Assalamu alaikum wa Raḥmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
A pleasant afternoon to all the DBM officials and employees and guests joining us today. We have here Executive Director Dennis Santiago of PS-DBM. Thank you for joining us.
Libraries are certainly impactful in any organization. They hone our learning, reading, and even critical thinking skills and they become spaces for the creation of social interactions that lead to collaborative work and ideation. Hence, they are essential not just for schools but also for institutions like the DBM.
So, with much pride and gratitude, I join you in the celebration of the blessing and launch of the DBM Library in its new home. Knowing how the Arcache building had been a part of the DBM throughout the years and decades, we are happy to have established its perpetual value and historical significance by making this our center of knowledge.
This would not be possible without the hard work and commitment of the Advocacy, Communications, and Training Service (ACTS) and the Communications, Advocacy, and Stakeholder Relations (CAS) Group led by Undersecretary Margaux Salcedo. And of course, the Administrative Service.
Let me take this opportunity to share with you my vision for the DBM Library. I want to bring it to the future through digitalization of our collection, which I believe was already started with the help of our ICTSS. I want to make the library a learning center complete with an exhibit area, AVP room, and a multimedia library where people can access our digital collection.
As we plan for that future, let’s also be reacquainted with the valuable resources we have, the archival materials, and public financial management (PFM) books that will help us remember our history and accomplishments as an institution.
As such, we are grateful to our DBM Library’s partner agencies and institutions, including the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas through its Knowledge Resource Program for helping enrich our collection.
Moreover, we are geared to launch later our latest publication, the “Road to Reform: Budget and Management Reforms under the Duterte Administration.” At the Anniversary’s Culminating Program on the 25th, the Road to Reform provides a narrative on the reform journey and milestones of the Department during the term of former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
Lastly, in line with the 10th year publication of the DBM eUpdates, we will also award our top three contributors who help us ensure that all DBM employees are informed of the latest activities in our central and regional offices.
Before we conclude, I would like to emphasize that knowing must be followed by doing. Therefore, now that we know the new home of our library, make sure to visit and enjoy reading. Take part in knowledge-sharing.
Then from whatever we will learn, let us use it to equip ourselves better to up the ante in our service to others. Muli, magandang hapon po sa ating lahat!
Maraming salamat sa pakikiisa.
