A project of the Raul S. Roco Foundation and the City Government of Naga, supported by JOLLIBEE, and the local government units of Sorsogon City, Virac, Catanduanes, Daet, Camarines Norte, Sorsogon State College, Catanduanes State Colleges, Camarines Norte State Colleges, Bicol University.
RATIONALE
“The best president the Republic of the Philippines never had,” Raul S. Roco (1941-2005) had exemplified outstanding public service during his incumbency as a Philippine legislator: as a district representative from Camarines Sur and as a senator from Bikol, and as an education secretary. Truly, he was one of the few statesmen the country ever had.
He loved and believed in the young Filipinos especially in the young Bikolanos. He saw them as shoots that could thrive fully and make their motherland better and brighter if they would have the opportunity to do concrete things
He was an active reformist since his younger years. He believed in actively changing things for the best while fighting for the right at all cost in the name of fair play, decency, and honor. He believed that dreams for his beloved country, like hope, must not die.
Like all great men, Raul S. Roco passed away without seeing his dreams for his country realized. Yet, his dreams did not die with him for “Dreams never die.” His legacy will continue for as long as young Filipinos particularly the young Bikolanos believe as they continue living and doing their dreams to make this country become “a creative people in a self-reliant nation united under one God” a living reality as Raul Roco envisioned it to be. Then like him, generations of Filipinos can dream on, hope on and live on.
OBJECTIVES
The Raul Roco Youth Achievement Awards (RSRYAA) is instituted with the following objectives:
First, to honor the life of one Filipino, Raul S. Roco, who having sowed the seeds of change and believed the Filipino is good, honest, hardworking, heroic, and honorable lived his life serving his people with grace and wisdom, and loving his country to his death.
Second, to recognize the important role of the youth in nation-building. Raul Roco said, “the youth is called to serve their country not tomorrow but today.” They should involve themselves and participate actively in the affairs of the country.
Third, that the winners will serve as role models of leadership in community service. The impact of harmonious cooperation, strategizing and implementing a solution to a particular problem currently affecting the community where they live or work in, should result in a social transformation that will uplift the socio- economic, ecological, moral, and political situation in the area they have chosen to serve.
It is for this reason that in his memory, the Raul S. Roco Foundation, Inc. seeks to recognize the contribution of youth groups in the Bikol Region, whose achievements of service for the common good have been inspired by Raul S. Roco’s ideals and vision.
THE MECHANICS
Eligibility. Any number of members of a youth group, ages 15 to 25 years of age, who are school-based, or church-based, or barangay based, or organized out of school youth groups, officially endorsed by their head of school, or parish priest, or barangay captain, or the DepEd or DSWD for out of school youth, regardless of religion, sex, social status, ethnicity, ideology and political affiliation are qualified to participate.
The Project. The youth group will submit a proposal with an explanatory note regarding one specific identified problem in their community that they have decided to focus on solving using the 3 step Enquiry Methodology of SEE, JUDGE and ACT. (Annex A)
Time Frame
Only achievement within the given period of 6 months, February 26 to August 26 of the current award year will be considered in the judging.
Award Year 2008
November 2007 -January 25, 2008 Formal launching of RSRYAA
February 29 Deadline for Submission of Project Proposals.
March 10 Announcement of Qualified Project Proposals
Implementation Stage.
(Within six months, the projects should be completed with the identified problem given appropriate action or solution.)
August 26 Submission of Completed Project Documents
Short listing of entries to 10 Semi-Finalists
September 15 Screening and Ocular Visit of Completed Projects
September 26 Nomination, Final Judging and
Validation Interview of Five (5) Finalists
October 26 Awards Night of the 5 Winners of the RSRYAA.
The Prizes
1. The Four (4) Finalists will receive a trophy and a cash prize of Php 10,000.00
2. The Best Youth Group – Grand Prize Winner will receive a trophy designed by National Artist Salvador Bernal and a cash prize of P50,000.00.
Awards Day
“The best president the Republic of the Philippines never had,” Raul S. Roco (1941-2005) had exemplified outstanding public service during his incumbency as a Philippine legislator: as a district representative from Camarines Sur and as a senator from Bikol, and as an education secretary. Truly, he was one of the few statesmen the country ever had.
He loved and believed in the young Filipinos especially in the young Bikolanos. He saw them as shoots that could thrive fully and make their motherland better and brighter if they would have the opportunity to do concrete things
He was an active reformist since his younger years. He believed in actively changing things for the best while fighting for the right at all cost in the name of fair play, decency, and honor. He believed that dreams for his beloved country, like hope, must not die.
