Acknowledgment

This Sangguniang Kabataan Operations Manual was completed with the

wholehearted cooperation and support of many individuals and groups without
whom this manual could not have been realized.

Acknowledgements therefore are gratefully extended to the our interagency
partners for the crafting of the Operations Manual: Department of the Interior and Local
Government (DILG), National Barangay Operations Office (NBOO), Local Government
Academy (LGA), Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP); University of the Philippines
National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG); Department of
Budget and Management (DBM); Commission on Audit (COA); and the Commission on
Elections (COMELEC).

Special thanks to our consultant, Ms. Juliet Carolino for her useful inputs and ideas.

Most of all, sincerest gratitude to the NYC officials and personnel who devotedly
worked on this Operations Manual: Commissioner Percival V. Cendaña for the leadership
and direction, Commissioner James Ceasar A. Ventura and his staffs, Mr. Willie Jake Sib-at
and Ms. Riolyn Manibog, for the kind assistance in finalization of the manual and the cover
page design, the Regional Youth and Development Division (RYDD) headed by Mr. Melanio
R. Santella, Jr. and Mr. Fernando C. Quiazon, the SK Unit selflessly manned by Dr. Sheridan
Athena Y. Gajete, Mr. Raymund Arcilla, Ms. Carla Felise Dimaranan and Mr. Amerson
Aguinaldo for their patience and perseverance in carrying out every detail towards the
completion of the project.

To the SK TWG who drafted this manual; Ms. Cristabeth Jacinta Madrigal, Ms. Baby
Bernadeth Fernando, Mr. Jose Cielos, Ms. Elsa Magdaleno, Ms. Maria Charito Carag, Mr.
Mark Anthony Fernandez, Mr. James Benedict Gutierrez, Ms. Jocelyn Fernandez and
everyone behind the completion of the manual we are forever thankful, without you the
development of the modules could not have been realized.

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