Discussed during the meeting were the expansion of the UNICEF Philippines on its partnership with suppliers/vendors for goods and services through its Emergency Supply Strengthening Project.

The partnership aims to increase UNICEF’s supply and service provider based outside Metro Manila and establish LTA’s relative to the locally produced emergency supply; establish a prepositioning plan of supplies in coordination with programme/fundraising/partnership and update the Emergency Supply Planning of the EPP.

In attendance were LEDIP Officer Jaime Juanito Rivera, UNICEF Manila-Country Supply and Logistics Specialist John Philip Perez, UNICEF Cotabato-Operations Officer Ernesto Casiple Jr., UNICEF Cotabato-UNV Operations Marciano Domingo Jr., CDRRM Chief Uso Dan Salasim, Infante Hospital Supervising Pharmacist Nastralyn Jawabin, PPA STOO Timhar Julhamid, PPA TOO Ahmad Abubakar, MSH OM Chris Emil Egonia, BOSH Ibrahim Abubakar, FEMC Project Asst. Supervisor Nikko Jay Pantaleon, Burton’s Kitchenette owner, Gloria Burton, and BCCI Sec. Melanie Ong.