Like all great men, Raul S. Roco passed away without seeing his dreams for his country realized. Yet, his dreams did not die with him for “Dreams never die.” His legacy will continue for as long as young Filipinos particularly the young Bikolanos believe as they continue living and doing their dreams to make this country become “a creative people in a self-reliant nation united under one God” a living reality as Raul Roco envisioned it to be. Then like him, generations of Filipinos can dream on, hope on and live on.
OBJECTIVES
The Raul Roco Youth Achievement Awards (RSRYAA) is instituted with the following objectives:
First, to honor the life of one Filipino, Raul S. Roco, who having sowed the seeds of change and believed the Filipino is good, honest, hardworking, heroic, and honorable lived his life serving his people with grace and wisdom, and loving his country to his death.
Second, to recognize the important role of the youth in nation-building. Raul Roco said, “the youth is called to serve their country not tomorrow but today.” They should involve themselves and participate actively in the affairs of the country.
Third, that the winners will serve as role models of leadership in community service. The impact of harmonious cooperation, strategizing and implementing a solution to a particular problem currently affecting the community where they live or work in, should result in a social transformation that will uplift the socio- economic, ecological, moral, and political situation in the area they have chosen to serve.
It is for this reason that in his memory, the Raul S. Roco Foundation, Inc. seeks to recognize the contribution of youth groups in the Bikol Region, whose achievements of service for the common good have been inspired by Raul S. Roco’s ideals and vision.
THE MECHANICS
Eligibility. Any number of members of a youth group, ages 15 to 25 years of age, who are school-based, or church-based, or barangay based, or organized out of school youth groups, officially endorsed by their head of school, or parish priest, or barangay captain, or the DepEd or DSWD for out of school youth, regardless of religion, sex, social status, ethnicity, ideology and political affiliation are qualified to participate.
The Project. The youth group will submit a proposal with an explanatory note regarding one specific identified problem in their community that they have decided to focus on solving using the 3 step Enquiry Methodology of SEE, JUDGE and ACT. (Annex A)
Time Frame
Only achievement within the given period of 6 months, February 26 to August 26 of the current award year will be considered in the judging.
Award Year 2008
November 2007 -January 25, 2008 Formal launching of RSRYAA
February 29 Deadline for Submission of Project Proposals.
March 10 Announcement of Qualified Project Proposals
Implementation Stage.
(Within six months, the projects should be completed with the identified problem given appropriate action or solution.)
August 26 Submission of Completed Project Documents
Short listing of entries to 10 Semi-Finalists
September 15 Screening and Ocular Visit of Completed Projects
September 26 Nomination, Final Judging and
Validation Interview of Five (5) Finalists
October 26 Awards Night of the 5 Winners of the RSRYAA.
The Prizes
1. The Four (4) Finalists will receive a trophy and a cash prize of Php 10,000.00
2. The Best Youth Group – Grand Prize Winner will receive a trophy designed by National Artist Salvador Bernal and a cash prize of P50,000.00.
Awards Day
Date - The award shall be given every Raul S. Roco Day (October 26), starting with the year 2007, and every Raul S. Roco Day of the year thereafter.
Place- The award shall be presented every year in Naga City, Republic of the Philippines
Composition of the Board of Judges
Place- The award shall be presented every year in Naga City, Republic of the Philippines
Composition of the Board of Judges
Board of Judges. The composition of the Board of Judges will come from the following sectors:
1. Raul S. Roco Foundation
2. City Government of Naga
3. Archdiocese of Caceres
4. Academe
5. Media
6. Non-Government Organization
7. Local Government Units
8. Business
Chairperson of the Board- The chairperson of the Board of Judges shall be elected by the members of the board from among themselves.
The decision of the Board of Judges shall be final. Protests shall not be entertained.
The Secretariat
All the information relative to the application, submission of proposals and other inquiries to the 2nd Raul S. Roco Youth Achievement Awards is available at the Secretariat:
1. Raul S. Roco Foundation
2. City Government of Naga
3. Archdiocese of Caceres
4. Academe
5. Media
6. Non-Government Organization
7. Local Government Units
8. Business
Chairperson of the Board- The chairperson of the Board of Judges shall be elected by the members of the board from among themselves.
The decision of the Board of Judges shall be final. Protests shall not be entertained.
