Services Division; Maricel D. Dacapias and Aureo Martinez, Jr. of ATI-Regional Training Center I; Ma. Norma G. Maddalora of ATI-RTC II; Ma. Gracia S. Pungay of ATI-RTC VII; Hazel Grace T. Taganas and Dennis Boyd R. Baltazar of ATI-RTC VIII; Noemi Beth G. Macario of ATI-RTC X; Fil Victor A. Babanto of ATI-RTC XIII; and Liberty O. Inciong of ATI-International Training Center on Pig Husbandry.

This is in line with the Institute's Agriculture and Fisheries Extension Framework, providing more effective and effective services to help attain socio-economically progressive rural communities. With the new insights gained by the team on knowledge management, the Institute as an organization will be able to enhance their existing efforts and create a learning environment for new knowledge and lessons learned in the field of agriculture and fisheries extension.

Photo below shows the team together with their co-participants during the training in the US from World Bank, US Army, Visa Boeing, Haliburton, National Guard (MIN) and Abt Associates.