NATIONAL FEDERATION OF JUNIOR PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF

ACCOUNTANTS - NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION (NFJPIA-NCR)

Introduction
The National Federation of Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants - National Capital
Region (NFJPIA-NCR) was established in 1997 and since then, the organization strived to be the
finest regional organization. It is accredited by the PICPA as the regional organization of
accountancy students in Metro Manila. Currently, the organization has nearly 15,000 members
which are all students taking up accountancy or accounting-related courses from 69 colleges and
universities in the National Capital Region. The organization is composed of its executive
officers and student members from colleges and universities in NCR, regional executive officers,
associates, advisers, and alumni.
As NFJPIA-NCR strived to be the finest regional organization, it is dedicated to
developing dynamic and competent future accounting professionals. By hosting and organizing
leadership programs, events, and activities, may it be academic, ot non-academic, it unleashes
the potential of its members as well as promoting academic success, exceptional leadership, and
socio-civic involvement.

Process of Selection
To be a bonafide member of the organization for each federation year, the student must
register and pay the membership fee. By being a member, the student is now entitled to join all
the activities and events of the organization. The student may also choose to be a part of the
regional associates or regional executive officers which is divided to the following 12
departments:
1. Presidential department
2. Academics department
3. Non academics department
4. Technical department
5. Creatives department
6. Communications department
7. Accounting department
8. Sponsorships department
9. Membership department
10. Secretariat department
11. Audit department
12. Finance department
If the student aspires to be one of the regional executive officers under each department,
he/she has to undergo an aspirantship program by the organization, which is then followed by an
election. All graduating executive officers will vote and the vote should be unanimous for the
student to win the election.
As for the regional associates, the member who wishes to be part of it will submit the
needed requirements and undergo an interview. The regional executive officer of the department
will choose the associate under his/her department.

Problems/Challenges Faced
 During the recently held 2nd NCR JPIA E-Lympics hosted by the NFJPIA-NCR, which
is an online e-sport event for its members, it offers 8 different games such as Mobile Legends,
Call of Duty Mobile, Valorant, Chess, Tetris Battle, etc. for its members to participate in.
After the registration process, the number of participants of the event was huge so the
preparation process was very crucial for the organizers. During the event, issues and concerns
from the participants were not avoided. Cheating or piloting, participants not following the rules,
and conflict of game schedules are some of the problems faced by the organizers. A lot of
concerns are coming and there are only three project heads to handle the problems being raised
by the participants. The number of working committee members were also outnumbered by the
number of participants, thus, it became very difficult for the organizers of the event so the
organizers had a difficult time in addressing all of the concerns. And these are the major
problems faced by the NFJPIA-NCR during the recent event under the non academics
department.

Solution to the Problem/Challenge

The process to solve the particular problem/challenge
As the host of the event, the organization must stand firm and strict with the
implementing rules and regulations of the event. But aside from it, they must also listen to the
concerns of the participants before making a decision.
Since lack of manpower is the main problem faced by the organization, they have
outsourced their working committees from different departments and universities which have an
experience with online tournaments. The organization also set a meeting for orientation and
guidelines during the event so that the working committee will be guided accordingly and for a
smooth flow of events. For the solution of the participants not following the rules of the game,
the organizers first listened to the concerns being raised. Then, after carefully deliberating the
situation, the organization came up with a solution. The organizers decided to give a first
warning to every team that will not follow the rules and if the participating team did it twice, the
team will be disqualified. For the piloting issue, the organizers set a rematch with the team being
accused of piloting the game but this time, with a camera facing the screen of the player and the
player’s face, Lastly, for the conflict of game schedule, the organizers followed the released
schedule for the betterment of the event and the players must strictly follow it since they should
be committed to the event when they registered. If the organizers adjust the game schedule, the
whole flow of the event will be affected so if the players are not present in their scheduled game,
the opposing team will win by default.

Learnings from the Problem/Challenge

Conducting an event is challenging. It requires time and dedication from the organizers,
and organizers must have good communication skills when organizing an event because issues
and concerns from participants, or from the project team may arise. Through the aforementioned
problems and challenges encountered by the organization, it helped them become stronger and it
developed their leadership skills. These problems will help them do better in their next event and
it also gives them experience in conducting online tournaments. It also helps them enhance their
communication skills especially when addressing concerns. Also, planning ahead of time and
foreseeing possible issues from each game and for the whole event is crucial and should also be
prioritized so that it could be addressed reasonably. Facts, evidence, and other relevant
information should also be taken into consideration when making a decision.