The Department of Agriculture, the World Bank and the European Union will wrap up the review of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP).
PRDP, a collaboration among the three agencies, will conclude the 18th WB-EU Implementation Support Mission (ISM) to the PRDP and the 3rd WB ISM to the PRDP Scale-Up with a wrap-up meeting on Dec. 6 at the DA Central Office in Quezon City.
Led by WB Task Team leader Mio Takada, the meeting will present findings, assessments and overall ratings for the two projects following a three-week mission.
Both projects previously earned satisfactory ratings during the 17th WB-EU ISM in May.
According to the DA, the original PRDP has benefited more than 3 million Filipinos through 1,170 completed subprojects valued at 34 billion pesos.
Meanwhile, the PRDP Scale-Up approved 75 infrastructure subprojects worth P11.44 billion, 30 of which are already under construction just a year after its launch.
The mission included field visits to infrastructure and enterprise subprojects in Bukidnon and Marinduque in November, where WB and EU delegates commended the quality and impact of the implemented projects.
