PASAY CITY, Metro Manila - Philippine Extension and Advisory Services Network, Inc.- (PhilEASNet) a professional organization for extension and advisory services in the country holds the Extension Policy Symposium at The Heritage Hotel Manila, Pasay City on October 3-4, 2018.with the theme “Strengthening the Harmonization of the Philippine Extension and Advisory Services for Sustainable Development”.

The mission of the network is to enhance competency and promote ethical standards among professionals engaged in the practice, research, instruction and policy advocacy on extension.

This year’s symposium is to institutionalize the Philippine Extension undergoing phenomenal expansion from its traditional application in the field of agriculture and fisheries. Lately, there is a growing recognition of its application in the fields of environment, health, education, business and tourism, among others, crossing themes and different client systems. Increase has dramatically involved additional players in the government and in the private sector, making the Philippine Extension Service (PES) more complex.

In this year’s symposium of PhilEASNet, it has the following specific points; 1) the implication of the expanding application of extension in the increased understanding about its theory and practice; and 2) the coming up of a national extension policy that governs the expanding extension system, keeping it rather more harmonized and not losing its strategic focus in a highly fragmented extension system of the country.

The key is to build a strategic alliance among diverse PES players that is centered on achieving the goals of agriculture and rural development. Technical Sessions were made during the symposium.

This year’s host is PhilEASNet-MIMAROPA Chapter. To know more about the network please visit the PhilEASNet website (www.phileasnet.com) and FB page for updates.