The Secretariat
All the information relative to the application, submission of proposals and other inquiries to the 2nd Raul S. Roco Youth Achievement Awards is available at the Secretariat:
Mr. Riko Vinluan
Raul S. Roco Library
J. Miranda Avenue, City Hall Compound, Naga City
Telephone Number: (054) 472.7095
Mobile number +63929-6040-199
METHODOLOGY
Methodology and Pedagogy of SEE –JUDGE- ACT
To help the participating groups to identify and address the problems of the youth especially in their communities this Methodology of See, Judge and Act is recommended for their use. Anchored on the belief that the youth plays a significant part in transforming the society on a bigger scale, the transformation that is expected is one rooted in the examples and challenges of the life and mission of Jesus, The Christ.
In order to be effective and efficient agents of change, the methodology introduced by Cardinal Joseph Cardjin, known as the See-Judge-Act method is recommended for the RSRYAA.
By focusing on discovering the root of evil practices in the society, referring to the specific community where they live, the first requirement is for each participant in the group to do a reflection of faith, a Review of Life. It ensures changes in one’s self, which will result in well planned, coordinated, and transforming actions that will influence and produce positive effects in the community which will ripple to change society as a whole.
This methodology empowers the youth with knowledge, commitment, and ability to actively participate, affirm, and love life and all life-giving and liberating processes. It also helps the participants to search for factual information, therefore, be more objective in assessing the situation. When an action is clearly conceived by the youth group, they identify with its results.
From its initial stage, the methodology seeks to enable them and others to appreciate the meaning of decision-making in their own lives.
This methodology uses Review of Life and the Enquiry System. The object of the enquiry is to change the character of the individuals first, then change others. The process is the simple and natural one of:
SEEING the environment
as it is - accurately and realistically. Gather facts.
Be as objective as possible. Search for the causes of the said observation.
JUDGING the same environment chosen as it should be and comparing the observed standards with those of Christ. What Gospel values are present? What Gospel values are
missing? What Gospel values are violated?
ACTING to improve the actual observed standards until they conform with the standards of Christ. In short, how will you change what is to what it should be.
The methodology is called Social Enquiry when applied to society while it is called Review of Life when applied to individual.
The ACTION Plan should be SMART-V, which stands for : Specific in nature, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bound. Value driven, virtue inspired.
It is the ACTION that counts. Hence, even though it touches only one aspect of the environment, it is important for the environment to change little by little and not necessarily all at once, but the change achieved should be maintained and sustained.
Raul S. Roco Library
J. Miranda Avenue, City Hall Compound, Naga City
Telephone Number: (054) 472.7095
Mobile number +63929-6040-199
METHODOLOGY
Methodology and Pedagogy of SEE –JUDGE- ACT
To help the participating groups to identify and address the problems of the youth especially in their communities this Methodology of See, Judge and Act is recommended for their use. Anchored on the belief that the youth plays a significant part in transforming the society on a bigger scale, the transformation that is expected is one rooted in the examples and challenges of the life and mission of Jesus, The Christ.
In order to be effective and efficient agents of change, the methodology introduced by Cardinal Joseph Cardjin, known as the See-Judge-Act method is recommended for the RSRYAA.
By focusing on discovering the root of evil practices in the society, referring to the specific community where they live, the first requirement is for each participant in the group to do a reflection of faith, a Review of Life. It ensures changes in one’s self, which will result in well planned, coordinated, and transforming actions that will influence and produce positive effects in the community which will ripple to change society as a whole.
This methodology empowers the youth with knowledge, commitment, and ability to actively participate, affirm, and love life and all life-giving and liberating processes. It also helps the participants to search for factual information, therefore, be more objective in assessing the situation. When an action is clearly conceived by the youth group, they identify with its results.
From its initial stage, the methodology seeks to enable them and others to appreciate the meaning of decision-making in their own lives.
This methodology uses Review of Life and the Enquiry System. The object of the enquiry is to change the character of the individuals first, then change others. The process is the simple and natural one of:
SEEING the environment
as it is - accurately and realistically. Gather facts.
Be as objective as possible. Search for the causes of the said observation.
JUDGING the same environment chosen as it should be and comparing the observed standards with those of Christ. What Gospel values are present? What Gospel values are
missing? What Gospel values are violated?
ACTING to improve the actual observed standards until they conform with the standards of Christ. In short, how will you change what is to what it should be.
The methodology is called Social Enquiry when applied to society while it is called Review of Life when applied to individual.
The ACTION Plan should be SMART-V, which stands for : Specific in nature, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bound. Value driven, virtue inspired.
It is the ACTION that counts. Hence, even though it touches only one aspect of the environment, it is important for the environment to change little by little and not necessarily all at once, but the change achieved should be maintained and sustained.
