The group was able to formulate programs/projects/activities based on the prioritized issues and needs and on the availability of funds. The group decided to formulate the goals and directions in plenary. Detailed programs and projects were given budgetary requirements and responsible persons identified along with collaborating agencies.

Confusion with the categorization of some issues and concerns was noted but the barangay’s resolve to address them was a highlight. NGO partnerships are not that extensive in the projects suggested since most partnerships are with  government agencies.

With the success of the Barangay Development Planning Workshop, a follow through of the said activity was conducted in order to come up with a barangay development plan that is genuinely responsive to the development needs of the barangay.

The Barangay Development Action Plan Validation and 2006 Action Planning was a one-day activity. The activity was a review of the one-year Barangay Action Plan, Annual Investment Plan and the three-year development targets of the barangays by the identifying  the strategic needs and priorities in consonance with the five areas of governance. If further emphasized engendering participation in the barangay planning process. Such participatory planning process shall form part of the norm in the planning activities in the proceeding years.

The barangay of San Isidro, with the assistance of the city government, incorporated the revised city vision, mission and goals (VMG), the new Executive & Legislative Agenda (ELA) and other directions of the national government like the Philippine Agenda 21 with its own barangay plans and directions. Undertaken to respond to the five governance & development sectors, the barangay did a hands-on planning process which also served as a capability building for the barangay in the succeeding planning years.

The expected outputs of the Barangay Development Planning Workshop include the following:

• Vision, Mission and Sectoral Goals (fighting targets)
• Strategic Directions (Objectives & Strategic for the years)
• Annual Investment Plan (AIP) for 2005 reviewed

Six modules comprised the workshop facilitated by the Holy Name University Center for Local Governance. Nine participants from Barangay San Isidro attended the Barangay Development Planning Workshop last April 18 & 19 2005. The poverty index contained in the results of the Local Poverty Reduction Action Program served as basis in reviewing the existing condition of the barangay. Some discrepancies in the data were observed but these were immediately validated with the barangay participants. With the Executive-Legislative Agenda (ELA) and the Agenda 21 as framework, the Current Reality Dialogue proceeded with the use of the SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis.