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UAP NATIONAL COMMISSION ON PROFPRAC ADDRESSES ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROFES- SIONAL EXCELLENCE OF HISANCHA ADMIN- ISTRATION FY 2016-2017
The UAP National Commission on Professional Practice for this FY 2016-2017 hopes to address two concerns of the Hisancha Administration, and that is ACCOUNTABILITY and PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE by doing two major projects of their commission for the year. At the start of the pre-planning stage and as the Commission on Profprac started, the Executive Director Ar. Benjamin K. Panganiban Jr. who is a FUAP, an APEC Architect and an ASEAN Architect led the way for their commission in being visible to the members, reaching out to the various chapters so that the members will feel that the UAP National IS part and parcel of their chapter’ s concerns.
IN the field of ACCOUNTABILITY, the Commission felt that addressing the welfare of the chapters and their members will make them realize that UAP is on top of the situation. Being an advocacy commission, the committee heads had to feel the pulse of the members by going to the members and the chapters as what their energetic and passionate Executive Director Benjamin Panganiban Jr had been doing last fiscal year as head on the Committee on Private Practice, and this fiscal year as the Executive Director for Professional Practice.
Ar. Henry Steve Olonan participated in concerns of advertising in the professional practices in the private sector, Ar. Ritchie Tumambing continues to inspire young architects starting up their office firms with talks on this, and Ar. Paolo Alberto came out with a basketball sports fest in Cebu to unify the Architects and the Allied Professionals. Ar. Rosette Santos gave out talks on green architecture nationwide, Ar. Ma. Luisa Gutierrez took care of the Supreme Court International Competition where a lot of UAP members participated and Ar. Ram Aurelio posted construction disputes and
arbitration procedures to inform, educate and help out the members, while Ar. Rey Acosta chair for government service had been working out government architects concerns for the first Assembly on Government Architects to be conducted during the 43rd Natcon. Ar. Edilberto Florentino and his committee together with ED Panganiban had been resolving ethical concerns of the members travelling to and sitting down with various chapters and districts, advocating the members concerns and complaints, their passion and desire to be part of the duly accredited and professional organization and their contribution to the practice of the profession.
Eventually, the Commission on Professional Practice came out with a module on accountability for the members addressing certain questions like“ What is UAP doing about this? And“ What should architects do” and“ How do we go about it”? The end result for the first six months is a module the Commission on Professional Practice produced thru the Office of the NEVP for approval by the National Board entitled“ HOW TO TACKLE COMPLAINTS OF ILLEGAL PRACTICES OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES”
In the field of PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE, the Commission on Professional Practice has had a series of dialogues with the Professional Regulation Board of Architecture Chairman Robert Sac and his members on the possible amendments of the Codes of Ethical Conducts for architects in relation to the present situations of Advertisements surrounding the profession. Here the thrust of the Commission was to seek approval and support from the UAP National Executive Officers and the UAP National Board to conduct a survey among the various chapters and members on the question“ SHOULD THE FILIPINO
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The UAP Post • Vol. 42 Issue 03 • January— March 2017
ED Panganiban Jr. discussing with the UAP Area C1 officers assembly headed by DD Gus Lee for possible suggestions / comments to changes on the Codes of Ethical Conduct, and the understanding of R. A. 9266 last January 28, 2017
UAP Exec. Director for Commission on Professional Practice, Arch. Benjamin Panganiban Jr., FUAP, AA, APEC Ar.
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Exec. Director Benjamin K. Panganiban Jr together with UAP Bohol President Rony Malanog and Past VP Arch. Nino Guidaben presenting to Governor Edgardo Chatto( 2nd from left) of the Province of Bohol the book on R. A. 9266 and discussing with him the implementation of this law in the Province, which was received positively by the Governor.
ARCHITECTS RE-VISIT AND POSSIBLY AMEND THE CODES OF ETHICAL CONDUCT, AND EVENTUALLY ADVERTISE? The purpose and intent of this second major activity of the Commission is to gather data, opinion and support so as to address accountability of the first module and eventually uplift the Architect’ s Professional Excellence. Here a Technical Working Group was given the task to collate, evaluate, review and eventually submit a proposal to the UAP National Board thru the Office of the NEVP. In fact, the district director for Area A3, AA Cecil Cayman-Gamana led the way by conducting the first Balangkasan on Architects and Advertisement together with Balangkasan Committee head Ar. Sylvestre Seno and his members for her district.
While the head of the Committee on Ethics Ar. Edilberto Florentino had already submitted his committee’ s position on the matter of architects advertising, their recommendation included a formulation of an IRR with regards to advertising including sanctions and restricted parameters. As to the other members of Panganiban’ s Commission, their role now is to support the commission in crafting the survey, gathering the data and evaluating logical and rational opinions of the members. It is the fervent desire of Executive Director Panganiban that this important segment of possibly amending the Ethics Codes of Conduct be finished before the fiscal year of the Hisancha Administration ends.
Panganiban visited and talked to several uap chapters nationwide and recently this January 2017 to UAP Baguio headed by Pres. Shiella Perez-Soriano, UAP Makati CBD chapter headed by Pres. Sofia Avendano, UAP Bohol chapter and UAP C1 District Officers Assembly headed by DD Gus Lee, suggesting and discussing the possible changes to the Ethics Codes of Conduct in relation to Advertising. These suggestions and comments were received positively on the matter.
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