The National Convergence Initiative for Sustainable Rural Development (NCI-SRD) conducted a 4-day Strategic Communication Plan Assessment Workshop for FY 2021-2025 on May 28 to May 31, 2024 at a hotel in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental attended by the NCI Technical Working Group, Regional Convergence Initiative Technical Working Group Central Visayas and Knowledge Management Component Working Group.

The activity was aimed to assess and evaluate the existing communication plan and craft an updated one.

The NCI-SRD is a government strategy that addresses the fragmented delivery of rural development services though the ridge-to-reef approach. It is composed of different agencies from the Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).